Bill Text: GA HR281 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Stephens, Ms. Phyllis; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-10 - House Read and Adopted [HR281 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR281-Introduced.html

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11 LC 94 4084

House Resolution 281

By: Representative Fludd of the 66th

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Ms. Phyllis Stephens; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Ms. Phyllis Stephens is a talented and respected quilt-maker who uses her art as a reflection of herself and an expression of rich African American cultural heritage; and

WHEREAS, a native of Georgia, Ms. Stephens's tapestries and story quilts have been shown in galleries throughout the United States and are widely collected; and

WHEREAS, in 2010, she published her first fine art limited-edition portfolio and storybook entitled For Crying Out Loud; and

WHEREAS, her work in the portfolio was inspired by an article in Essence magazine which depicted the brutal and horrific treatment of 33 girls wrongfully arrested and imprisoned in an abandoned Civil War stockade in Americus, Georgia, during the Civil Rights Movement; and

WHEREAS, her visual documentation of the children of the Civil Rights Movement includes eight limited edition Gicle prints and a quilt story book with a foreword written by famed diplomat Andrew Young; and

WHEREAS, the 90 editions of Ms. Stephens's work are encased in a cloth-embossed box and include nine artist proofs and nine embellished remarques; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Stephens has an uncanny ability to select the right colors and fabrics for her quilts and breathe life into each one of her creations; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Stephens utilizes fabrics and textiles from across the globe and is especially attracted to those from Africa made of indigenous materials that are spun, woven, and dyed by hand; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Ms. Phyllis Stephens on her powerful depiction of children of the Civil Rights Movement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Phyllis Stephens.