Texas Medals of the Arts (2005)
The Third Texas Medals of the Arts were presented to artists and arts patrons in April 2005.
The awards are administered by the Texas Cultural Trust Council.
The council was established to raise money and awareness for the Texas Cultural Trust Fund, which was created by the Legislature in 1993 to support cultural arts in Texas (www.txculturaltrust.org).
The medals, awarded every two years, were first presented in 2001.
A concurrent proclamation by the state Senate and House of Representatives
honors the recipients, and the governor presents the awards in Austin.
The 2005 recipients were:
Kevork Djansezian Vicki Carr 
Evans Caglage
Lyle Lovett
Frank Franklin II Phylicia Rashad
A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to singer Vikki
Carr of El Paso. She has won three Grammy Awards and released 59
best-selling recordings.
Television/theater: Phylicia Rashad of Houston, actress on The Cosby Show and winner of a Tony Award for her leading role in A Raisin in the Sun.
• Music: singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett of Klein.
• Dance: Ben Stevenson of Houston and Fort Worth, helped turn Houston Ballet into an internationally acclaimed company.
• Literary arts: Naomi Shihab Nye of San Antonio, poet, essayist and writer of novels and short stories for teens.
• Visual arts: Jose Cisneros of El Paso, artist and illustrator of Spanish colonial period in Southwest.
• Theater: Robert Wilson of Waco, known for experimental theater pieces.
• Arts education: Ginger Head-Gearheart of Fort Worth, advocate of arts education in public schools.
• Individual arts patron: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long of Austin, philanthropists.
• Foundation arts patron: Nasher Foundation of Dallas.
In 2003, the awards were:
A Lifetime Achievement Award for writer John Graves of Glen Rose, author of Goodbye to A River.
Other winners were:
• Media-film/television acting: Fess Parker of Fort Worth, star of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.
• Music: Country singer Charley Pride of Dallas.
• Dance: Choreographer, singer, director and dancer Tommy Tune of Wichita Falls and Houston.
• Theater: Enid Holm of Odessa, actress and former executive director of Texas Nonprofit Theatres.
• Literary arts: Novelist Sandra Cisneros of San Antonio.
• Visual arts: Sculptor Glenna Goodacre of Dallas.
• Folk arts: Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza of San Antonio.
• Architecture: State Capitol Preservation Project of Austin, headed by Dealey Herndon.
• Arts education: Theater teacher Marca Lee Bircher of Dallas.
• Individual arts patron: Philanthropist Nancy B. Hamon of Dallas.
• Corporate arts patron: Exxon/Mobil, based in Irving.
• Foundation arts patron: Houston Endowment Inc.
The first group of artists and patrons to receive the award in 2001 were:
• Lifetime Achievement: Van Cliburn of Fort Worth, cited as "acclaimed concert pianist and mentor."
• Film: Actor Tommy Lee Jones of San Saba.
• Music: Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson of Austin.
• Dance: Debbie Allen of Houston, choreographer, director, actress and composer.
• Theater: Texas musical-drama producer Neil Hess of Amarillo.
• Literary arts: Playwright Horton Foote of Wharton.
• Visual arts: Muralist John Biggers of Houston.
• Folk arts: Musician brothers Santiago Jimenez Jr. and Flaco Jimenez of San Antonio.
• Architecture: Restoration architect Wayne Bell of Austin.
• Arts education: Theater arts director Gilberto Zepeda Jr. of Pharr.
• Individual arts patron: Philanthropist Jack Blanton of Houston.
• Corporate arts patron: SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio.
• Foundation arts patron: Meadows Foundation of Dallas.
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