The Arts

  • Started opera lectures for the public schools
  • Assisted in forming the Waco Symphony Society
  • Began the Children’s Theater
  • Began children’s radio programs
  • Sponsored ballet for children
  • Established Children’s Museum program
  • Manned the phone for the Waco Literary Society
  • Began touring Puppet Shows
  • Began Life Members of Friends of the Library
  • Established art lectures in public schools
  • Created the R.B. Hoover Branch Library in Lake Air Mall
  • Co-sponsored Baylor Opera for secondary school students
  • Established Waco Creative Art Center with Model Cities Grant
  • Initiated Cameron House renovation for the home of the Waco Creative Art Center
  • Provided funds for an exhibition program and 50 scholarships to classes at The Art Center
  • Provided funds for scholarships and the promotion of classes at The Art Center
  • Funded art activities for WISD Enrichment Programs
  • Initiated a contest for young musicians
  • Provided funds for WISD Art Enrichment Day
  • Provided funds for the Junior Volunteer Program of the Art Center
  • Provided funds for the Very Special Arts - "Artist-in-the-Schools ”
  • Purchased violins for talented lower-income children – Magnet Violin Studio/J.H. Hines Elementary School
  • Provided funds for Access to Art-Waco Performing Arts Company
  • Provided scholarships for Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra
  • Provided funds for fine arts program – Waco Boys and Girls Clubs
  • Provided funds to Access to Art, a project of the Waco Performing Arts Company  
  • Provided funds to “Fine Arts: Enriching the Lives of Young People in Our Community”, a project of the Waco Boys and Girls Clubs
  • Provided scholarship to “Scholarship for Students” in The Waco Symphony Orchestra
  • Provided funds to Lyric Opera of Waco for teacher/student educational packets for their educational outreach program
  • Provided funds to the Art Center Waco for the International Children's Museum
  • Provided funds to Waco Hippodrome/Waco Performing Arts Company