Thursday, July 1, 2021, Fort Worth, TX – Texas Center for Arts + Academics (TCA+A) announced on Thursday afternoon the hiring of Anika Perkins as the new Chief Academic Officer and Deputy Superintendent. Perkins will serve as the lead academics executive for both Texas School of the Arts (TeSA) and Fort Worth Academy of Fine...Read More

On June 17, 2021, Texas Center for Arts + Academics President/CEO, Paul Gravley announced that all students will return to in-person instruction this fall. Mr. Gravley’s official letter is attached below.Read More

Know any young aspiring playwrights? Once again, there’s an opportunity for motivated high school playwrights to present their plays in front of a live audience, outside of a school auditorium.  Circle Theatre is back for its 25th year with its High School Playwriting Project. The project was started by Rose Pearson, one of the founders of Circle...Read More

EDGECLIFF VILLAGE, May 10, 2021 — Texas School of the Arts has been selected for the 2021 Best of Edgecliff Village Award in the Charter School category by the Edgecliff Village Award Program. Each year, the Edgecliff Village Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and...Read More

Fort Worth, TX – February 23, 2021 Jackson Layton, FWAFA Junior and Thespian President, recently requested a proclamation from Mayor Betsy Price to name March as Theatre in Our Schools Month, a program promoted by the Educational Theatre Association. A current Texas State Thespian Officer (STO), Jackson has joined his fellow STOs in efforts to...Read More

Fort Worth – August 20, 2020 It was recently announced in the Fort Worth Business Press that the lovely Sam Petty (FWAFA Class of 2009) has joined Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership as their Strategic Philanthropy & Communications Manager. To see the FWBP article Click Here. A Fort Worth native, Sam is committed to giving...Read More

May 22, 2020 FORT WORTH, TX – A huge honor, David Postlewate was announced Best Male Actor in a Play in last night’s Betty Lynn Buckley Awards for his role as Eugene in “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” Named after Fort Worth’s own Tony® Award-winning Best Actress, Fort Worth Independent School District and Casa Mañana alumna Betty...Read More

FORT WORTH, TX – The spread of COVID-19 has changed what the Spring semester looks like for students across the nation. Concerned for the senior class, who may never get to return to Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) as students again, a group of 10th grade boys wanted to create a special tribute...Read More

FORT WORTH, Texas– February 13, 2019–Texas Center for Arts + Academics (TCAA) launches its newest program, Texas Art Conservatory, to train young artists in grades 3-12 through intensive study in 2-D and 3-D media processes. Opening March 2019, after-school courses will be taught at 3901 S Hulen St in Fort Worth by highly skilled, credentialed faculty,...Read More