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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 the |
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2018 appointments for the positions of State Poet Laureate, State |
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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; the nominations process for the awards is overseen by |
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the TCA, and the final selections are made by a committee whose |
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members are appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and |
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the speaker of the house of representatives; and |
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WHEREAS, Carol Coffee Reposa has been named the 2018 State |
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Poet Laureate; she is the author of four books of poetry, and her |
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poems, reviews, and essays have appeared in such publications as |
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the Atlanta Review, the Evansville Review, the Texas Observer, |
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Southwestern American Literature, and the Valparaiso Poetry |
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Review; repeatedly recognized for her work, she has been a finalist |
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for the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize and a winner of the Guadalupe |
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Cultural Arts Center poetry contest; she has also garnered an Arts |
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and Letters Award from the Friends of the San Antonio Public |
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Library, received several Pushcart Prize nominations, and been |
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inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters; a professor emerita |
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of English at San Antonio College, she serves today as poetry editor |
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of Voices de la Luna; and |
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WHEREAS, The 2018 State Musician is pianist, songwriter, and |
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vocalist Marcia Ball, whose soulful ballads and rhythmic blues |
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numbers, inspired by her upbringing in Texas and Louisiana, have |
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earned her international acclaim; she is an inductee of the Museum |
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of the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of |
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Fame, as well as the recipient of 10 Blues Music Awards, 8 Living |
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Blues Awards, and 5 Grammy Award nominations; over the years, she |
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has traveled around the globe, performing for fans at countless |
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festivals, concert halls, and clubs; and |
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WHEREAS, Fort Worth native Sedrick Huckaby has been selected |
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as the State Two-Dimensional Artist; an assistant professor at The |
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University of Texas at Arlington, where he has taught since 2009, he |
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holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's |
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degree from Yale University; Mr. Huckaby draws his inspiration from |
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African American domestic life, and his impressive works have been |
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displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis |
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Institute of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; since |
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embarking on his career in 1999, he has received many distinctions, |
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including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Provincetown Fellowship, and a |
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Joan Mitchell Foundation grant; among his most recent awards has |
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been a 2016 prize in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, |
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hosted by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian |
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Institution; and |
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WHEREAS, Named the 2018 State Three-Dimensional Artist, |
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Beili Liu uses common materials and elements to create |
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installations that explore complex cultural issues; her work has |
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been exhibited throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States by |
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such institutions as the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the |
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Chinese Cultural Foundation, and the Norwegian National Art and |
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Cultural Center; she has been honored with a 2016 Joan Mitchell |
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Painters & Sculptors Grant, a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation |
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Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant, and a San Francisco |
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Mayor's Award for her contributions to cultural exchange; a native |
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of Jilin, China, she holds a master's degree from the University of |
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Michigan and is currently a professor of art at The University of |
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Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, The artists who have been selected to 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 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the 2018 Texas State Artist |
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honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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fulfillment in their creative endeavors. |