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Sep 20, 2020 · It's hard to predict exactly how theater will come back after the pandemic, but here are a couple guesses: Fewer crowds, more collective imagination, and a focus on racial and environmental...
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Who:Kenyon Adams is director of public programs for Blanton Museum of Art. Originally from Florida, and most recently from Brooklyn, Adams is a senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and an artist in residence at Texas Performing Arts, and he formerly served as the founding arts initiative director at Grace Farms and ...
Who:Jamie Herlich McIalwain is managing director for Zach Theatre. Herlich McIalwain is a Seattle native whose background includes roles at Seattle Rep, Seattle Opera, New Century Theatre Company and Edmonds Center for the Arts. Most recently, she served as the chief advancement officer at Seattle Rep, and she relocated to Austin in September 2022....
Who: Claudia Chapa is curator of Hispanic and Latinx programming for Austin Opera. Originally from Mexico, Chapa trained at the University of Texas Butler School of Music. The mezzo-soprano has sung roles across the country, recently in “The Barber of Seville" for Austin Opera. Looking forward to: "Hands down, I’m most looking forward to our bigges...
Who:Bob Bursey is executive and artistic director for Texas Performing Arts. A Tony Award-winning producer, Bursey has helped create more than 100 new dance, theater and music productions. At Texas Performing Arts, he leads Broadway in Austin, curates a season of international performing arts, and brings comedians, concerts and family attractions t...
Who:sharon maidenberg is executive director and CEO of The Contemporary Austin. Originally from the East Coast, sharon and her family moved to Austin in the summer of 2020 after having lived in the California Bay Area for 20 years. Looking forward to:"Our spring exhibition, 'Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lighting / Rivalizando con el Relámpago.'...
Who:David Pratt is CEO and executive director of Austin Symphony Orchestra. A native of Australia, Pratt has led multiple music organizations with diverse teams, delivering significant community impact and balanced budgets ranging from $1 million to $18 million. His most recent previous post was at the Savannah Music Festival. Looking forward to:"O...
Although earlier styles of theater such as minstrel shows and Vaudeville acts have disappeared from the landscape, [14] theater still remains a popular contemporary American art form. Broadway productions still entertain millions of theatergoers even as productions have become more elaborate and expensive. [ 15 ]
Feb 19, 2014 · Texas may not be first in line in terms of American art destinations, but the Lone Star State is rich in art world credibility. It is the former stomping grounds of Robert Rauschenberg and Donald Judd , among many major artists, and serves as home to a myriad of cultural institutions and private collections from the established Dallas Museum of ...
Sep 10, 2024 · While the 2023-2024 Broadway touring season still has big productions left for Texas cities, we’ve also entered our favorite time of year, season announcement season.
Sep 21, 2022 · A Minnesota theater that's reimagining the very concept of serving its community; A Texas theater that's trying to figure out how to get enough money to keep its doors open
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Through Art Can, the Texas Cultural Trust conducts research and publishes data to quantify the impact of the arts and creative sectors on the economy, education, culture, and health and well-being of Texas. These findings are published in the biennial State of the Arts Report.