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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 413
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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 |
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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, The 2022 State Poet Laureate is writer and |
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educator Lupe Mendez; his 2019 book, Why I Am Like Tequila, won |
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the John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, |
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and his work can also be seen in a variety of publications, |
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including Aster(ix), the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, and the |
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Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series; holding a master's |
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degree in creative writing from The University of Texas at El |
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Paso, he has been awarded fellowships by CantoMundo, the Macondo |
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Foundation, and the Crescendo Literary/Poetry Foundation |
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Emerging Poet Incubator; moreover, he is an activist and the |
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founder of Tintero Projects, which works with Latinx writers and |
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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 State Musician; the leader of Eva Ybarra y |
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Su Conjunto, she specializes in writing and composing original |
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conjunto music, and she is known for pushing the boundaries of |
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the genre by exploring nonstandard chord progressions; she began |
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playing the accordion at four years old and received her first |
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record deal, with Rosina Records, at just 14; in the 1990s, she |
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released a number of records that further raised her profile, and |
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she has taught at the University of Washington, Palo Alto |
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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 |
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represented in many public and private collections, and her work |
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has been included in the Whitney Biennial and, more recently, in |
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an internationally touring exhibition called "Radical Women: |
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Latin American Art, 1960-1985"; she is the recipient of two |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a CAA Committee on |
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Women in the Arts Recognition Award, and a Lifetime Achievement |
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Award in the Visual Arts from Art League Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, African American sculptor Jesse Lott has been |
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chosen as the 2022 State Three-Dimensional Artist; inspired by |
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collecting and recycling discarded items, he works with a variety |
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of materials, including paper, metal, wood, and wire; his solo |
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exhibition, "Jesse Lott: Urban Frontier Artist," was presented |
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by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and the |
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Houston Art Car Museum, and his pieces have also been shown at the |
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Studio Museum and Alternative Museum in New York; he has held an |
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all-ages workshop in his studio for many years, and he helped |
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motivate the creation of the Project Row Houses in Houston; he |
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was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual |
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Arts by Art League 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 |
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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, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the 2022 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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Seliger |
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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 May 18, 2021. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |