TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ART



TASA CONTACT

Please direct questions regarding TASA to:

President (2008-2010)
Cathie Tyler
Paris Junior College
Art Dept.
2400 Clarksville
Paris, TX 75460
903-782-0460
Fax: 903-782-0370
ctyler@parisjc.edu

Please send your news, articles, digital photographs (jpeg. or gif. files), corrections, or suggestions regarding this website to:

TASA Webmaster
Victoria Taylor-Gore
Assistant Professor
Visual Arts Department
Amarillo College
P.O. Box 447
Amarillo, TX 79178
806-371-5982
vtg60@msn.com or
gore-v@actx.edu

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TASA OFFICERS/AWARDS HISTORY

As a Microsoft Word File or listed below:

TASA Presidents:
1968-70                    Dr. Peter W Guenther, University of Houston
1970-72                    Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
1972-74                    Dr. Clarence Kincaid, Texas Tech University
1974-76                    Mr. Barry Phillips, Odessa College
1976-78                    Dr. Charles McGough, East Texas State University
1978-80                    Mrs. Dana Smith, El Centro College
1980-82                    Mrs. Jean Laman, Southwest Texas State University
1982-84                    Dr. Bruce Turner, Wharton Junior College
1984-86                    Mr. Paul Hanna, Texas Tech University
1986-88                    Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
1988-90                    Dr. William McCarter, North Texas State University
1990-92                    Mrs. Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College
1992-94                    Mr. Terry Morrow, Texas Tech University
1994-96                    Mr. Frank Herbert, Kilgore College
1996-98                    Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin-Simmons University
1998-2000                 Mr. Mark Anderson, Texas A&M UniversitY-Corpus Christi
2000-2002                 Mr. William Burrell, Amarillo College
2002-2004                 Ms. Sharon Seelig, Tarleton State University
2004-2006                 Mr. Eduardo Aguilar, Tarrant County College - Northwest
2006-08                    Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin-Simmons University
2008-2010                 Ms. Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College

TASA Vice-Presidents:
1968-70                    Dr. James Miles, Tarrant County Junior College
1970-72                    Dr. Clarence Kincaid, Texas Tech University
1972-74                    Mr. Arnold Leondar, Tarrant County Junior College
1974-76                    Dr. William McCarter, North Texas State University
1976-78                    Mr. Francis Witherspoon, Kilgore College
1978-80                    Mrs. Jean Laman, Southwest Texas State University
1980-82                    Dr. Bruce Turner, Wharton Junior College

TASA Presidents-Elect/ Past-Presidents:
1982-84, 1986-88       Mr. Paul Hanna, Texas Tech University
1984-85                   Mr. Ronald Sullivan, Del Mar College
1985-86, 1988-90       Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
1986-88, 1990-92       Dr. William McCarter, North Texas State University
1988-90, 1992-94       Ms. Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College
1990-92, 1994-96       Mr. Terry Morrow, Texas Tech University
1992-94, 1996-98       Mr. Frank Herbert, Kilgore College
1994-96, 1998-00       Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin-Simmons University
1997-98, 2000-01       Mr. Mark Anderson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
1999-00, 2002-03       Mr. William Burrell, Amarillo College
2001-02, 2004-05       Ms. Sharon Seelig, Tarleton State University
2003-04, 2006-07       Mr. Eduardo Aguilar, Tarrant County College
2005-06, 2008-09       Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin Simmons University
2007-08                   Ms. Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College

TASA Secretary/Treasurers:
1968-71                   Mrs. Francis Law, Weatherford College
1971-74                   Mr. James Wogstad, San Antonio College
1974-76                   Mrs. Jean Turner, Texas Woman's College

Secretaries:
1976-78                   Dr. James J Johnson Jr., North Texas State University
1978-81                   Mr. Don Wink, Stephen F Austin State University

TASA Recorders:
1981-87                   Mr. Robert O'Neill, Lamar University
1987-90                   Mrs. Mary Apple, Texas Wesleyan College
1990-93                   Dr. Ollie Jensen-Theisen, Northeast Texas Community College
1993-97                   Mr. Darold Smith, West Texas A&M University
1997-2000                Ms. Sandra Dowd, Navarro College
2000-2004                Ms. Rebecca Riley, Kingwood College
2004 – 05                 Ms. Kay Byfield, Northeast Texas Community College
2005 – 10                 Ms. Susan Witta-Kemph, San Antonio College, Alamo CCD

