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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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2021 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, Cyrus Cassells, the 2021 State Poet Laureate, is the |
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author of eight volumes of poetry, including The Gospel According |
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to Wild Indigo, which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award and |
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the Balcones Prize, as well as More Than Watchmen at Daybreak and |
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the forthcoming The World That the Shooter Left Us; his translation |
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of Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas |
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won the Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award from the Texas Institute of |
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Letters, and his other honors include a Lambda Literary Award, a |
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Lannan Literary Award, two grants from the National Endowment for |
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the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, and a William Carlos Williams Award; |
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moreover, he was named a National Poetry Series winner; he is a |
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professor of English at Texas State University; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2021 Texas State Musician is Leon Bridges, whose |
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first album, Coming Home, debuted at number six on the Billboard |
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charts in 2015 and went on to be certified as a gold record; his |
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critically acclaimed second album, Good Thing, was released in May |
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2018; he has written and performed songs with such artists as |
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Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Nick Waterhouse, Kacey Musgraves, Lecrae, |
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and Gary Clark Jr., and he has performed at the White House, the |
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Library of Congress, and other venues around the world; a four-time |
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Grammy nominee, he won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his |
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song "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand"; and |
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WHEREAS, The unique work of Annette Lawrence, the 2021 State |
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Two-Dimensional Artist, turns the ordinary data of everyday life |
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into drawings, objects, and installations, and her pieces are |
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included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the |
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Dallas Museum of Art, the Rachofsky Collection, Artpace San |
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Antonio, and the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, among others; her |
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work appeared in the 1997 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American |
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Art, and she is the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, the |
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Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum, and the Otis and Velma |
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Davis Dozier Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art; she |
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recently retired as a professor of studio art at the University of |
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North Texas, and in August 2021, she will begin a visiting faculty |
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position at Bennington College in Vermont; and |
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WHEREAS, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, the 2021 State |
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Three-Dimensional Artist, was born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn; |
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trained in ceramics, she utilizes materials often associated with |
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traditional women's work, such as porcelain, hair, and textiles; |
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she earned her bachelor of fine arts degree at Kent State University |
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and her master of fine arts degree from the University of |
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Massachusetts Dartmouth, and she has participated in residencies in |
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Germany, China, the Netherlands, and San Antonio; she received the |
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2017 Emerging Voices Award from the American Craft Council and was |
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named a United States Artists Fellow in Craft in 2020; she is an |
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assistant professor of art at Texas State University and maintains |
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a studio in San Antonio; 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 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2021 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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King of Hemphill |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1220 was adopted by the House on May |
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23, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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