Editing San Angelo, Texas (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:San Angelo September 2019 44 (San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts).jpg|thumb|San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts]]

===San Angelo Museum of Art===
The [[San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts]] opened in 1999 in downtown San Angelo on the banks of the Concho River, built with local limestone and end-grain Texas mesquite. It attracts over 85,000 visitors a year, and is home to the National Ceramic Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samfa.org/ceramic-competition|title=Ceramic Competition|access-date=November 21, 2016|publisher=samfa.org}}</ref>

===San Angelo Performing Arts Center===
The San Angelo Performing Arts Center (PAC) provides access to the highest level of performing arts by presenting local, national, and international touring shows at  two historic venues: the 1,350-seat 1928 Murphey Auditorium and the Stephens Performing Arts Center (formerly a Coca-Cola factory) which contains the 300-seat Brooks and Bates Theater, a black-box theater, seven ballet studios, and administrative spaces. Since its inaugural 2017–2018 season, SAPAC has hosted over 100 performances annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanangelopac.org/Online//default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=8986AAF9-2121-43F7-BFA2-67AD035220DD&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=undefined|title=San Angelo Performing Arts {{!}} Stephens Center + Murphey Performance Hall|website=SA PAC|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>

===Art galleries===
Downtown San Angelo is home to a few art galleries. Raw 1899 is a wine bar that frequently holds exhibitions, Art in Uncommon Places has an outdoor Pop Art Museum and maintains Paintbrush Alley. A free trolley service is available to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downtownsanangelo.com/artwalk.html |title=Events &#124; Art Walk |publisher=Downtown San Angelo Inc |access-date=April 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128222453/http://downtownsanangelo.com/artwalk.html |archive-date=January 28, 2013  }}</ref>

===San Angelo Symphony===
The San Angelo Symphony, founded in 1949, presents five events a year.  These concerts take place the first Saturday of October, November, December and February in the Murphey Performance Hall. Their last concert of the season is at Angelo State's Junell Center on the last Saturday of March.  <ref>{{cite web|url=http://sa-pac.com/|title=San Angelo Performing arts Coalition|publisher=SAPACA|access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref>

===Angelo Civic Theatre===
Angelo Civic Theatre is the oldest community theatre in Texas. It was founded on November 21, 1885, to raise resources for a town clock at the county courthouse. Though wavering economic times and two world wars stopped artistic efforts in the community on a number of occasions, theatrical productions continued.  In 1950, Angelo Civic Theatre gained nonprofit status and a sustainable form of theatre was established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angelotheater.com/index.php?id=about-us |title=Angelo Civic Theater - San Angelo, Texas |website=www.angelotheater.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023122219/http://www.angelotheater.com/index.php?id=about-us |archive-date=2013-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outhousetickets.com/Venue/Angelo_Civic_Theatre/|title = Angelo Civic Theatre &#124; San Angelo, Texas &#124; Outhouse Tickets}}</ref>

In 1969‚ a fire demolished the school building in which the theatre was housed. The theatre performed at various locations for 13 years, until purchasing the 230-seat historic Parkway Theater<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7558 Parkway Theater]</ref> in 1980. Angelo Civic Theatre continues to serve the community of San Angelo and produce six in-house plays a year.

===Ballet San Angelo===
Ballet San Angelo was founded in 1983 for the purpose of presenting an annual production of ''[[The Nutcracker]]''. It offers a full season of productions including a choreography performance and a Children's Ballet. Ballet San Angelo also offers ballet training for students, a fitness program, a scholarship, and a community outreach program.<ref name="BalletSanAngelo2016">{{cite web|title=About Us – Ballet San Angelo|url=http://www.balletsanangelo.org/about-us/|website=balletsanangelo.org|publisher=Ballet San Angelo|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426104955/http://www.balletsanangelo.org/about-us/|archive-date=April 26, 2017|year=2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Plays at Angelo State University===
Angelo State University, through "The Arts at ASU", puts on six plays a year open to the general public. These range from dinner theater and theater-in-the-round to conventional theatre productions, using the only active modular theatre in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelo.edu/dept/arts/theatre/theatre_schedule.php|title=Arts at ASU|access-date=December 31, 2014|publisher=Angelo State University}}</ref> The university also presents numerous concerts and recitals throughout the year, and has numerous displays in the Angelo State University Art Gallery. The public is encouraged to attend.