TMAA Past Honorees 2009

Robert Rodriguez, born in San Antonio, Texas, prepared for his film career by making a series of home movies featuring his family as cast and crew members. In 1991 as...

Robert Rauschenberg was born in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1925.  He studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute (1947-1948), and the Academie Julian, Paris (1948). In 1948-49, he attended...

Edith O’Donnell, civic leader and philanthropist, has played a pivotal role in advancing the arts and education in Dallas and beyond. Edith O’Donnell’s fascination with arts came as a freshman...

In 1984 David Lake and Ted Flato founded Lake|Flato Architects which for the past 25 years has produced some of the most respected buildings in the state. Lake, an Austin...

Ted Fehrenbach is the renowned historian of the State of Texas and the author of the still definitive book on Texas history entitled Lone Star, A History of Texas and...

Recognized as one of the truly important pianists of his generation, James Dick’s early triumphs as top prizewinner in the Tchaikovsky, Busoni and Leventritt International Competitions were a mere prelude...

Called a “Poet of the Ordinary” by the Los Angeles Times, Keith Carter’s haunting, enigmatic photographs have been shown in over one hundred solo exhibitions in thirteen countries.  Ten books...

While Laura W. Bush is known throughout the nation and the world as a significant supporter of the arts, her public involvement in the arts community began in Texas. Throughout...

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway hit Cats. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Triumph of Love,...