{"id":202005,"date":"2026-03-12T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202005\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:58:08","slug":"plano-state-of-the-arts-event-to-feature-att-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202005\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano State of the Arts event to feature AT&#038;T exec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plano&#8217;s 2026 State of the Arts event on April 14 will feature AT&amp;T Chief Marketing and Growth Officer Kellyn Smith Kenney.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planomagazine.com\/gene-dillard-cap-pres\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collaborative Arts of Plano<\/a> (CAP) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/members.planochamber.org\/events\/details\/state-of-the-arts-24845\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plano Chamber of Commerce<\/a> are hosting this year\u2019s Plano State of the Arts event on April 14 at the Courtyard Theater.<\/p>\n<p>The event will start with a reception at 5:15 p.m., followed by the program themed \u201cArt Inspires. Business Thrives.\u201d The program includes remarks from John B. Muns, city officials, art leaders and business representatives. AT&amp;T Chief Marketing and Growth Officer Kelly Smith Kenney will provide keynote remarks on the relationship between creativity, innovation and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Following the keynote speech, a panel with Plano business and art leaders, and reports from representatives of arts organizations will take place.<\/p>\n<p>The free event will take place at 5:15 p.m. on April 14 at the Courtyard Theater, located at 1509 H Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Check out last year\u2019s event <a href=\"https:\/\/planomagazine.com\/recap-plano-state-of-the-arts-2025-celebrates-accomplishments-highlights-key-issues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: Plano Magazine editor Alyssa High will be serving on a panel at the event discussing art and business in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plano&#8217;s 2026 State of the Arts event on April 14 will feature AT&amp;T Chief Marketing and Growth Officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-202005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}