Alumna Suzanne Deal Booth, a former IFA Trustee, is a philanthropist, art advisor, collector, and vintner, and generously supports the Suzanne Deal Booth Fellowship in conservation at the IFA. She co-founded the Friends of Heritage Preservation in 1998 and serves as the director of the organization—a small private group dedicated to protecting and preserving cultural and artistic heritage. She currently serves on the boards of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Te Menil Collection, the American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, Ballroom Marfa, Te Contemporary Austin, and the Calder Foundation. In 2003, after she spent a year living in Rome with her young family, the Suzanne Deal Booth Rome Prize Fellowship for Historic Preservation and Conservation was created at the American Academy in Rome and has awarded annual fellowships ever since. Deal Booth’s current endeavors include establishing and cultivating Bella Oaks, an organic vineyard and olive orchard in Napa Valley, CA. Former Deal Booth Fellow Celeste Mahoney conducted and edited this interview.

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Entourage suggested I give an account of my personal experience during this past six months, especially in regard to the arts for their Arts Edition. I’ve been busy thinking and realigning my priorities, and I’ve found that most arts organisations have been doing the same. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected so many people and industries. Artists especially are identified as one of the groups greatly impacted by the pandemic. The overwhelming loss of paid contracts, events, and commissions has taken a staggering toll on artists everywhere.

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5 QUESTIONS WITH SUZANNE DEAL BOOTH
ARTS ADVOCATE, ADVISOR, AND COLLECTOR
AUSTIN, TX & NAPA, CA

Suzanne Deal Booth, an arts advocate, advisor and collector, has long been committed to the recognition, preservation and conservation of visual arts and cultural heritage. A native of Texas, Deal Booth graduated cum laude with a degree in art history from Rice University followed by a Master of Arts in art history and conservation from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and Conservation Center. As a work/study student at Rice and NYU, she had the opportunity to work directly under the tutelage of art collector and philanthropist Dominique de Menil. This marked the beginning of a meaningful exposure to sophisticated cultural patronage, and has served as an ongoing inspiration throughout Deal Booth’s career and life. While in NYC, she worked with the artist James Turrell on his Skyspace at MoMA’s PS1, and later assisted on his installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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