Three of SAY Sí's high school students have received prestigious national and regional awards for their outstanding artwork through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the 86 year-old national program that recognizes outstanding creative teenagers and offers scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. The 2009 SAY Sí award recipients are; Derek Burgman, Vivian Yoomi Park and Devin Ray. If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov. |
OCA Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program applications are now open. The Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program is designed to assist local not for profit arts and cultural organizations and artists with organizational stability, development and professional growth. For more information, including application and guidelines, visit the web site HERE.
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 April Artist of the Month |
 Get to know San Antonio artists! The April artist of the month is writer, poet, performer, and educator, Dr. Carmen Tafolla.
Dr. Carmen Tafollas' work has appeared in more than two hundred anthologies, magazines, journals, readers, American Literature textbooks, Big Books, and in the Poetry-in-Motion series installed on city buses. The co-author of the first book ever published on Latina Civil Rights leader Emma Tenayuca (That's Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice, which Críticas Magazine listed among the Best Children's Books of 2008), she is the recipient of many awards, including the Art of Peace Award in 1999 for writing which contributes to peace, justice, and human understanding.
Find out more, and read an interview with Tafolla HERE.
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SAN ANTONIO
Services in the works for Donnie Neubauer
San Antonio Express News (4/15/09)
Deborah Martin
"Donnie Neubauer, a gifted actor who had been ill for a while, died Tuesday."
TEXAS
The History of Texas Music
Texas Public Radio, Texas Matters (4/10/09)
David Martin Davies and Yvette Benavides
"Texas is known for its character, flavor and attitude, not just in the people but also in the culture of Texas. There's an unrivaled state pride and there is such a rich state history. Part of that Texas history, culture and heritage is the music of the state."
NATIONAL
More nonprofits engage in mergers for survival
Boston Globe (4/15/09)
Erin Ailworth
"As funding falls off, organizations are teaming up to assure their work continues."
INTERNATIONAL
What is this cultural recession you speak of?
The National Post (4/09/09)
Maria Kubacki
"Online Interests; Internet allows users to find what suits their fancy."
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Bluebonnet Concert
Fiesta POPS
Conception/Realization
April 17 - May 16
YOSA Riverwalk Festival
Fiesta Arts Fair
