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JUST IN: Big Thought’s Gigi Antoni Is Heading To The Big Apple As Director Of Learning And Enrichment For The Wallace Foundation

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Boxes of Puffs are being passed around over at Big Thought. The reason is the staff was just notified that after 20 years with the nonprofit, Big Thought President/CEO Gigi Antoni will be leaving the education organization in April. The reason is that she is moving to New York City to join The Wallace Foundation as the director of learning and enrichment.  The … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Big Thought’s Gigi Antoni Is Heading To The Big Apple As Director Of Learning And Enrichment For The Wallace Foundation

National Endowment For The Arts Presents Big Thought And Nine Others With Early Christmas Gifts

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Big Thought just revealed some big news. Back in late November National Endowment for the Arts Chair Jane Chu visited Dallas for a couple of days touring the Arts District and checking in at Big Thought. The Oklahoma native, who did graduate work at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, just provided Big Thought with a very nice Christmas gift — a $100,000 Arts Works grant for Big … [Read more...] about National Endowment For The Arts Presents Big Thought And Nine Others With Early Christmas Gifts

Dallas Historical Society’s Awards For Excellence Luncheon Recognizes Some Of The Best Of Dallas

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When one thinks of the history types, lots of ho-hums and yawns come to mind like that 9th grade teacher who had never heard of Bono or Lady Gaga.But the Dallas Historical Society proved that they were replacing any thoughts of cobweb images with cool mover and shakers of today. And managed to do it without losing respect of the area’s past heroes-heroines and … [Read more...] about Dallas Historical Society’s Awards For Excellence Luncheon Recognizes Some Of The Best Of Dallas

MySweet2014Goals: Gigi Antoni

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According to Big Thought CEO Gigi Antoni,“My resolution for 2014 is to advocate for the pronoun ‘our,’ both in thought and in deed, when it comes to Dallas children. Too often, when adults speak of education, we discuss Dallas ISD students, private-school students, poor children, at-risk children, and other bucket descriptors that take the individuality out of the hundreds … [Read more...] about MySweet2014Goals: Gigi Antoni