08 LC 95
0196
Senate
Resolution 804
By:
Senator Douglas of the 17th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Atlanta Fine Arts League, Inc., and its "Art From the Heart"
capitol exhibit; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Atlanta Fine Arts League, Inc., was created in 2005 by a group of Atlanta
area artists as a catalyst for its inaugural community project, "Art From the
Heart," a project where local artists donated their time and talents to create
portraits of Georgia's service men and women who have died in the line of duty
while serving their country in Afghanistan and Iraq; and
WHEREAS,
these portraits are for the families left behind, and each family receives a
donated 20x24" head and shoulders portrait of their fallen hero;
and
WHEREAS,
the creators of "Art From the Heart" are Lisa Gleim-Jonas, Geri Zaki, Leah
Henry, Fran Milner, Sherry Needle, and Larry Hall; and
WHEREAS,
in the "Art From the Heart" capitol exhibit, there are currently portraits of
the following fallen heroes on display: Private First Class Daniel Allman, First
Lieutenant Tyler Hall Brown, Captain Hayes Clayton, Jr., Marine Sergeant Kelley
Courtney, Army Sergeant Philip A. Dobson, Jr., Army Staff Sergeant Marion Flint,
Jr., Army Specialist Marcus Futrell, First Lieutenant Ashley L. Henderson Huff,
Army Specialist Justin Jarrett, Army Specialist Justin Johnson, Marine Lance
Corporal Stephen F. Johnson, Private First Class Kenneth E. "Aaron" Kincaid IV,
Army Corporal Victor Langorica, Army Corporal William "Bill" Long, Air Force
Senior Airman Jason D. Nathan, Marine Corporal William G. Taylor, Private First
Class Diego Rincon, Sergeant Paul Anthony Saylor, Sergeant Jonathan B. Shields,
Army Sergeant Michael James Stokely, Sergeant Thomas J. Strickland, Sergeant
Patrick S. Tainsh, Master Sergeant Thomas R. Thigpen, Private Charles Scott
Walker, and Command Sergeant Major Donovan Earl Watts; and
WHEREAS,
there are currently over 70 portraits completed or in progress and 45 artists
committed to this project; and
WHEREAS,
area businesses have donated numerous supplies and become valued sponsors;
and
WHEREAS,
this project has met with tremendous response from the Atlanta press, with
articles in the
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution and other local
newspapers, video broadcasts on all four Atlanta television news programs, and a
24 page spread in
Atlanta Style &
Design; and
WHEREAS,
news of the project has traveled outside of Georgia, with people contacting the
Atlanta Fine Arts League asking for assistance in implementing a similar program
in states from as far away as Texas, Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina,
California, and North Carolina; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Public Broadcasting's State of the Arts will broadcast a program it
produced in which three of the artists and families were followed as they went
through the process of contacting the families and completing the portraits;
and
WHEREAS,
as long as Georgia soldiers continue to die in Iraq and Afghanistan, the artists
of the Atlanta Fine Arts League are committed to continuing "Art From the
Heart."
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that this body recognizes and commends
the Atlanta Fine Arts League, Inc., and its project, "Art From the Heart," and
its efforts to commemorate the brave soldiers that have given their lives for
the State of Georgia and our country during the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Atlanta Fine Arts
League, Inc.