Bill Text: TX HR1121 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the participants in the 2023 Texas Folklife Apprenticeship in the Folk and Traditional Arts Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1121-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1121 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 16 participants in the 2023 Texas Folklife | ||
| Apprenticeship in the Folk and Traditional Arts Program have | ||
| demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the preservation of our | ||
| state's outstanding cultural heritage; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 1987, the program has supported extended, | ||
| intensive training in a wide range of traditional art forms | ||
| practiced by cultural communities across Texas; grant awards | ||
| provide skilled artists and their apprentices with the time and | ||
| resources necessary to immerse themselves in their craft; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2023 artist teams reflect the richness of the | ||
| state's cultural diversity; Jacques Houston is mentoring DaLyah | ||
| Jones of Houston in the art of trail riding, and mentor Sonny Mehta | ||
| is teaching Rishabh Lamsal of Houston the intricacies of qawwali, a | ||
| Sufi devotional music genre; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Advancing the art of Americana Folk guitar, Michael | ||
| Sinks is mentoring Arieon Keller of Pampa, while Chayito Champion | ||
| is pairing with apprentice Keli Rosa Cabunoc Romero of San Antonio | ||
| to explore the connections between Son Jarocho and Flamenco music | ||
| and dance; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mentor Richard Whitehead is helping William Bailey | ||
| of Madisonville learn how to craft artisanal fishing lures, and | ||
| Aboubacar Sylla is apprenticing Forest Cazayoux of Austin in the | ||
| art of West African folk music; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Priya Vadhanna Raja is mentoring Shruti Sathish of | ||
| San Antonio in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form, while | ||
| Indrajit Banerjee is guiding apprentice Milton Holbrook of San | ||
| Antonio in his study of classical Indian Hindustani ragas on sitar; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, By further developing expertise in these unique | ||
| realms, the participants in the 2023 apprenticeship program are | ||
| contributing to the vitality of a wide range of creative | ||
| disciplines and to the cultural enrichment of communities across | ||
| the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the participants in the 2023 Texas | ||
| Folklife Apprenticeship in the Folk and Traditional Arts Program | ||
| and extend sincere best wishes for continued success in their | ||
| endeavors; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the program participants as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Hinojosa | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1121 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
