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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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2025 appointments for State Poet Laureate, State Classical |
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Musician, State Nonclassical Musician, State Two-Dimensional |
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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, the Texas State Artist designation is conferred on |
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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, Octavio Quintanilla, the 2025 State Poet Laureate, |
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has authored three poetry collections, including The Book of |
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Wounded Sparrows, which was on the longlist for the National Book |
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Award, and Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours, the winner |
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of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets; he is |
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also known for his Frontextos visual poem series; a former poet |
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laureate of San Antonio, he is the founder and director of the |
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VersoFrontera Literature and Arts Festival and publisher of |
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Alabrava Press; he serves as a professor at Our Lady of the Lake |
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University and was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of |
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Letters; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2025 State Classical Musician is Alecia Lawyer, |
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the founder, artistic director, and principal oboist of ROCO, the |
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trailblazing music ensemble in Houston; named by Musical America |
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Worldwide as one of classical music's top 30 influencers for 2015, |
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she has recorded for John Cage, soloed with Mstislav Rostropovich, |
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given a recital at Carnegie Hall, recorded with the Sorbonne |
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Orchestra, and performed with various orchestras and chamber groups |
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in France and Germany; over the years, she has also been recognized |
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as the Outstanding Chamber Orchestra Founder by the Houston |
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Chronicle and as the Sigma Alpha Iota Musician of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas native Miranda Lambert was named the State |
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Nonclassical Musician for 2025; this acclaimed artist received |
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Grammy Awards for Best Country Album for her releases Platinum and |
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Wildcard, and she has earned numerous honors from the Academy of |
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Country Music and the Country Music Association; she was listed as |
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one of the 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine in 2022, and |
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in 2024, she received the Country Icon Award at the People's Choice |
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Country Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, Angelbert Metoyer, the State Two-Dimensional |
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Artist, explores memory and social history through the lenses of |
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science, philosophy, and religion, incorporating nontraditional |
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materials that include coal, glass, debris, oil, tar, mirrors, and |
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gold dust; since 1994, he has exhibited his art at the Venice |
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Biennale and Art Basel in Miami Beach and in many solo exhibitions |
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and group shows; in addition, he has works in the permanent |
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collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as the U.S. |
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Department of State, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American |
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History, and Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, Germany; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2025 State Three-Dimensional Artist, Steve |
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Parker, is an Austin-based artist and musician who creates |
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sculptural ecosystems that transform spaces into large-scale |
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collaborative performances; he is the recipient of a Creative |
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Capital Award and Rome Prize, as well as grants from the |
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Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Fulbright Scholar Program, and |
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National Endowment for the Arts; an associate professor at |
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The University of Texas at San Antonio, he is the artistic director |
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of Collide Arts and has showcased his work at the American Academy |
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in Rome, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Fusebox |
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Festival, the Lincoln Center Festival, and South by Southwest; 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 Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate the 2025 Texas Commission on the Arts honorees |
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and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued fulfillment in |
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their creative endeavors. |