Suzanne Deal Booth

Suzanne Deal Booth (born February 17, 1954) is an American art director, collector, philanthropist, and vintner.

Deal Booth attended Rice University receiving a BA (cum laude) in art history in 1977.

[16] In 2012, Deal Booth was the patron for the James Turrell “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace, Rice University, Houston, TX.

The prize was set to fund a $100,000 unrestricted award to an artist selected by an independent advisory committee comprising curators and art historians from across the U.S. and internationally, a scholarly publication, and all production expenses for the creation of new work for a solo exhibition that premieres at The Contemporary Austin in Texas.

Through the new partnership, the award was increased to $200,000, and funding was added for a second exhibition to show the recipient’s work in New York City at The FLAG Art Foundation.

[23] In 2017, the Suzanne Deal Booth Executive Director position was created at the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University.

[31] In 2010, she bought the storied old Rutherford vineyard owned by Belle and Barney Rhodes, whose vines had supplied grapes to Heitz Cellars.