SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 876
WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced the
appointment of Sedrick Huckaby as the 2018 State Two-Dimensional
Artist; and
WHEREAS, The Texas State Artist designations are awarded
to a select group of individuals to honor the exceptional quality
of their work and their outstanding commitment to the arts in
Texas; and
WHEREAS, A native of Fort Worth, Mr. Huckaby earned a
bachelor of fine arts degree at Boston University and a master of
fine arts degree at Yale; he spent time abroad as an Alice Kimball
English Traveling Fellow and later received a visual arts
fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown,
Massachusetts; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Huckaby currently serves as an assistant
professor at The University of Texas at Arlington; his work is
featured in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American
Art, and over the years, he has garnered numerous accolades,
including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Joan Mitchell Foundation
grant; and
WHEREAS, Widely admired for his immense talent, Sedrick
Huckaby has made important contributions to his chosen field of
artistic endeavor, and in so doing, he has enriched the cultural
vitality of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
Legislature, hereby congratulate Sedrick Huckaby on his selection
as the 2018 State Two-Dimensional Artist and extend to him
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
Mr. Huckaby as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Menéndez
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 24, 2017.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate