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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the |
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2011 and 2012 appointments for the positions of State Poet |
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Laureate, State Musician, State Two-Dimensional Artist, and State |
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Three-Dimensional Artist; and |
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WHEREAS, Honorees are chosen for the exceptional quality of |
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their work and for their outstanding commitment to the arts in |
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Texas; nominees must either be native Texans or have resided in the |
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state for at least five years; in addition, they must have received |
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critical recognition from state, regional, and national |
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publications, and they must have attained the highest levels of |
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excellence in their respective disciplines; and |
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WHEREAS, David M. Parsons is the 2011 Texas State Poet |
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Laureate; inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2009, Mr. |
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Parsons is the recipient of numerous awards, among them a National |
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Endowment for the Humanities Dante Fellowship to the State |
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University of New York and the French/American Legation Poetry |
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Prize; he has published two collections of poems, and his work has |
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appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Gulf Coast, |
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The Texas Review, and Louisiana Literature; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2011 Texas State Musician is singer-songwriter |
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Lyle Lovett, who has blurred genre boundaries over the course of 14 |
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albums that deftly combine elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, |
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gospel, and blues; a four-time Grammy Award winner, Mr. Lovett has |
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logged significant time at the top of the Billboard charts; he has |
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branched successfully into acting as well, appearing in 13 feature |
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films, including several noteworthy Robert Altman pictures, and he |
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is active in many philanthropic causes; and |
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WHEREAS, Melissa W. Miller has been selected as the 2011 |
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Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist; acclaimed for her bold, |
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imaginative, allegorical paintings of animals, she has pursued an |
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iconoclastic path since the mid-1970s; her works have been |
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exhibited at many major museums across the nation, including the |
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Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Brooklyn Museum of |
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Fine Arts, and they have been featured in the Whitney and Venice |
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Biennials; an associate professor of art at The University of Texas |
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at Austin, Ms. Miller has also been a visiting lecturer and guest |
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artist at more than 40 universities, colleges, and art institutes; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Corpus Christi native and Rockport resident Jesus |
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Moroles is the 2011 Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist; more than |
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2,000 of his works have found a place in museums and corporate, |
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public, and private collections; his "Lapstrake," a massive |
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22-foot, 64-ton abstract sculpture, is located across from the |
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Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his work was featured in the |
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landmark traveling exhibition Contemporary Hispanic Art in the |
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United States; Mr. Moroles has also served on the board of the |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum and received the 2008 National |
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Medal of Arts; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2012 Texas Poet Laureate is Jan Seale, the |
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author of six poetry volumes and several books of short fiction and |
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essays; her writing has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Yale Review, |
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and other periodicals, as well as numerous anthologies, and her |
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work has been featured on National Public Radio; a popular |
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presenter, she has given readings and workshops around the country, |
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and she is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts |
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fellowship; and |
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WHEREAS, Billy F Gibbons of ZZ Top fame has been selected as |
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the 2012 Texas State Musician; a much-imitated guitarist, he is |
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also the lead singer of the iconic band, which was inducted into the |
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and he wrote many of its |
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blockbuster hits; he has collaborated with a wide range of artists, |
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among them B. B. King, Queens of the Stone Age, Roky Erickson, and |
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Les Paul; in addition, he is a car customizer and actor and plays a |
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recurring role on the television series Bones as a fictionalized |
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version of himself; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2012 Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist is Karl |
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Umlauf, who grew up in Austin; after completing his master of fine |
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arts degree at Cornell University in 1963, he began teaching at the |
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University of Pennsylvania, and his paintings were exhibited in a |
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number of prominent East Coast galleries and museums; his long |
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career in higher education eventually brought him to East Texas |
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State University and then Baylor University; he has won many prizes |
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and purchase awards for reliefs in a variety of materials, |
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including fiberglass and cast paper; fascinated with geological |
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substrata and archeological burial sites as well as salvage yards |
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and abandoned industrial sites, he has concentrated on imaginative |
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facades since 2000; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill FitzGibbons has been selected as the 2012 Texas |
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State Three-Dimensional Artist; a former Fulbright Scholar, he is |
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known for large-scale light sculptures that transform building |
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walls into elaborately programmed spectrums of constantly moving |
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light; he has received more than 30 public art commissions in five |
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countries; since 2002, he has served as the executive director of |
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the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, and he is a |
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member of the board of the International Sculpture Center; and |
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WHEREAS, The men and women who have been selected to hold |
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these prestigious posts for the next two years have all greatly |
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contributed to the vibrant cultural life of the Lone Star State, and |
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Texas is indeed fortunate to be home to these talented artists; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby honor the 2011 and 2012 appointees to the positions of State |
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Poet Laureate, State Musician, State Two-Dimensional Artist, and |
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State Three-Dimensional Artist and extend to each of them sincere |
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best wishes for continued creativity and achievement. |
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Guillen |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 165 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 165 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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27, 2011, by a viva-voce vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |