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      87(R) HR 1220 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.R.  No.  1220
         
               R E S O L U T I O N
            
                          WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the 
         
            2021 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, Cyrus Cassells, the 2021 State Poet Laureate, is the 
         
            author of eight volumes of poetry, including The Gospel According 
         
            to Wild Indigo, which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award and 
         
            the Balcones Prize, as well as More Than Watchmen at Daybreak and 
         
            the forthcoming The World That the Shooter Left Us; his translation 
         
            of Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas
         
            won the Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award from the Texas Institute of 
         
            Letters, and his other honors include a Lambda Literary Award, a 
         
            Lannan Literary Award, two grants from the National Endowment for 
         
            the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, and a William Carlos Williams Award; 
         
            moreover, he was named a National Poetry Series winner; he is a 
         
            professor of English at Texas State University; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The 2021 Texas State Musician is Leon Bridges, whose 
         
            first album, Coming Home, debuted at number six on the Billboard 
         
            charts in 2015 and went on to be certified as a gold record; his 
         
            critically acclaimed second album, Good Thing, was released in May 
         
            2018; he has written and performed songs with such artists as 
         
            Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Nick Waterhouse, Kacey Musgraves, Lecrae, 
         
            and Gary Clark Jr., and he has performed at the White House, the 
         
            Library of Congress, and other venues around the world; a four-time 
         
            Grammy nominee, he won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his 
         
            song "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand"; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The unique work of Annette Lawrence, the 2021 State 
         
            Two-Dimensional Artist, turns the ordinary data of everyday life 
         
            into drawings, objects, and installations, and her pieces are 
         
            included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the 
         
            Dallas Museum of Art, the Rachofsky Collection, Artpace San 
         
            Antonio, and the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, among others; her 
         
            work appeared in the 1997 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American 
         
            Art, and she is the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, the 
         
            Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum, and the Otis and Velma 
         
            Davis Dozier Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art; she 
         
            recently retired as a professor of studio art at the University of 
         
            North Texas, and in August 2021, she will begin a visiting faculty 
         
            position at Bennington College in Vermont; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, the 2021 State 
         
            Three-Dimensional Artist, was born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn; 
         
            trained in ceramics, she utilizes materials often associated with 
         
            traditional women's work, such as porcelain, hair, and textiles; 
         
            she earned her bachelor of fine arts degree at Kent State University 
         
            and her master of fine arts degree from the University of 
         
            Massachusetts Dartmouth, and she has participated in residencies in 
         
            Germany, China, the Netherlands, and San Antonio; she received the 
         
            2017 Emerging Voices Award from the American Craft Council and was 
         
            named a United States Artists Fellow in Craft in 2020; she is an 
         
            assistant professor of art at Texas State University and maintains 
         
            a studio in San Antonio; 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 House of Representatives of the 87th Texas 
         
            Legislature hereby congratulate the 2021 Texas Commission on the 
         
            Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued 
         
            fulfillment in their creative endeavors.
         
            King of Hemphill
         
            ______________________________
         
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I certify that H.R. No. 1220 was adopted by the House on May 
         
            23, 2021, by a non-record vote.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the
	2021 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, Cyrus Cassells, the 2021 State Poet Laureate, is the
	author of eight volumes of poetry, including The Gospel According
	to Wild Indigo, which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award and
	the Balcones Prize, as well as More Than Watchmen at Daybreak and
	the forthcoming The World That the Shooter Left Us; his translation
	of Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas
	won the Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award from the Texas Institute of
	Letters, and his other honors include a Lambda Literary Award, a
	Lannan Literary Award, two grants from the National Endowment for
	the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, and a William Carlos Williams Award;
	moreover, he was named a National Poetry Series winner; he is a
	professor of English at Texas State University; and
	WHEREAS, The 2021 Texas State Musician is Leon Bridges, whose
	first album, Coming Home, debuted at number six on the Billboard
	charts in 2015 and went on to be certified as a gold record; his
	critically acclaimed second album, Good Thing, was released in May
	2018; he has written and performed songs with such artists as
	Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Nick Waterhouse, Kacey Musgraves, Lecrae,
	and Gary Clark Jr., and he has performed at the White House, the
	Library of Congress, and other venues around the world; a four-time
	Grammy nominee, he won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his
	song "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand"; and
	WHEREAS, The unique work of Annette Lawrence, the 2021 State
	Two-Dimensional Artist, turns the ordinary data of everyday life
	into drawings, objects, and installations, and her pieces are
	included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the
	Dallas Museum of Art, the Rachofsky Collection, Artpace San
	Antonio, and the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, among others; her
	work appeared in the 1997 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American
	Art, and she is the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, the
	Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum, and the Otis and Velma
	Davis Dozier Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art; she
	recently retired as a professor of studio art at the University of
	North Texas, and in August 2021, she will begin a visiting faculty
	position at Bennington College in Vermont; and
	WHEREAS, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, the 2021 State
	Three-Dimensional Artist, was born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn;
	trained in ceramics, she utilizes materials often associated with
	traditional women's work, such as porcelain, hair, and textiles;
	she earned her bachelor of fine arts degree at Kent State University
	and her master of fine arts degree from the University of
	Massachusetts Dartmouth, and she has participated in residencies in
	Germany, China, the Netherlands, and San Antonio; she received the
	2017 Emerging Voices Award from the American Craft Council and was
	named a United States Artists Fellow in Craft in 2020; she is an
	assistant professor of art at Texas State University and maintains
	a studio in San Antonio; 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 House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate the 2021 Texas Commission on the
	Arts honorees and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued
	fulfillment in their creative endeavors.

	King of Hemphill

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 1220 was adopted by the House on May
	23, 2021, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House