TITLE: Honoring the Texas Cultural Trust and the recipients of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Texas Cultural Trust and the recipients of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas Cultural Trust is recognizing the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Award winners at its signature event in Austin on February 24 and 25, 2015; and WHEREAS, Established in 1995, the Texas Cultural Trust heightens awareness of the many ways in which the arts enhance education and improve quality of life in our communities; the organization provides leadership in promoting and supporting the arts to ensure that the Lone Star State maintains its reputation for excellence in the cultural sphere and continues to benefit from related economic development; and WHEREAS, Fulfilling its mission to inspire, integrate, and illuminate the arts, the Texas Cultural Trust sponsors its biennial Texas Medal of Arts Awards to pay tribute to Texans who have made significant contributions in the state and around the world through their creative talent or philanthropic efforts; and WHEREAS, Those selected for the 2015 awards are TBone Burnett, music; Jamie Foxx, film; Kilgore College Rangerettes, dance; Rick Lowe, visual arts; Lawrence Wright, literary arts; Robert Schenkkan, theatre; Charles Renfro, architecture; Dan Rather, television; Chandra Wilson, television; the Gatlin Brothers, lifetime achievement; Dr Pepper Snapple Group, corporate arts patron; Margaret McDermott, individual arts patron; Emilio Nicolas, multi-media; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, arts education; and Ruth Altshuler, standing ovation; and WHEREAS, The rich cultural heritage of our state is a source of pride to all Texans, and through their outstanding endeavors, the 2015 Medal of Arts Award honorees have immeasurably enhanced the lives of people in the Lone Star State and beyond; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the recipients of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards and express deep appreciation for their dedication to the advancement of the arts; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for each award winner as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. McClendon Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 710 was adopted by the House on February 25, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House