Bill Text: TX HR2132 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the 2018 Texas State Artist honorees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-20 - Reported enrolled [HR2132 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2132-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2132 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the | ||
| 2018 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; the nominations process for the awards is overseen by | ||
| the TCA, and the final selections are made by a committee whose | ||
| members are appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Carol Coffee Reposa has been named the 2018 State | ||
| Poet Laureate; she is the author of four books of poetry, and her | ||
| poems, reviews, and essays have appeared in such publications as | ||
| the Atlanta Review, the Evansville Review, the Texas Observer, | ||
| Southwestern American Literature, and the Valparaiso Poetry | ||
| Review; repeatedly recognized for her work, she has been a finalist | ||
| for the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize and a winner of the Guadalupe | ||
| Cultural Arts Center poetry contest; she has also garnered an Arts | ||
| and Letters Award from the Friends of the San Antonio Public | ||
| Library, received several Pushcart Prize nominations, and been | ||
| inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters; a professor emerita | ||
| of English at San Antonio College, she serves today as poetry editor | ||
| of Voices de la Luna; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2018 State Musician is pianist, songwriter, and | ||
| vocalist Marcia Ball, whose soulful ballads and rhythmic blues | ||
| numbers, inspired by her upbringing in Texas and Louisiana, have | ||
| earned her international acclaim; she is an inductee of the Museum | ||
| of the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of | ||
| Fame, as well as the recipient of 10 Blues Music Awards, 8 Living | ||
| Blues Awards, and 5 Grammy Award nominations; over the years, she | ||
| has traveled around the globe, performing for fans at countless | ||
| festivals, concert halls, and clubs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Fort Worth native Sedrick Huckaby has been selected | ||
| as the State Two-Dimensional Artist; an assistant professor at The | ||
| University of Texas at Arlington, where he has taught since 2009, he | ||
| holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's | ||
| degree from Yale University; Mr. Huckaby draws his inspiration from | ||
| African American domestic life, and his impressive works have been | ||
| displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis | ||
| Institute of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; since | ||
| embarking on his career in 1999, he has received many distinctions, | ||
| including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Provincetown Fellowship, and a | ||
| Joan Mitchell Foundation grant; among his most recent awards has | ||
| been a 2016 prize in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, | ||
| hosted by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian | ||
| Institution; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Named the 2018 State Three-Dimensional Artist, | ||
| Beili Liu uses common materials and elements to create | ||
| installations that explore complex cultural issues; her work has | ||
| been exhibited throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States by | ||
| such institutions as the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the | ||
| Chinese Cultural Foundation, and the Norwegian National Art and | ||
| Cultural Center; she has been honored with a 2016 Joan Mitchell | ||
| Painters & Sculptors Grant, a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | ||
| Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant, and a San Francisco | ||
| Mayor's Award for her contributions to cultural exchange; a native | ||
| of Jilin, China, she holds a master's degree from the University of | ||
| Michigan and is currently a professor of art at The University of | ||
| Texas at Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The artists who have been selected to 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 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the 2018 Texas State Artist | ||
| honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| fulfillment in their creative endeavors. | ||
| Frullo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2132 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 18, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
