Bill Text: TX HCR83 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating Stamford as the Western Art Show Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR83 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR83-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 83 | ||
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| WHEREAS, For more than four decades, the city of Stamford has | ||
| played host to the Stamford Art Foundation Western Art Show, the | ||
| oldest continuously held art show and sale in Texas and the | ||
| third-oldest event of its kind in the United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, First curated in 1974, the Western Art Show was | ||
| organized through the efforts of community and business leaders and | ||
| prominent ranchers in the Stamford area, all of whom shared an | ||
| interest in the promotion and preservation of Western heritage and | ||
| culture; early supporters of the show included Western movie stars, | ||
| former Texas governors, and many individuals who are enshrined in | ||
| the ProRodeo and the National and Texas Cowboy Halls of Fame; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of its history the Stamford Western | ||
| Art Show has displayed paintings, drawings, and sculptures from | ||
| some of the most famous artists of Texas and the West, among whom | ||
| are luminaries of the Cowboy Artists of America organization and | ||
| multiple individuals who have been chosen as Texas State Artist by | ||
| the Texas Commission on the Arts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This prestigious event is operated by the nonprofit | ||
| Stamford Art Foundation, and the show is a broad-based community | ||
| initiative that draws on the efforts of the organization's board of | ||
| directors as well as an additional 130 or more volunteers; proceeds | ||
| from tickets and art sales benefit the West Texas Rehabilitation | ||
| Center, which provides outpatient therapy and rehabilitation | ||
| services to more than 500 patients daily, regardless of their | ||
| ability to pay, from locations in Abilene, San Angelo, and Ozona; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Western Art Show in Stamford is a prominent | ||
| event that pays tribute to the treasured legacy of the American West | ||
| and features the premier artists of the genre, and it is indeed | ||
| fitting to recognize the community that has been home to this | ||
| exciting showcase for more than four decades; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate the city of Stamford as the Western Art Show | ||
| 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 its designation. | ||
| Lambert | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 83 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 83 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