TASA Treasurers:
1976-78                   Dana Smith, El Centro College
1978-81                   Mrs. Margaret Peavy, San Antonio College
1981-86                   Dr. Mary Alice Brumbach, Brookhaven College
1986-91                   Ms. Lisa Ehrich, Brookhaven College
1991-94                   Mr. Brian Row, Southwest Texas State University
1994-97                   Mrs. Sandra Baker, Brazosport College
1997-2000                Dr. Elizabeth Jones, University of Texas El Paso
2000-2008                Mrs. Karmien Bowman, Tarrant County College
2008-2011                Mrs. Liz Yarosz-Ash, Midwestern State University

TASA Parliamentarians:
1968-70                   Ms. Jean Tilotson
1970-71                   Mr. James Wogstad, San Antonio College
1971-73                   Mrs. Mimi Stewart, Galveston College
1973-74                   Dr. William McCarter, North Texas State University
1974-75                   Mrs. Dana Smith, El Centro College
1976-78                   Dr. Charles Stewart, Howard Payne University
1978-79                   Mrs. Margaret Peavy, San Antonio College
1979-81                   Dr. Mary Alice Brumbach, Brookhaven College

TASA Newsletter Editor:
1992-94                   Mr. Frank Herbert, Kilgore College
1994-96                   Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin-Simmons University
1996-98                   Mr. William Burrell, Amarillo College
1999-2002                Mr. Steve Kramer, Austin Community College
2000-2004                Ms. Kay Byfield, Northeast Texas Community College
2004-05                   Ms. Victoria Taylor-Gore – Amarillo College
2006-10                   Mr. Kurt Dyrhaug, Lamar University

TASA Webmaster:

2002 – 05                 Ms Nancy Wood, SAC-Alamo CCD, San Antonio, TX
2005 – 09                 Ms. Victoria Taylor-Gore, Amarillo College

TASA Administrative Directors:
1984-85                   Mrs. Judi Kaufman, Brookhaven College
1985-87                   Don Dillon, Don Dillon Associates
1987-88                   Becky Tomlinson, Don Dillon Associates
1988-90                   Christopher Boyd, Don Dillon Associates
1990                       Joe Reynolds, Don Dillon Associates
1991                       Jody Henry, Don Dillon Associates
1991-92                   Carl Hamm, Dallas, Texas
1992                       Duties Assigned to TASA President

