Patty Granville, Garland’s First Lady of the Arts, will be honored with an Obelisk Award by Business Council for the Arts Nov. 17. Garland Cultural Arts Director Granville will receive the Juror’s Award at the 33rd annual Obelisk Awards in Dallas.
The Obelisk Award has honored businesses, nonprofits and individuals for their extraordinary support of arts and culture in North Texas since 1989. Business Council for the Arts encourages, inspires and stimulates businesses and municipalities to support the arts in the workplace, in education, and in the community.
Michelle Norris, Cultural Arts Supervisor at the City of Garland, nominated Granville. Norris notes in the nomination that “Granville is the embodiment of cultural arts in Garland. She has served as the Cultural Arts Director since 1982, and the legacy she leaves behind with her retirement at the end of August is vast.”
Granville Performing Arts Center
Patty Granville opened the Garland Performing Arts Center in 1982, and the center was renamed the Granville Performing Arts Center in 2003. She has continued to pursue the cultural arts for Garland and its residents throughout her nearly 40 years of service. One of the founders of Garland Summer Musicals (GSM) in 1983, Granville has served as their Producer since the first show.
A strong proponent of Garland Civic Theatre and Garland Summer Musicals, Granville advocates for them. She also performs and directs for them. In 2002, the Garland ISD Fine Arts Division named...
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