Heaven now has a new visionary to help pollinate and water the artistic gardens above. Dr. Wayne Allen Rahe was born to Emil Rahe Jr. and Pearl Weidner Rahe on December 13th, 1946 and raised as a 4th generation of German heritage in New Braunfels. He had three main passions: art, history, and feet. After graduation from New Braunfels High School in 1965, he went on to get his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology and Chemistry at the University of Houston. He received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine in 1973 from Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. His residency was completed at Henrotin Hospital in Chicago. In 1973, he opened his podiatry practice in New Braunfels in the Wright Building. He later bought the building and resided there until his passing. While running his podiatry practice, he also served as Assistant Clinical Professor at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. He closed his practice in 1990 after many years of serving the Ne
The allocations were made available based on 2020 hotel occupancy tax collections.Â
An example of lower hotel occupancy in the city in the pandemic year of 2020, the amount awarded to organizations by council members was $144,141 less than the previous year.
City ordinance requires 15% of hotel occupancy tax collections annually allocated to enhance city arts and cultural organizations and programs.
The Arts Commission met on April 6 and the Heritage Commission met on April 8 to review qualified applications and make recommendations to council members on the disbursement of their funding.
The councilâs action authorizes the city manager to execute contracts with the organizations for disbursement and use of funding.
Gregory Lambert, 65, loves to create whimsical wood carvings, mosaics, clay and other sculptures out of his home.
The New Braunfels Art League named Lambert the âArtist of the Yearâ reward after viewing his three submissions, an intricately carved wooden âsafety man,â an elephant covered in beads and mosaic mirror pieces and a âfood chainâ of wooden fish biting each other and a fisherman.
Taco, the dog, walks past a permanent trophy stand created by artist of the year Gregory Lambert and his son at Flying Armadillo Disc Golf Club on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. MIKALA COMPTON | Herald-Zeitung Mikala Compton
Lambert, who lives in San Marcos, also writes his own poems and long stories like something out of a strange and fantastical storybook. He has been in the New Braunfels Art League for a couple of years, he said.
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