TASA At-Large Board of Directors:
1968                       Mrs. Margaret Peavy, San Antonio College
1968                       Mr. Arlin Peltier, El Centro College
1968-71                   Dr. Ralph White, University of Texas-Austin
1968                       Dr. Clarence Kincaid, Texas Tech University
1969                       Ms. Morna Nation, Wharton Junior College
1970-72                   Dr. Peter Guenther, University of Houston
1971-74                   Dr. Clark Garnsey, The University of Texas-El Paso
1971                       Mrs. Margaret Peavy, San Antonio College
1972-74                   Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
1973-76                   Ms. Sharon Griffith, Mountain View College
1973-76                   Mr. John O'Neil, Rice University
1973-76                   Mr. Karl Umlauf, East Texas State University
1974-77                   Mr. Arnold Leondar, Tarrant County Junior College
1974-76                   Mr. Francis Witherspoon, Kilgore College
1974-76                   Dr. Clarence Kincaid, Texas Tech University
1976-78                   Mr. Barry Phillips, Odessa College
1976-79                   Mr. Paul Hanna, Texas Tech University
1976-79                   Mr. Arthur Koch, Southern Methodist University
1976-79                   Dr. Kenneth Prescott, The University of Tx-Austin
1977-81                   Ms. Mimi Arnold Stewart, Galveston College
1978-80                   Dr. Charles McGough, East Texas State University
1979-80                   Dr. Bruce Turner, Wharton Junior College
1979-81                   Mr. James Broderick, Texas Tech University
1979-81                   Mr. Anthony Jones, Texas Christian University
1979-81                   Mrs. Margaret Peavy, San Antonio College
1980-82                   Mrs. Dana Smith, El Centro College
1980-83                   Mr. Ron Binks, The University of Texas-San Antonio
1980-83                   Mr. Edouardo Aguilar, Tarrant County Jr College/NW
1980-83                   Mr. Ronald Sullivan, Del Mar College
1982-84                   Dr. Kenneth W Prescott, The University of Tx-Austin
1982-84                   Mrs. Jean Laman, Southwest Texas State University
1983-86                   Ms. Anita Rogers, North Harris County College
1983-85                   Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
1983-86                   Mr. Charles Fensch, The University of Tx-El Paso
1984-86                   Dr. Bruce Turner, Wharton Junior College
1984-88                   Dr. Jarvis Ulbricht, The University of Tx-Austin
1985-89                   Ms. Cathie Tyler, Paris Junior College
1985-86                   Dr. Margaret Lucas, North Texas State University
1986-89                   Dr. Margaret Hicks, Navarro College
1986-88                   Mr. Paul Hanna, Texas Tech University
1986-89                   Mr. Edouardo Aguilar, Tarrant County Jr College/NW
1986-89                   Ms. Linda Fawcett, Hardin-Simmons University
1988-91                   Mr. James Broderick, The University of Tx-San Antonio
1989-92                   Mr. Frank Herbert, Kilgore College
1989-92                   Mr. Mark Anderson, Corpus Christi State University
1990-92                   Mr. Brian Row, Southwest Texas State University
1991-94                   Mr. Barry Phillips III, Odessa College
1991-94                   Ms. Terry Gay Puckett, St. Philip's College
1991-94                   Mr. Chuck Fensch, The University of Tx-El Paso
1991-94                   Mr. Darold Smith, West Texas State University
1992-95                   Mr. David Conn, Texas Christian University
1992-95                   Ms. Anita Rogers, North Harris College
1993-96                   Ms. Karen Roberson, The University of Tx-Tyler
1994-97                   Mr. James Wogstad, San Antonio College
1994-97                   Mr. Brian Row, Southwest Texas State University
1994-97                   Ms. Lisa Ehrich, Brookhaven College
1995-98                   Ms. Jayne Duryea, Bee County College
1995-2000                Mr. David Willard, The University of Tx-Austin
1996-99                   Mr. Richard Hyslin, The University of Tx-Pan American
1997-2000                Ms. Sandra Baker, Brazosport College
1997-2000                Mr. James Wogstad, San Antonio College
1998-2001                Mr. Michael Donahue, Temple College                                                            
1997-2011                Mr. Brian Row, Southwest Texas State University
2000 - 2003              Mr. Eduardo Aguilar, Tarrant County College
1998- 2004               Ms. Rebecca Riley, Kingwood College
1998 - 2002              Mr. Steve Kramer, Austin Community College
1999 - 2002              Ms. Donna Meeks, Lamar University
2000 - 2005              Ms. Nancy Wood, San Antonio College
2000 - 2005              Mr. Gary Washmon, Texas Woman’s University
2001 - 2006              Mr. Bob Hext, Sul Ross University
2002 - 2005              Ms. Kay Byfield, Northeast Texas Community College
2002 - 2005              Dr. J. Ulbricht, The University of Texas at Austin
2005 - 2008              Mr. Fred Spaulding, UT Pan American, Edinburg
2005 - 2008              Mrs. Rosemary DesPlas, El Centro College
2006-2009                Mr. Greg Reuter, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi
2007-2010                Mr. Gary Frields, Stephen F. Austin State University
2008-2011                Mr. Bill Simpson, Trinity Valley Community College
2008-2011                Mr. Omar Hernandez, El Centro College

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

TASA Distinguished Service Award:

1984                       Dr. Kenneth Prescott, The Univ. of Tx-Austin
1985                       Dr. Forrest E. Ward, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
1986                       Dr. Clarence Kincaid (posthumous), Texas Tech University
1987                       Dr. Mary Alice Brumbach, Brookhaven College
1988                       Ms. Jean Laman, Southwest Texas State University
1990                       Dr. Peter Guenther, The University of Houston
1991                       Mr. Denny Fraze, Amarillo College
2000                       Mr. Jim Wogstad

TASA Artist Award:  (Special award for Practicing Artist)
               
1986                       Mr. Bill Bagley, Texas Tech University

TASA Artist Award:  (Paul Hanna Lecture Series)

