Tonight, at the DMA’s Horchow Auditorium, TACA (The Arts Community Alliance) is giving $1 million to 34 North Texas performing arts groups — for only the second time since TACA was founded in 1966.

For its arts grants, TACA raises funds via special events, including the Silver Cup Award luncheon, which was begun in 1979 by former Dallas mayor Annette Strauss (and which will be held again this March).

On Sunday, the Dallas Morning News ran a Q&A with TACA’s executive director, Rebecca Young, in which she talks about TACA possibly moving its offices to One Arts Plaza as well as the economic downturn’s effect on the arts and arts fundraising: “When times get tough, people get creative.”