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TACA is Worth a Million Bucks — Again


by Jerome Weeks 9 Feb 2009 10:07 AM

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 […]
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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.”

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About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.

COMMENTS

  • “When tines get tough, people get creative.” Let’s hope so. I encourage all to consider novel ideas for the arts.
    The previous boom times was a period when there was a resistance to new ideas that I found stronger than any brick wall. Though no one wants to see these hard times, I do hope something good can come out of it – and openness to new ideas would be good for Dallas and Dallas arts.