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                                                                H.C.R. No. 228



HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The Texas Poet Laureate, State Musician, and State 
Artist Committee has selected Dixie Friend Gay as Texas State 
Artist for 2003 in the three-dimensional category; and
	WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, Ms. Gay has shared her 
inspired works of creative genius with the public, applying her 
talent to several mediums, including acrylic painting, drawing, and 
mixed media sculpture; drawing upon her upbringing in rural 
Oklahoma, Ms. Gay has created works that ponder the connection 
between nature and artifacts, the role of myth and ideas of 
contemporary spirituality, and the relationship between 
transition, transformation, and erosion; and
	WHEREAS, Known throughout the United States for her powerful, 
passionate, and provocative work, Ms. Gay's  art has been featured 
in galleries and museums in such national art meccas as New York, 
Boston, and Santa Fe; and
	WHEREAS, This exceptional artist has made a home in Houston, 
where she has served as artist consultant for the development of a 
new city park and completed an award-winning Byzantine glass mosaic 
mural with five columns and a terrazzo floor design, entitled 
Houston Bayou, at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport; and
	WHEREAS, Through her exceptional contributions to her chosen 
fields of artistic endeavor, Dixie Friend Gay has earned deep 
appreciation and esteem and further enriched the vibrant cultural 
life of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby honor Dixie Friend Gay on the occasion of her selection as 
Texas State Artist for 2003 in the three-dimensional category; and, 
be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Ms. Gay as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives and Senate.

                                                                      Hilderbran




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.C.R. No. 228 was adopted by the House on May 
7, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.C.R. No. 228 was adopted by the Senate on May 
7, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor