TMAA Past Honorees 2005

The New York Times describes Robert Wilson as “a towering figure in the world of experimental theater.” His works integrate a wide variety of artistic media, combining movement, dance, painting,...

Ben Stevenson is not the artistic director of Texas Ballet Theater of Fort Worth. He nurtured Houston Ballet from a small provincial ensemble to one of the nation’s largest dance...

A native of Houston, Texas, Ms. Rashad graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Howard University. Broadway credits include Gem of the Ocean,...

Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, moved to Jerusalem (her Palestinian father’s home city) as a teen, and has lived many years in old downtown San Antonio, Texas,...

The Nasher Foundation is headed by founding Chairman and President Raymond D. Nasher. The goals of the foundation are the following: to care for and preserve the Raymond and Patsy...

Lovett was born and raised in Klein, Texas, a small town named after his great-grandfather. He got his first guitar when he was seven years old and his first public...

Currently, Joe Long is president of The Austin Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of The Headliners Club, Caritas of Austin, Arts Center Stage,...

Ginger Head graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1968, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Since that time, she has devoted much of her energy to teaching and promoting...

José Cisneros immigrated to the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez border in 1925 during the Mexican Revolution. He never received a formal education but taught himself how to read and to draw....