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TCA names Texas State Artists
Austin artist Melissa Miller and singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett are among those who have been designated 2011 Texas State Artists, the Texas Commission on the Arts announced Friday.

Miller is the 2011 Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist; Lovett the 2011 Texas State Musician.
Other honorees for 2011 include Texas Poet Laureate David M. Parsons and Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist Jesus Moroles
The 2012 appointees include Texas State Musician Billy .F Gibbons, Texas Poet Laureate Jan Seale, Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist Karl Umlauf and Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist Bill FitzGibbons.
Image: “Red Pony,’ Melissa Miller. 2002.





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