Bill Text: NY J00140 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Congratulating Lynne Koscielniak upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the 2018 Artie Award for Outstanding Set Design

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-15 - ADOPTED [J00140 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J00140-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 140

BY: Senator JACOBS

        CONGRATULATING Lynne Koscielniak upon the occasion
        of  her  designation  as recipient of the 2018 Artie
        Award for Outstanding Set Design

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to call attention
to individuals that devote their  time  and  energies  to  the  cultural
enrichment of the Empire State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
congratulate  Lynne  Koscielniak upon the occasion of her designation as
recipient of the 2018 Artie Award for Outstanding Set Design; and

  WHEREAS, The Artie Awards  were  established  in  1991,  by  Anthony
Chase, Theater Editor of Artvoice, an online weekly newspaper in Western
New  York;  they were presented by the newspaper for the first 26 years;
beginning with  the  27th  year,  the  awards  are  being  presented  by
WNED/WBFO radio; and

  WHEREAS,  Currently,  the  Artie Committee votes in 19 categories to
select the nominees and winners for the season's productions at  Western
New  York theaters; to be eligible for an Artie, an artist must live and
work in the Buffalo, New York area, while a theater  must  produce  work
locally, primarily with local artists; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Artie Awards Ceremony is a benefit, with all proceeds
from the evening going to an HIV/AIDS related charity; and

  WHEREAS, Lynne Koscielniak won the 2018 Artie Award for  Outstanding
Set Design for her superlative sets in Disgraced; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  recognizes  the importance of the
performing arts, which act to inspire, enlighten, and unify people  from
all  cultural  backgrounds  through  the  transcendent  power  of  human
expression; and

  WHEREAS, It is most fitting that we take time to celebrate the  arts
of  our Nation, to honor our artists, and to express our appreciation to
everyone who patronizes the arts; and  as  we  celebrate  the  arts,  we
celebrate  and  give thanks to our American freedom, the only atmosphere
in which artists can  truly  create  and  in  which  art  is  truly  the
expression of the soul; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate Lynne Koscielniak upon the occasion of her  designation  as
recipient  of the 2018 Artie Award for Outstanding Set Design; and be it
further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to Lynne Koscielniak.