Bill Text: TX SCR27 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating Stamford as the Western Art Show Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Administration [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SCR27-Introduced.html
85R11421 BK-D | ||
By: Perry | S.C.R. No. 27 |
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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 | ||
18-member 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. |