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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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2022 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, The 2022 State Poet Laureate is writer and educator |
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Lupe Mendez; his 2019 book, Why I Am Like Tequila, won the John A. |
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Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, and his work |
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can also be seen in a variety of publications, including Aster(ix), |
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the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, and the Academy of American Poets |
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Poem-a-Day series; holding a master's degree in creative writing |
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from The University of Texas at El Paso, he has been awarded |
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fellowships by CantoMundo, the Macondo Foundation, and the |
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Crescendo Literary/Poetry Foundation Emerging Poet Incubator; |
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moreover, he is an activist and the founder of Tintero Projects, |
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which works with Latinx writers and other writers of color; and |
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WHEREAS, Known as the "Queen of the Accordion," Eva Ybarra |
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has been named the 2022 Texas State Musician; the leader of Eva |
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Ybarra y Su Conjunto, she specializes in writing and composing |
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original conjunto music, and she is known for pushing the |
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boundaries of the genre by exploring nonstandard chord |
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progressions; she began playing the accordion at four years old and |
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received her first record deal, with Rosina Records, at just 14; in |
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the 1990s, she released a number of records that further raised her |
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profile, and she has taught at the University of Washington, Palo |
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Alto College, and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center; she is the |
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recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Texas |
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Conjunto Association and a National Heritage Fellowship from the |
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National Endowment for the Arts; and |
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WHEREAS, Celia Álvarez Muñoz is the 2022 State |
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Two-Dimensional Artist; a conceptual multimedia artist known for |
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her photography, installations, and public art, she is represented |
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in many public and private collections, and her work has been |
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included in the Whitney Biennial and, more recently, in an |
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internationally touring exhibition called "Radical Women: Latin |
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American Art, 1960-1985"; she is the recipient of two National |
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Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a CAA Committee on Women in the |
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Arts Recognition Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in the |
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Visual Arts from Art League Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, African American sculptor Jesse Lott has been chosen |
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as the 2022 State Three-Dimensional Artist; inspired by collecting |
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and recycling discarded items, he works with a variety of |
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materials, including paper, metal, wood, and wire; his solo |
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exhibition, "Jesse Lott: Urban Frontier Artist," was presented by |
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the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and the Houston |
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Art Car Museum, and his pieces have also been shown at the Studio |
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Museum and Alternative Museum in New York; he has held an all-ages |
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workshop in his studio for many years, and he helped motivate the |
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creation of the Project Row Houses in Houston; he was recognized |
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with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual Arts by Art League |
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Houston in 2016; 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 2022 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. |