TMAA Past Honorees 2001

Horton Foote, one of America’s most lauded writers, has received much recognition for his plethora of plays, screenplays, films, and books. Foote received Academy Awards and Writers Guild of America...

Gilberto Zepeda, Jr., is a teacher who believes that teaching is an art form. Within the Mexican American community, the success of one student can become a community’s accomplishment. So...

SBC Communications Inc. has a strong tradition of funding arts and cultural programs throughout Texas. SBC, through the SBC Foundation, continues to concentrate on specific areas of education, community and...

Willie Nelson is one of contemporary music’s few genuine icons. The 80-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor has continually renewed his artistic vision throughout a career spanning more than 35...

The Meadows Foundation is a private philanthropic institution established in 1948 by Algur H. and Virginia Meadows to benefit the people of Texas. Its mission is to assist the people...

Actor and director Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, and worked briefly in the oil fields before leaving for Harvard, where he graduated cum laude with a...

As children in San Antonio, brothers Flaco and Santiago Jimenez watched their legendary father, Santiago Jimenez, Sr., credited as the “Father of Modern Conjunto Music,” perfect the craft. Flaco Jimenez...

Neil Hess – dancer, choreographer, and teacher – has been a major force in the success of the TEXAS musical drama that performs each summer in Palo Duro Canyon State...

Debbie Allen – choreographer, director, producer, composer, actress, and dancer – began her career on Broadway with Sweet Charity and West Side Story, for which she received two Tony nominations....