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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 |
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the 2013 appointments for the positions of State Poet Laureate, |
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State Musician, State Two-Dimensional Artist, and State |
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Three-Dimensional Artist; and |
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WHEREAS, The state's highest accolade for excellence in the |
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arts, designation as a Texas State Artist is conferred on those |
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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, San Antonio native Rosemary Catacalos is the 2013 |
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Texas State Poet Laureate; in 1985, she received the Texas |
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Institute of Letters poetry prize for her first full-length |
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collection of poems, Again for the First Time, which is scheduled |
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for reissue on its 30th anniversary; her work has been widely |
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published in high school and college textbooks, and it has twice |
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appeared in the annual Best American Poetry anthology; from 2003 to |
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2012, she served as executive-artistic director of Gemini Ink, a |
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community-focused literary center in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2013 Texas State Musician is Austin-based Craig |
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Hella Johnson, one of the most influential choral conductors of |
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today; as founder and artistic director of Conspirare, he has |
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formed an award-winning ensemble whose mission is to create |
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transformative concert experiences; he is also artistic director of |
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the critically acclaimed Victoria Bach Festival, which draws |
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musicians from across the country, and in 2012, he became the first |
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artist-in-residence at the Texas State University School of Music; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Jim Woodson has been selected as the 2013 Texas |
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State Two-Dimensional Artist; born in Waco, he has produced an |
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impressive body of work over a career spanning more than five |
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decades and is widely known for his high desert landscapes; his |
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paintings have been featured in such prestigious exhibitions as the |
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Florence Biennale and are held in many private and public |
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collections, including those of the Amarillo Art Center, Belo |
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Corporation, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Modern Art Museum of |
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Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, Named 2013 Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist, |
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Joseph Havel joined the staff of the Glassell School of Art at the |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1991 and became director of the |
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institution five years later; one of his best-known sculptures, |
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Curtain, was commissioned by the MFAH to frame the doorway to the |
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Audrey Jones Beck Building; the Dallas Museum of Art and the |
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Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, have also added his works to their |
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collections, and his pieces have been exhibited extensively in |
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Europe and in the United States; 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 House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2013 Texas Commission on the |
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Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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fulfillment in their creative endeavors. |