Bill Text: TX HCR24 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating San Angelo as the official Visual Arts Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR24 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR24-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 24 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The city of San Angelo has become a vibrant showcase | ||
| for the visual arts, featuring a variety of engaging public | ||
| artworks as well as a diverse mix of outstanding museums, | ||
| galleries, and studios; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The hub of the city's arts community is a 200-acre | ||
| cultural district along the south bank of the Concho River, which is | ||
| anchored by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; the recipient of a | ||
| number of prestigious national awards, SAMFA includes an extensive | ||
| permanent collection and also serves as the headquarters of the | ||
| Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art; in | ||
| addition, the museum sponsors an arts education program that draws | ||
| over 33,000 children each year, and it hosts several prominent arts | ||
| events: the San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, | ||
| EnPleinAirTEXAS, and the Richard and Pam Salmon Sculpture | ||
| Competition, which brings large-scale works to Sunken Garden Park; | ||
| other attractions in the cultural district include the Fort Concho | ||
| National Historic Landmark, which has served as the site of the | ||
| American Plains Artists juried exhibition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, San Angelo also boasts the Pop Art Open Air Museum, | ||
| which features free public works by Texas artists; the display is | ||
| organized by the Art in Uncommon Places organization, and that | ||
| group has partnered with Downtown San Angelo, Inc., to create | ||
| another outdoor site, Paintbrush Alley, to exhibit paintings | ||
| inspired by Texas culture and the classic motion picture Giant; | ||
| other public art projects include some 100 colorful sheep | ||
| sculptures found throughout town that have been painted by local | ||
| artists and the Historic Murals of San Angelo, which depict iconic | ||
| scenes related to the area's past; moreover, the city is one of only | ||
| three in Texas to have a permanent "Don't Mess with Texas" mural; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The dynamic arts community in San Angelo encompasses | ||
| nearly three dozen galleries and studios; more than 250 sculptures | ||
| and statues are displayed at local businesses, schools, parks, and | ||
| other locations, and the city is the site of such popular events as | ||
| the Chicken Farm Art Center Open House, which has taken place each | ||
| year for nearly a half century; and | ||
| WHEREAS, San Angelo's art scene has drawn statewide and | ||
| national attention from media outlets, including Western Art & | ||
| Architecture, Texas Highways, and True West magazines; a further | ||
| tribute to the city's cultural riches came in 2019, when the | ||
| European Union ambassador to the United States selected 32 pieces | ||
| of art on loan from the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts for display in | ||
| his home in Washington, D.C.; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The city of San Angelo has become an epicenter for | ||
| art lovers from across the state and around the nation, and its | ||
| unique concentration of talented artists, imaginative exhibits, | ||
| and an enthusiastic arts community make it truly deserving of | ||
| special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the city of San Angelo as the official Visual Arts | ||
| Capital of Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
| Darby | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 24 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 24 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
