Boyd Vance

Boyd Vance (Birth date|1957|7|9 – Dda|2005|4|9|1957|7|9) was an African American stage actor, director and producer in Austin, Texas.cite web
url=http://www.austin360.com/arts/content/arts/10vanceobit.html
title=BOYD VANCE: 1957-2005
accessdate=2008-05-04
last=van Ryzin
first=Jeanne Claire
date=2005-04-10
work=austin360.com
publisher=Austin American-Statesman
quote=Star of Austin stage nurtured arts for African Americans] Vance was particularly known for supporting and advancing African-American performing arts in Austin.cite web
url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:266711
title=In Memoriam: Boyd Vance
accessdate=2008-05-04
last=Faires
first=Robert
date=2005-04-15
work=The Austin Chronicle] In 1993 he co-founded ProArts Collective, which he directed until his death in 2005.

In 2004, the Austin Critics Table inducted Vance into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.cite web
url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A213598
title=O Pioneers!
accessdate=2008-05-04
date=2004-06-04
work=The Austin Chronicle] Later that same year, the Austin Circle of Theaters awarded him with the B. Iden Payne Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Austin theater.cite web
url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A232164
title=Payne Pleasures 2004
accessdate=2008-05-04
date=2004-10-08
work=The Austin Chronicle
quote=Pro Arts Collective founder and longtime actor, director, educator, and arts activist Boyd Vance was given the annual Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Austin Theatre] After his death, in 2005 the City of Austin renamed an existing theater at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center in Vance's honor "for his contribution to the Austin community."cite web
url=http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/news/2006/vance_theatre.htm
title=City of Austin celebrates Boyd Vance Theater dedication
accessdate=2008-05-04
date=2006-02-13
work=City of Austin Press Release
quote= Actor, vocalist, theater pioneer, and African American community leader Boyd Vance appeared in dozens of Austin theater productions and performed with Esther’s Follies and Project Interact.] cite web
url=http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/carver/theatre.htm
title=Boyd Vance Theatre
accessdate=2008-05-05
work=Austin City Connection
publisher=City of Austin, Texas
quote=The Boyd Vance Theatre is a proscenium stage with stadium seating to fit 134 patrons, including seating for those who are mobility impaired.]

Education

Vance entered St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas in 1973 and graduated there in 1975.cite web
url=http://www.sstx.org/experiment.php?page=memorials
title=Boyd Vance '75
accessdate=2008-05-04
date=2005
work=sstx.org
quote=Born in Houston in 1957, Vance came to Austin in 1973 to attend St. Stephen's Episcopal School.] He remained in Austin and earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983.

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