Burnesons awarded for neighborhood oral history project

Crestview residents Susan and Rob Burneson have been awarded the Mary Faye Barnes Award for Excellence for Community History Projects by the Texas Oral History Association. The award is for "outstanding work in collecting and preserving oral histories of significance to the story of the Brentwood and Crestview neighborhoods of Austin," including the production of a film, "A Community Mosaic," in 2008.

With the recent grant from Violet Crown Community Works, Susan and Rob are continuing videotaped interviews in the neighborhood this spring. If you know of someone, especially a longtime resident, who is willing to be interviewed, please contact Susan and Rob at 459-9613 or nimbus@austin.rr.com.

"A Community Mosaic" has been shown at the Wall of Welcome Dedication, Violet Crown Fall Arts Festival, Brentwood and Crestview neighborhood association meetings, a number of churches in the neighborhood, and, most recently, at an outdoor film party in Crestview. Copies of the film have been donated to the Austin Public Library (where it can be checked out), the Austin History Center, and the Brentwood Elementary School Library.

You may also purchase your own copy of "A Community Mosaic" at Crestview Barber Shop or from Susan and Rob.

We are so proud of Susan and Rob's work. This award is well deserved. Thank you Susan and Rob!!!!!

Posted by Shayla Fleshman to the neighborhood listserv