Two powerhouse Texas women, Leslie Blanton and Leslie Ward, have graciously stepped forward to chair the star-studded Texas Medal of the Arts which will be held on Feb. 26 & 27, 2019 at Blanton Museum and @longcenterin Austin. arts.blog.austin360.com/2018/08/01/dat… #TXCulturalTrust #TMAA

Start ‘em young! Hook ‘em! 🤟🏼Texas Exes Texas Longhorns Chris Del Conte DavidSmith

Austin A-listers shine bright as this year's Texas Medal of Arts honorees austin.culturemap.com/news/arts/01-1… via CultureMap Austin texasmedalofarts.org

ART CAN Texas!

Thank you H-E-B!

The arts have provided emotional comfort, connection, engagement, a form of expression, and hope for people around the world during this pandemic. #powerofthearts #artcantexas #supportthearts #homeiswheretheartis #supportartists

Art is so powerful! #powerofthearts 🎼 🩰 🧠 💗

Help us celebrate what has kept us connected, engaged, hopeful, and comforted this year - the arts and creativity! Your gift to TXCT supports our work to increase arts access + awareness about the importance of the arts + creative sector. #GivingTuesday buff.ly/2JoGmOZ

Thank you Sen Kel Seliger for supporting the arts in Texas! The arts and culture industry need our support now more than ever. This industry can reignite our economy, enhance education, and improve our health and wellbeing. Texas Cultural Trust Texans for the Arts Texas Arts #ArtCanTexas

The Texas Cultural Trust is proud to partner with UT COFA to increase access to fine arts through technology. #artcantexas

We’re just one week away from the official start of the Sark era, y’all. 🤘🏾

A long read but well worth it. Great writing & journalism ... The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS newyorker.com/magazine/2017/… via The New Yorker

APD and SA police chiefs both raise concerns over #sb4 on issues of liability, resources and community trust #txlegelive #txlege

And what of the Republican Party? x.com/foxnews/status…

Breaking: Matthew Dowd just announced he is NOT going to challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018. trib.it/2q31lLl

Benjamin Franklin advocated most strongly for the removal of the chief executive should they, in his words, "render themselves obnoxious."

Finding the proper place for the arts in education (spoiler alert: the answer is all sujbects) #artsed #ArtCanTexas ow.ly/31w130eAJRj

Huge congrats to @MSDF_Foundation 4 kicking off #RebuildTexasFund for #HurricaneHarvey recovery rebuildtx.org

Congrats KB! Kathy Blackwell named executive editor at Texas Monthly society.blog.austin360.com/2017/10/03/kat…

George H.W. Bush, Yale baseball captain, with Babe Ruth, 70 years ago this June: