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Texas Cultural Trust Receives $2.5 Million Endowment to Fund Arts Scholarships for Texas Students

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT), a nonprofit increasing awareness, access, and support for the arts in Texas, announced today its largest private donation to date, coming from philanthropists Sarah and Dr. Ernest Butler. The $2.5 million gift will endow the Texas Young Masters program, a joint program between the Texas Cultural Trust and the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA). Started in 2002, the Texas Young Masters program expands access to the arts to students across the state by providing fifteen 8th through 11th grade students with a $10,000 scholarship grant, distributed over two years, to pursue advanced study in their artistic discipline.

Key Points: 
  • The $2.5 million gift will endow the Texas Young Masters program, a joint program between the Texas Cultural Trust and the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA).
  • Sarah and Dr. Ernest Butler have been dedicated patrons of the arts in Texas since they moved to Austin in 1969.
  • Dr. Butler has been a TXCT Board Member since 2015, and the couple received the Texas Medal of Arts in 2011 for their patronage of the arts in Texas.
  • The awards show will honor the 2024 class of Texas Young Masters, listed below:
    To learn more about the Texas Cultural Trust and the Texas Young Masters celebration, please visit https://txculturaltrust.org/what-we-do/texas-young-masters/ .

Texas Cultural Trust Announces 2024 Class of Texas Young Masters

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Texas arts advocacy nonprofit Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT) and the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) announced today their 12th class of Texas Young Masters, a joint program designed to nurture rising young artists in Texas. Each recipient – 8th through 11th-grade students – will be awarded $10,000 in scholarship grants over the course of two years. The Trust will be honoring these fifteen young artists at their biennial Texas Young Masters celebration and awards show on April 16, 2024, at ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Texas arts advocacy nonprofit Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT) and the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) announced today their 12th class of Texas Young Masters, a joint program designed to nurture rising young artists in Texas.
  • The Trust will be honoring these fifteen young artists at their biennial Texas Young Masters celebration and awards show on April 16, 2024, at ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas.
  • "As part of our mission to spotlight artistic excellence in the state, the Texas Cultural Trust is thrilled to announce the 2024 class of Texas Young Masters and support these deserving, talented young artists."
  • "As part of our mission to spotlight artistic excellence in the state, the Texas Cultural Trust is thrilled to announce the 2024 class of Texas Young Masters and support these deserving, talented young artists.