TMAA Past Honorees 2017

Eloise and John Paul DeJoria are corporate mainstays, having co-founded Patrón Spirits Company and John Paul Mitchell Systems. John Paul, having built John Paul Mitchell Systems from scratch, and his...

Founded in 1976 by Artistic Advisor Ann Williams, Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is the nation’s 10th largest and Dallas’s oldest continuously operating minority professional dance company. Its mission is...

Hailing from Houston, Lauren Anderson is a beloved ballerina and household name in the dance world. She joined the Houston Ballet and rose to lead dancer in 1990, making Anderson...

Born and raised in Houston, Yolanda Adams’ gospel beginnings were with Houston’s Southeast Inspirational Choir. She began singing in grade school, and after graduating from Texas Southern University, she would...