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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced |
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the 2016 appointments for the positions of State Poet Laureate, |
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State Musician, State Two-Dimensional Artist, and State |
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Three-Dimensional Artist; and |
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WHEREAS, The state's highest accolade for excellence in the |
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arts, designation as a Texas State Artist is conferred on those |
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individuals who represent the best of our rich and diverse artistic |
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community and who inspire others through their unique creative |
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expression; and |
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WHEREAS, San Antonio native Laurie Ann Guerrero has been |
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named the 2016 State Poet Laureate; while an undergraduate at Smith |
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College, she received the prestigious Academy of American Poets |
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Prize, and her first full-length collection of poems, A Tongue in |
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the Mouth of the Dying, was selected for the 2012 Andrés Montoya |
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Poetry Prize and an International Latino Book Award and was chosen |
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as one of 14 must-read works of Chicano literature by Rigoberto |
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González; she has also been recognized with the Panhandler Chapbook |
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Award and with grants from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio and |
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the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation, and she was appointed |
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poet laureate of San Antonio by Mayor Julian Castro in 2014; her |
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latest book, A Crown for Gumecindo, was released by Aztlan Libre |
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Press in April 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2016 State Musician is Joe Ely, an Americana |
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music pioneer whose songs are infused with a mixture of rock, |
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country, blues, and folk influences; over the course of his |
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four-decade career, he has performed thousands of shows worldwide |
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and has been honored with a Grammy Award, a Country Music |
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Association Award, and the Americana Music Association's Lifetime |
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Achievement Award for Performance; he has further distinguished |
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himself through his collaboration in the country supergroup The |
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Flatlanders, which includes fellow songwriters Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
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and Butch Hancock; and |
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WHEREAS, Dornith Doherty has been selected as the 2016 State |
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Two-Dimensional Artist; born in Houston, she has produced an |
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impressive body of work that has been exhibited and collected |
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across the globe, and she is widely known for her examinations of |
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the relationship between the natural environment and human agency; |
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moreover, she was named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
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Fellow in 2012 and has received grants from the Fulbright Program, |
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the Japan Foundation, the Society for Contemporary Photography, the |
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Indiana Arts Commission, and the U.S. Department of the Interior; |
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today, she serves as the Distinguished Research Professor of Art at |
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the University of North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Named the 2016 State Three-Dimensional Artist, |
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Dario Robleto is an Artist Research Fellow at Rice University; he |
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uses esoteric materials and processes to create sculptures, prints, |
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and installations that investigate unexplored corners of history, |
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art, and science; since 1997, his work has been featured in more |
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than 30 solo exhibitions, the most recent of which were held at the |
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Menil Collection and Inman Gallery in Houston and at the Baltimore |
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Museum of Art, and he was awarded the 2011 Smithsonian Artist |
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Research Fellowship, the 2009 USA Rasmuson Fellowship, and the 2007 |
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Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant; and |
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WHEREAS, The artists who have been selected to hold these |
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prestigious posts have all greatly contributed to the vibrant |
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cultural life of the Lone Star State, and Texas is indeed fortunate |
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to be home to these talented individuals; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2016 Texas Commission on the |
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Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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fulfillment in their creative endeavors. |
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Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phelan |
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Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rinaldi |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Burkett |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Rose |
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Button |
King of Parker |
Sanford |
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Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schaefer |
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Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schofield |
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Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simmons |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Springer |
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Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stephenson |
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Deshotel |
Márquez |
Stickland |
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Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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Elkins |
McClendon |
Tinderholt |
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Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Collin |
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Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Harris |
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Farias |
Miles |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Farney |
Miller of Comal |
VanDeaver |
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Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
Villalba |
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Frank |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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Frullo |
Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2457 was adopted by the House on May 7, |
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2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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