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View Business Council for the Arts press releases to follow how we are impacting arts and culture in North Texas.

2024

9/23/24 – Business Council for the Arts Reveals Winners of the 2024 Obelisk Awards Presented by Capital One | Download Honoree Headshots

6/11/24 – Business Council for the Arts Announces 2024 Obelisk Awards Chair and Honorary Chairs

5/21/24 – Business Council for the Arts Announces Art Boost 2024

4/16/24 – Business Council for the Arts taps Laurel Braitman, Stanford professor and New York Times bestselling author to headline Arts & Health program, The Power of Storytelling to Heal

2023

10/3/23 – Business Council for the Arts Announces 2023 Obelisk Awards Honorees

8/1/23 – Business Council for the Arts Announces 2023 Obelisk Award Chairs and Honorary Chairs; Opens Nominations for Awards

6/1/23 – Business Council for the Arts Names New Chief Executive Officer

5/1/23 – Business Council for the Arts CEO Katherine Wagner Announces Retirement

2022

9/23/22 – BCA Announces 2022 Obelisk Awards Honorees

3/11/22 – Arts & Economic Prosperity Study 6 Kicks Off Data Collection in 2022

1/31/22 – BCA Announces Incoming 2022 Board Members

1/31/22 – BCA Announces the 2022 Obelisk Award Chair, Honorary Chairs and Nominations Now Open

2021

11/17/21 – 2021 Obelisk Awards Honoree Features for Local Profile

11/1/21 – The Artists of the 2021 Obelisk Awards

9/30/21 – BCA Announces On My Own Time 2022 Registration

8/9/21 – BCA Announces 2021 Obelisk Awards Honorees

5/10/21 – LAI Dallas raises $49,000 for Texas Discovery Gardens, Local Artists and Galleries

4/20/21 – LAI Collin/Denton Counties Celebration of Life Memorial for My Possibilities

3/25/21 – BCA Announces Co-Chairs for 2021 Obelisk Awards and Nominations Now Open

2020

9/24/20 – BCA Announces 2020 Obelisk Awards Honorees

9/15/20 – BCA Announces LAI Collin and Denton Counties Class of 2021

9/15/20 – BCA Announces LAI Dallas Class of 2021

6/19/20 – LAI Collin and Denton Counties Class of 2020 Graduation Announcement

6/3/20 – LAI Dallas Class of 2020 Graduation Announcement

4/29/20 – LAI Dallas Class of 2020 Project Enhancing Housing for DISD Homeless Youth

4/29/20 – LAI Collin/Denton Counties Class of 2020 Project North Texas Community Artscape

4/22/20 – On My Own Time Company Registraion Now Open

4/10/20 – 2020 Obelisk Awards Nominations Now Open

2/17/20 – Leadership Arts Institute Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2020

2019

9/30/19 – Business Council for the Arts Announces 2019 Obelisk Award Honorees: More Cities Than Ever Honored in North Texas

08/26/19 – Business Council for the Arts Salutes 2019 Obelisk Award Finalists

2018

02/26/18 – Local Leaders recognized by Parkland Foundation through new award program

2017

06/28/17 – North Texas’ Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry Generates $1.47 Billion in Economic Activity and Supports 52,848 Jobs Annually

06/01/17 – Leadership Arts Institute Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2018

03/30/17 – BCA, LAI Present the Dallas Arts and Culture Board Fair

03/20/17 – Three Arts Organizations Present a Professional Development Workshop for Artists

2016

09/12/16 – The 2016 Obelisk Awards Honorees and Details

07/20/16 – The 2016 Obelisk Awards Keynote Speaker and Master of Ceremonies

06/28/16 – Leadership Arts Institute Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2017

05/25/16 – Business Council for the Arts Presents The Girls of Nashville featuring Liz Rose

2015

10/22/15 – BCA Announces the 2015 Obelisk Award Honorees (Detail)

10/22/15 – BCA Announces the 2015 Obelisk Award Honorees

07/13/15 – BCA Now Accepting Applications for Leadership Arts Institute

05/01/15 – BCA Announces Leadership Arts in Collin and Denton Counties