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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 the |
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2020 appointments for State Poet Laureate, State Musician, State |
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Two-Dimensional Artist, and State 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, Emmy Pérez, author of the poetry collections With |
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the River on Our Face and Solstice, is the 2020 State Poet Laureate; |
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after growing up in Santa Ana, California, she has spent the past 18 |
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years of her life in Texas border communities; she currently |
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resides in McAllen and works as a professor of creative writing at |
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she also serves as |
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associate director for the Center for Mexican American Studies; a |
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member of the Macondo Writers Workshop for socially engaged |
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writers, she additionally serves on the organizing committee for |
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the CantoMundo national workshop for Latin American poets; her work |
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has earned her several poetry fellowships, and it has been featured |
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on the Poetry Foundation website, in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of |
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American Poets, and in a host of poetry anthologies; and |
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WHEREAS, Singer and pianist Emily Gimble has been selected as |
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the 2020 State Musician; a third-generation musician, she began |
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performing on stage when she was only seven years old, and she went |
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on to record an album, A Case of the Gimbles, with her father and |
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grandfather in 2005; after exploring western swing with the |
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Marshall Ford Swing Band, she branched out into jazz, country, |
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folk, and pop with Warren Hood and the Goods; in 2014, she signed on |
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with the Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel, performing |
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with the group on Austin City Limits and recording a duet with one |
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of her idols, Merle Haggard; her debut solo album, Certain Kinda, |
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was released in 2017, and she continues to tour on her own, with her |
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family band, and with other artists; she has received acclaim from |
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the Austin Music Awards as the "Best Keyboards" in the city in 2013, |
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2014, 2018, and 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2020 State Two-Dimensional Artist is Earlie |
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Hudnall Jr., a photographer whose work has focused on documenting |
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the daily lives of African Americans in Houston's Third, Fourth, |
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and Fifth Wards; born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Mr. Hudnall |
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moved to Houston to study at Texas Southern University after |
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serving in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War; he was |
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subsequently hired to photograph communities that were impacted by |
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the federal Model Cities program, a component of President Lyndon |
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B. Johnson's War on Poverty, and the experience greatly influenced |
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his development as an artist; his photographs have been exhibited |
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in museums and galleries around the country, as well as in such |
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major collections as the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the |
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National Museum of African American History and Culture; and |
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WHEREAS, Named the 2020 State Three-Dimensional Artist, |
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Gabriel Dawe is a native of Mexico City who, through his work with |
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textiles, attempts to examine the complex construction of gender |
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and identity in Mexico and to subvert modern-day notions of |
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masculinity and machismo; he creates immersive, site-specific |
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installations, and his works have been displayed at numerous |
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exhibitions and collections at the Contemporary Arts Museum |
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Houston, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art |
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Museum, and other institutions; Mr. Dawe moved to Dallas to pursue |
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his master of fine arts degree at The University of Texas at Dallas |
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in 2008, and he was recently honored with the school's |
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Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018; 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 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2020 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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Cyrier |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 897 was adopted by the House on March |
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25, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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