The San Antonio Art League & Museum recently named Ann Griffith as the recipient of the Ethel T. Drought Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts. The presentation will be made on May 26 at a reception from 5-7 pm at The Argyle. www.saalm.org
A poem written by Trinity University junior Phil LaDeau has been chosen for publication in the spring 2010 issue of The Collegiate Scholar, a national publication produced by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). www.trinity.edu
May is Historic Preservation Month, and the City's Office of Historic Preservation is celebrating with the first ever Amazing Preservation Race. Elementary-aged children can complete physical activities and use clues to race through the King William Historic District. www.sanantonio.gov/historic
To commemorative the one-year anniversary of the Museum Reach, the San Antonio River Foundation commissioned a book titled The River Spectacular: Light, Sound, Color & Craft on the San Antonio River to chronicle the design, construction and installation of nine public art pieces along the new 1.3 mile stretch of the San Antonio River Walk. The book will be unveiled on Saturday, May 29 at 11 a.m. at The Twig Book Shop where author Wendy Atwell and photographer Mark Menjivar will be on hand to discuss the process of documenting one of the city's largest public art installations. www.sariverfoundation.org
If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov
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 In honor of Dance Month in San Antonio, the May Artist of the Month is The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dance Program, and its founder, Berta Almaguer.
This year, the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation department
celebrates 75 years of dance, and honors dance program founder Berta
Almaguer. The Parks and Recreation Department proudly boasts the
longest running municipal dance program in the country.
Read more about the Parks and Recreation Dance Program and Dance Month, visit www.sahearts.com
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 San Antonio ArtsBeat - May
This episode is all about Dance Month! We talk to Belinda Menchaca at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, dancers with the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dance Program and Erica Wilson-Perkins at the new Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center.
Watch it online now!
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TEXAS
UT appoints new chair for Dept. of Theatre and Dance
Austin American Statesman (5/17/10)
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
"The University of Texas has appointed Brant Pope, currently head of the Department of Theatre at The University of Illinois, has been appointed chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, the College of Fine Arts announced today."
NATIONAL
Floods Wreak Havoc On Nashville Music Scene
NPR (5/12/10)
Craig Havighurst
The flooding in Tennessee last week took more than 20 lives and wrought billions in property damage. In Nashville, it also took a toll on the city's musical heritage and infrastructure.
INTERNATIONAL
Jeremy Hunt asks DCMS to plan for £66m cut to budget
The Stage (5/13/10)
Alistair Smith
"Newly appointed culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked civil servants at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to investigate how the department can make savings to cover £66 million of cuts."
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