Bill Text: TX HR1537 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating the 2013 Texas Commission on the Arts honorees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-29 - Reported enrolled [HR1537 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR1537-Introduced.html

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83R21426 BPG-D
By: Guillen H.R. No. 1537

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced
the 2013 appointments for the positions of State Poet Laureate,
State Musician, State Two-Dimensional Artist, and State
Three-Dimensional Artist; and
WHEREAS, The state's highest accolade for excellence in the
arts, designation as a Texas State Artist is conferred on those
individuals who represent the best of our rich and diverse artistic
community and who inspire others through their unique creative
expression; and
WHEREAS, San Antonio native Rosemary Catacalos is the 2013
Texas State Poet Laureate; in 1985, she received the Texas
Institute of Letters poetry prize for her first full-length
collection of poems, Again for the First Time, which is scheduled
for reissue on its 30th anniversary; her work has been widely
published in high school and college textbooks, and it has twice
appeared in the annual Best American Poetry anthology; from 2003 to
2012, she served as executive-artistic director of Gemini Ink, a
community-focused literary center in San Antonio; and
WHEREAS, The 2013 Texas State Musician is Austin-based Craig
Hella Johnson, one of the most influential choral conductors of
today; as founder and artistic director of Conspirare, he has
formed an award-winning ensemble whose mission is to create
transformative concert experiences; he is also artistic director of
the critically acclaimed Victoria Bach Festival, which draws
musicians from across the country, and in 2012, he became the first
artist-in-residence at the Texas State University School of Music;
and
WHEREAS, Jim Woodson has been selected as the 2013 Texas
State Two-Dimensional Artist; born in Waco, he has produced an
impressive body of work over a career spanning more than five
decades and is widely known for his high desert landscapes; his
paintings have been featured in such prestigious exhibitions as the
Florence Biennale and are held in many private and public
collections, including those of the Amarillo Art Center, Belo
Corporation, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, Named 2013 Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist,
Joseph Havel joined the staff of the Glassell School of Art at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1991 and became director of the
institution five years later; one of his best-known sculptures,
Curtain, was commissioned by the MFAH to frame the doorway to the
Audrey Jones Beck Building; the Dallas Museum of Art and the
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, have also added his works to their
collections, and his pieces have been exhibited extensively in
Europe and in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The artists who have been selected to hold these
prestigious posts have all greatly contributed to the vibrant
cultural life of the Lone Star State, and Texas is indeed fortunate
to be home to these talented individuals; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the 2013 Texas Commission on the
Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued
fulfillment in their creative endeavors.