1994               Glen Brown, Texas Tech University, “Post-Modernism & the Persistence of the Sign” and Pat Foutcher, University of North Texas, “A Graphic Approach to Package Design: Teaching the Basics of 3-D Design & Construction”
1995               Tom Sale, Navarro College, “The Monkey, The Snake, Imagination and the Artist. One Artist’s Impressions on Creativity”
1996               Rob Erdle, University of North Texas, “Towards a New Watercolor Landscape, West Meets East, Denton to China”
1997               Mr. Drake Gomez, South Plains College, “Content Across Disciplines: A Collaborative Project for 2-D Design”
1998               Ms. Patricia Taylor, Southwest Texas State University, “Promises & Pitfalls: Multi-Media in the Art History and Humanities Classroom”
1999               Gibbs Milliken, University of Texas, Austin, “New Discoveries in Rock Art in the Venezuelan Amazon”
2000               Ms. Tina Fuentes, Texas Tech University, “El Arte de Tina Fuentes” (documentary video)
2001               Roger Columbik, Southwest Texas State University, ‘Travel in the Balkans and Bosnia and the Compresson of Culture”
2002               Mr  Joshua Kight, Austin CCD, “Wood and Words”
2003               Haydee Victoria Suescum, San Antonio College, “Salon de Belleza y Estetica Unisex: Vitruvius Woman/ Pantis Vikinis”
2004               Jean Laman, Texas State University
2005               Kurt Dyrhaug, Lamar University, “iron Man” (documentary video)
2006               Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash, Midwestern University, “Celare/Revelare: Ways of Seeing, Large Scale Paintings and other Works by Eiizabeth Yarosz-Ash”
2007               Carol Flueckiger, Texas Tech University, “Chances of Rain, Solitude of Self, and Postcards From the Laundry Room”
2008               Mari Omori, Kingwood College, “Crossing Boundaries”

TASA Board of Directors Award

for “110% Contributions to TASA”:

1987               Mary Brumbaugh, Brookhaven College
1988               Jean Laman, Southwest Texas State University
1989               Margaret Peavey, San Antonio College (for past help to TASA in its formative years)
2000               Jim Wogstad, San Antonio College, and Denny Fraze, Amarillo College

TASA Board of Directors Award

for Distinguished Contribution to the Visual Arts in the State of Texas:

1986               Mr. and Mrs. Dishman, Beaumont
1987               Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nasher, Dallas
1988               Mrs. Helen DeVitt Jones
1988               Mr. and Mrs. John Lott
1989               Mr. James A. Michener, Austin
1991               Mr. Antonio Garcia, Corpus Christi
1992               The Mary Potisham Lard Trust, Fort Worth
1993               Mr. Robert L. B. Tobin, San Antonio
1994               Homer L. and Jane Walles, Beaumont
1995               Mrs. Frances Brown Cowan, Tyler
1996               Herbert Holl and Sara Harvey, Denton Arts Council
1997               Ms. Roberta Crenshaw, Austin
1998               Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ladd, Amarillo
1999               Anne and Sam Davis, El Paso
2000               Ann Moore, McAllen
2001               Marshall and Victoria Lightman, Houston
2002               Hardy and Betty Sanders, Ft. Worth (Coleyville)
2003               Linda Pace, San Antonio
2004               Dr. Robert & Gloria Fergason, Corpus Christi
2005               Richard Robson Brettell,  Ph.D., Dallas
2006               Martha Richardson Junction, TX
2007               Ellen Nöel, Odessa, TX
2008               Dr. James M. Simmons, Beamont, TX
                        Sallye Keith, Beaumont, Tx

TASA Honorary Members:

                     Patsy Nasher
                     Raymond D. Nasher
                     Forrest Ward

TASA Emeritus Members:

                     Dr. Clark Garnsey
                     Dr. Kenneth Prescott
                     Mrs. Margaret Peavy
                     Mr. Paul Hanna
                     Dr. Margaret Hicks
                     Mr. Denny Fraze
                     Mr. Jim Wogstad

TASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE LOCATIONS:

1968 Austin              1st Annual
1969 Houston
1970 Fort Worth
1971 San Antonio
1972 Houston           5th Annual
1973 Dallas
1974 San Antonio
1975 Fort Worth
1976 El Paso
1977 Austin              10th Annual
1978 Galveston
1979 Dallas
1980 Lubbock
1981 San Antonio  
1982 Fort Worth       15th Annual
1983 Amarillo
1984 Austin
1985 El Paso
1986 Beaumont
1987 Dallas               20th Annual
1988 Junction
1989 Austin
1990 Houston
1991 Corpus Christi
1992 Fort Worth       25th Annual
1993 San Antonio
1994 Beaumont
1995 Tyler
1996 Denton            
1997 Austin              30th Annual
1998 Amarillo
1999 El Paso
2000 McAllen
2001 Houston                                                                                                                                           
2002 Ft. Worth         35th Annual
2003 San Antonio 
2004 Corpus Christi
2005 Dallas
2006 Junction        
2007 Odessa          40th Annual
2008 Beaumont      
2009 Abilene