Bill Text: TX SR679 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 2015 Texas Commission on the Arts honorees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-07 - Again read [SR679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR679-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the | ||
| 2015 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; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2015 State Poet Laureate is San Antonio native | ||
| Carmen Tafolla, a prolific poet, storyteller, performance | ||
| artist, and motivational speaker who has earned critical acclaim | ||
| for her work; she has published more than 20 books and is one of | ||
| the most widely anthologized Latina writers today; chosen as the | ||
| first Poet Laureate of the City of San Antonio in 2012, she | ||
| visited over 300 schools, universities, professional | ||
| conferences, and community arts centers during the course of her | ||
| two-year tenure; she has been accorded a host of accolades, which | ||
| include the coveted Americas Award presented to her at the | ||
| Library of Congress in 2010; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Legendary Austin-based guitarist Jimmie Vaughan | ||
| is this year's State Musician; as a founding member of The | ||
| Fabulous Thunderbirds, Vaughan helped spark the revival of blues | ||
| music on the pop charts with the release of eight albums and the | ||
| success of hits like "Tuff Enuff"; he received two Grammy | ||
| nominations with the band and later launched a solo career in | ||
| 1994, gaining further prominence in the realm of modern roots | ||
| music; his masterful playing, defined by vigor, authenticity, | ||
| and originality, has earned him the admiration of such icons as | ||
| Eric Clapton and B. B. King, and he was cited as the most | ||
| formative influence on the career of his younger brother, the | ||
| late Stevie Ray Vaughan; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Vincent Valdez has been selected as the 2015 State | ||
| Two-Dimensional Artist; he was educated at the renowned Rhode | ||
| Island School of Design, and in 2004, a collection of his | ||
| charcoal drawings was shown at the McNay Art Museum in San | ||
| Antonio, making him the youngest artist, at age 26, to ever have a | ||
| solo exhibition there; his work is now widely featured at such | ||
| venues as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the | ||
| Smithsonian Museum; born and raised in San Antonio, he currently | ||
| serves as chair of the Drawing and Painting Department at the | ||
| Southwest School of Art; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Named the 2015 State Three-Dimensional Artist, | ||
| sculptor Margo Sawyer of Elgin studied in England at the Brighton | ||
| Polytechnic Faculty of Art and Design and at the Chelsea School | ||
| of Art in London, before returning stateside to enroll in the | ||
| Yale University sculpture program; through her work, she | ||
| explores the concepts of space and transcendence, and she has | ||
| recently specialized in creating large-scale installations that | ||
| reflect her interest in architecture; she has been exhibited | ||
| nationally and internationally, and in addition to pursuing her | ||
| artistic vision, she is a professor of sculpture and studio art | ||
| at The University of Texas at Austin; 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, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate the 2015 Texas Commission on | ||
| the Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued fulfillment in their creative endeavors. | ||
| Menéndez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 4, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
