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Boyd Vance Scholarship Event for ProArts Collective
Were he alive, Boyd Vance would cackle, coo and howl with pleasure. A scholarship named for the outrageously funny and outspoken leader of Austin’s black arts community? Sure thing: Goes with the absolutely appropriate Boyd Vance Theatre at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center.
Lisa Byrd and Percival Everett
A campaign party for the Austin Community College arts scholarship filled the former home of Ms. B’s on East 11th Street on Wednesday. ProArts Collective sponsored the event, which included eats from G&G New Orleans Cuisine and Soul Food. The guest list mixed ACC dignitaries with reps from the University of Texas, Austin Revitalization Authority, Big Austin and other key groups.
Toni Tipton-Martin, Freddie Dixon Sr. and Claudia Conner
I left before the main speaker, novelist Percival Everett, gave an address, along with a dramatic reading of his “The Fix” by members of Altered Stages. But I was able to spend time with social and cultural connector Lisa Byrd and others whom I sorely miss from the arts beat.
Rochelle Smith, Rachael Mardegian and Livia Perry
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