The "Texas:  Our Land, Our People" series is a co-production of Texas Foundation for the Arts and Sunset Productions.  Jim Bailey, of Sunset Productions, and Kim Lykins, who also serves as Executive Director of Texas Foundation for the Arts, develop, write and produce each program. 

     Please click "Media" above to see selected video clips of our programs.

    "Houston Arts Television" will feature the best that Houston has to offer arts-wise, including the city's art collection.  We have filmed artist Dixie Friend Gay's amazing "Houston Bayou" mosaic in Terminal B at Bush InterContinental Airport and Margo Sawyer's "Synchronicity of Color" which shows the way to the parking garage in an unmistakable fashion at Discovery Green downtown.

"Houston Bayou"                                                                "Synchronicity of Color"

     In certain instances, Texas Foundation for the Arts acts a fiscal sponsor for projects.  In this role, the foundation handles the financial aspects of the production, including sending the proposals for funding, working with funders and holding the funding in escrow until full funding is reached. 

     Texas Foundation for the Arts is acting, or has acted, as fiscal sponsor for the following:

     •     "Where Lightnin' Strikes" a biopic on Texas blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins produced by Mark Susman and Mike Snow of Fast Cut Films.  Texas Foundation for the Arts has a long-standing relationship with Fast Cut.  Fast Cut has handled editing and post production for two episodes of "The Golden Age of Texas Courthouses," "125 Years of Sam Houston State University," "Brushstrokes of South Texas: The Murals of Daniel Lechon," "The Prairie View A&M Story," and "Uncommon Law: The Life of Leon Jaworski."

    •     "Carlisle Floyd:  American Opera's Southern Accent," which details the life and music of America's preeminent opera composer, Carlisle Floyd.  This program is being produced by Jane Floyd Matheny, and co-produced by Jim Bailey and Kim Lykins.

     •    "Student Athletes" which featured four Rice University students as they worked to complete their studies and compete in their chosen sport.

     •    "Sleeping with the Elephants" which detailed the birth of a baby elephant at Houston Zoo which has aired multiple times on PBS stations throughout the state.