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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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2019 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, The 2019 State Poet Laureate is Carrie Fountain, |
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whose poems have been printed in Tin House, Poetry, and The New |
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Yorker; she has published two poetry collections, Burn Lake, which |
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won a National Poetry Series prize, and Instant Winner, as well as a |
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novel, I'm Not Missing; she has also written a forthcoming |
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children's book on poet W. S. Merwin; a native of New Mexico, she |
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holds a master of fine arts degree from The University of Texas at |
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Austin, and she currently serves as writer-in-residence at |
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St. Edward's University and as host of the KUT radio show and |
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podcast This Is Just to Say; and |
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WHEREAS, Known as the "King of the Brown Sound," Little Joe |
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Hernandez of popular Tex-Mex band Little Joe y La Familia has been |
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named the 2019 State Musician; this pioneering Tejano artist began |
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his career at just 13 years old, when he joined his cousin's band, |
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David Coronado & The Latinaires, as a guitarist; Mr. Hernandez and |
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his band have received five Grammy Awards, including Best Tejano |
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Album, Best Mexican-American Album, and Best Tejano Music |
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Performance, and he continues to tour after more than six decades in |
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the industry; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary McCleary, the 2019 State Two-Dimensional |
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Artist, creates elaborate collages that incorporate themes drawn |
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from science, history, religion, and literature; over the years, |
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she has participated in exhibitions across the United States and in |
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Mexico, Canada, and Russia, and her pieces have been collected by |
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the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Crystal Bridges Museum of |
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American Art, and the San Antonio Museum of Art, among others; she |
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was named the 2011 Texas Artist of the Year by Art League Houston, |
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and she is a Regents Professor of Art Emeritus at Stephen F. Austin |
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State University, where she taught for three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2019 State Three-Dimensional Artist is Houston |
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resident Rick Lowe; his works have been exhibited at museums in the |
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United States and abroad, and his "social sculptures" include the |
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Anyang Public Art Program 2010 in Korea, the Victoria Square |
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Project in Greece, and Project Row Houses in Houston, for which he |
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was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow; he has also been honored |
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with a Rudy Bruner Award in Urban Excellence and the American |
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Institute of Architects Keystone Award; he currently serves as a |
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professor of art at the University of Houston; 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 2019 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. 903 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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