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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sculptor Jesús Moroles of Rockport was one of only |
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nine people to receive the 2008 National Medal of Arts, which was |
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presented to him by President George W. Bush on November 17; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Corpus Christi in 1950, Mr. Moroles earned a |
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bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of North Texas in |
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1978; he subsequently apprenticed under Luis Jimenez in El Paso and |
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lived and worked in Italy before building a studio in Rockport in |
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1983; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Moroles exhibited at Texas museums early on, and |
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after receiving the Awards in the Visual Arts Fellowship in 1982, |
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his works were included in a two-year traveling exhibition that |
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originated at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; his |
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penchant for large-scale granite sculpture developed along the way, |
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and the results are now found in a variety of outdoor spaces |
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throughout the country, including CBS Plaza in New York City; his |
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largest sculpture is the Houston Police Officers Memorial, which |
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spans 120 feet by 120 feet and is the site of an annual procession |
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and wreath-laying ceremony; besides its size, a trademark of his |
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work is highly polished areas of granite juxtaposed with rough |
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natural surfaces; and |
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WHEREAS, The stunning sculptures of Mr. Moroles have |
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impressed audiences far beyond Texas and the United States; |
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included in more than 160 one-person exhibitions and some 200 group |
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exhibitions, they have also found permanent homes in China, Egypt, |
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France, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland and in numerous museum, |
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corporate, public, and private collections; and |
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WHEREAS, Recognized for his significant artistic |
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contributions, Mr. Moroles has been appointed to the Visual Arts |
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Advisory Board at the University of North Texas as well as to the |
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boards of the International Sculpture Center, the Art Museum of |
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South Texas, and the National American Art Museum; moreover, he is |
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the recipient of the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Visual Arts, |
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among many other honors; and |
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WHEREAS, Both remarkably talented and wholly dedicated to his |
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art, Jesús Moroles has moved countless individuals with his |
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dramatic and inspiring sculptures, and the Lone Star State is |
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indeed proud to call him a native son; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jesús Moroles on his receipt of a |
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2008 National Medal of Arts and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Moroles as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |