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Honoring those who have made significant contributions to the arts in Fort Worth.
ABOUT OUR EVENT
Arts Fort Worth invites you to join us for the 10th Annual Heart of Gold Awards Luncheon! We host this special event to focus on community leaders who have made a difference in the arts community. Each honoree shares our values of integrity and inclusivity, and their impact through the arts helps make Fort Worth a vibrant and welcoming community.
The Heart of Gold Awards Luncheon raises funds to meet the needs of our community by granting dollars, employing artists and designers through public art projects, or bringing our community together to experience emerging and established visual artists in the galleries, experiment and grow through programs, or theater and dance performances on three stages at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center!
HONORING LOUISE APPLEMAN AND GINNY TIGUE
The Heart of Gold Awards Luncheon wouldn't exist if not for the vision and passion of this year's honorees, Louise Appleman and Ginny Tigue. Ten years ago, these two incredible women saw an opportunity to bring together others who are passionate about the arts for an event which would support the arts at a greater level in Fort Worth- and the Heart of Gold Luncheon was born! Louise and Ginny are leaders whose impact continues to benefit Fort Worth in far-reaching ways.
Arts Fort Worth is celebrating the tenth anniversary of this exciting event which continues the original mission of bringing together those who appreciate the arts from across Fort Worth. Your support of this event will positively impact the arts across all levels.

Ginny Tigue
Ginny Tigue has been a tireless advocate for the arts here in North Texas and across the state. Serving on the Board of what was then called the Arts Council of Fort Worth for twelve years and as Board Chair from 2011-2012. As a Colleyville Councilmember, she was instrumental in building Colleyville Library. Currently, she sits on the Board of Directors for Texans for the Arts, the highly effective, non-partisan statewide arts advocacy organization. She is also a member of Texas Cultural Trust’s Texas Women for the Arts, philanthropic force of influential women from across the state whose mission is to awaken and nurture the artist in every Texas child.

Louise Appleman
Few women have worked as tirelessly as Louise Appleman to build a better Fort Worth. From serving as President of Beth-El Congregation, President of the Junior League of Fort Worth, founding member of the Women's Policy Forum, and currently Ambassador Council member of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, she has been a leader dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in our city. In addition to the dozens of other organizations, including the Symphony League and Stage West, to which she devoted her time and energy. Louise served as Chair of the Board of Directors on the Arts Council of Fort Worth from 1995 to 1997, now known as Arts Fort Worth.
A special thank you to our sponsors!
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Patron Sponsor
Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation
Rosalyn G. Rosenthal
Advocate Sponsor
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Louise and Gordon ApplemanBallet Frontier of Texas
Kay and Bob Bolz
Roxanne Lainey
Kris Lindsey
Shirley Pace
Mouty & Carter Shackleford
Amethyst & Jared Sloane
Tarrant County College District
Ginny and Joe Tigue
Visit Fort Worth
Media Sponsor

In-Kind Sponsor
EC Films
SiNaCa Studios
2021 HONOREES BILL AND PAM CAMPBELL
As founders of the William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, the Campbells made an indelible mark on the arts in Fort Worth and through the years nurtured the careers of dozens of talented young artists, many of whom have been with the gallery for decades. Attendees of the Arts Council’s 2021 Heart of Gold Luncheon celebrated the extraordinary impact of Bill and Pam Campbell on the arts of Fort Worth on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. The Campbells are part of a Heart of Gold legacy honoring those who make the performing and visual arts in Fort Worth a quintessential part of this city's identity.
Previous Heart of Gold Recipients
2021 | Bill and Pam Campbell
2020 | The Fort Worth Arts Community
2019 | Rosalyn G. Rosenthal
2018 | Deborah Jung
2017 | Larry And Karen Anfin
2016 | Frost Bank
2015 | Willa Dunleavy
2014 | Mac Churchill | Juana Rosa Daniell
2013 | Louise Britt Carvey | Val Wilkie Jr.
Previous Lifetime Achievement
in the Arts Recipients
2019 | Margo Dean
2018 | Paul Paine
2017 | John Giordano
2016 | Ben Stevenson, O.b.e.
2015 | Miguel Harth-Bedoya
2014 | Sharon Benge
2013 | Darren Woods (Innovator In The Arts)
Honoring Rosalyn G. Rosenthal as the
2019 Heart of Gold Recipient
Honoring Margo Dean with the
2019 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award