Bill Text: TX SR413 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the 2022 Texas Commission on the Arts honorees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Reported enrolled [SR413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR413-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the | ||
| 2022 appointments for 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; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2022 State Poet Laureate is writer and | ||
| educator Lupe Mendez; his 2019 book, Why I Am Like Tequila, won | ||
| the John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, | ||
| and his work can also be seen in a variety of publications, | ||
| including Aster(ix), the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, and the | ||
| Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series; holding a master's | ||
| degree in creative writing from The University of Texas at El | ||
| Paso, he has been awarded fellowships by CantoMundo, the Macondo | ||
| Foundation, and the Crescendo Literary/Poetry Foundation | ||
| Emerging Poet Incubator; moreover, he is an activist and the | ||
| founder of Tintero Projects, which works with Latinx writers and | ||
| other writers of color; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known as the "Queen of the Accordion," Eva Ybarra | ||
| has been named the 2022 State Musician; the leader of Eva Ybarra y | ||
| Su Conjunto, she specializes in writing and composing original | ||
| conjunto music, and she is known for pushing the boundaries of | ||
| the genre by exploring nonstandard chord progressions; she began | ||
| playing the accordion at four years old and received her first | ||
| record deal, with Rosina Records, at just 14; in the 1990s, she | ||
| released a number of records that further raised her profile, and | ||
| she has taught at the University of Washington, Palo Alto | ||
| College, and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center; she is the | ||
| recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Texas | ||
| Conjunto Association and a National Heritage Fellowship from the | ||
| National Endowment for the Arts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Celia Álvarez Muñoz is the 2022 State | ||
| Two-Dimensional Artist; a conceptual multimedia artist known for | ||
| her photography, installations, and public art, she is | ||
| represented in many public and private collections, and her work | ||
| has been included in the Whitney Biennial and, more recently, in | ||
| an internationally touring exhibition called "Radical Women: | ||
| Latin American Art, 1960-1985"; she is the recipient of two | ||
| National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a CAA Committee on | ||
| Women in the Arts Recognition Award, and a Lifetime Achievement | ||
| Award in the Visual Arts from Art League Houston; and | ||
| WHEREAS, African American sculptor Jesse Lott has been | ||
| chosen as the 2022 State Three-Dimensional Artist; inspired by | ||
| collecting and recycling discarded items, he works with a variety | ||
| of materials, including paper, metal, wood, and wire; his solo | ||
| exhibition, "Jesse Lott: Urban Frontier Artist," was presented | ||
| by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and the | ||
| Houston Art Car Museum, and his pieces have also been shown at the | ||
| Studio Museum and Alternative Museum in New York; he has held an | ||
| all-ages workshop in his studio for many years, and he helped | ||
| motivate the creation of the Project Row Houses in Houston; he | ||
| was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual | ||
| Arts by Art League Houston in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The artists who have been selected to hold 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate the 2022 Texas Commission on | ||
| the Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued fulfillment in their creative endeavors. | ||
| Seliger | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 18, 2021. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
