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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 456
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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 |
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artistic community and who inspire others through their unique |
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creative 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 |
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Laureate; after growing up in Santa Ana, California, she has |
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spent the past 18 years of her life in Texas border communities; |
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she currently resides in McAllen and works as a professor of |
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creative writing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, |
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where she also serves as associate director for the Center for |
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Mexican American Studies; a member of the Macondo Writers |
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Workshop for socially engaged writers, she additionally serves |
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on the organizing committee for the CantoMundo national workshop |
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for Latin American poets; her work has earned her several poetry |
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fellowships, and it has been featured on the Poetry Foundation |
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website, in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets, and in a |
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host of poetry anthologies; and |
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WHEREAS, Singer and pianist Emily Gimble has been selected |
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as the 2020 State Musician; a third-generation musician, she |
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began performing on stage when she was only seven years old, and |
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she went on to record an album, A Case of the Gimbles, with her |
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father and grandfather in 2005; after exploring western swing |
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with the Marshall Ford Swing Band, she branched out into jazz, |
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country, folk, and pop with Warren Hood and the Goods; in 2014, |
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she signed on with the Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the |
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Wheel, performing with the group on Austin City Limits and |
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recording a duet with one of her idols, Merle Haggard; her debut |
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solo album, Certain Kinda, was released in 2017, and she |
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continues to tour on her own, with her family band, and with other |
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artists; she has received acclaim from the Austin Music Awards as |
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the "Best Keyboards" in the city in 2013, 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 |
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was subsequently hired to photograph communities that were |
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impacted by the federal Model Cities program, a component of |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty, and the experience |
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greatly influenced his development as an artist; his photographs |
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have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the country, |
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as well as in such major collections as the Smithsonian American |
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Art Museum and the National Museum of African American History |
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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 |
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pursue his master of fine arts degree at The University of Texas |
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at Dallas 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 |
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fortunate to be home to these talented individuals; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the 2020 Texas Commission on |
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the Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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continued fulfillment in their creative endeavors. |
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Menéndez |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 25, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |