1971-1972Joe Ruiz Grandee, ArlingtonTexas State Artist (visual art)1972-1973Melvin C. Warren, CliftonTexas State Artist (visual art)1973-1974Ronald Thomason, WeatherfordTexas State Artist (visual art)1973-1974A.C. Gentry, Jr., Tyler (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1974-1975Joe Rader Roberts, Dripping SpringsTexas State Artist (visual art)1974-1975Bette Lou Voorhis, Austin (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1975-1976 Bicentennial ArtistsJack White, New BraunfelsTexas State Artist (visual art)1975-1976 Bicentennial ArtistsRobert Summers, Glen RoseTexas State Artist (visual art)1976-1977James Boren, CliftonTexas State Artist (visual art)1976-1977Kenneth Wyatt, Lubbock (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1977-1978Edward “Buck” Schiwetz, Dewitt CountyTexas State Artist (visual art)1977-1978Renne Hughes, Tarrant County (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1978-1979Jack Cowan, RockportTexas State Artist (visual art)1978-1979Gary Henry, Palo Pinto County (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1978-1979Joyce Tally, Caldwell County (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1979-1980Dalhart Windberg, Travis CountyTexas State Artist (visual art)1979-1980Grant Lathe, Canyon Lake (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1980-1981Harry Ahysen, HuntsvilleTexas State Artist (visual art)1980-1981Jim Reno, Simonton (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1981-1982Jerry Newman, BeaumontTexas State Artist (visual art)1981-1982Raul Gutierrez, San Antonio (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1982-1983Dr. James H. Johnson, ByranTexas State Artist (visual art)1982-1983Armando Hinojosa, Laredo (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1983-1984Raul Gutierrez, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)1983-1984James Eddleman, Lubbock (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1984-1985Covelle Jones, LubbockTexas State Artist (visual art)1984-1985Ragan Gennusa, Austin (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1986-1987Chuck DeHaan, GrafordTexas State Artist (visual art)1987-1988Neil Caldwell, AngletonTexas State Artist (visual art)1987-1988Rey Gaytan, Austin (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1988-1989George Hallmark, Walnut SpringsTexas State Artist (visual art)1988-1989Tony Eubanks, Grapevine (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1990-1991Mondel Rogers, SweetwaterTexas State Artist (visual art)1990-1991Ron Wells, ClevelandTexas State Artist (visual art)1991-1992Woodrow Foster, CenterTexas State Artist (visual art)1991-1992Harold Phenix, Houston (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1991-1992Kent Ullberg, Corpus ChristiTexas State Artist (visual art)1991-1992Mark Clapham, Conroe (alternate)Texas State Artist (visual art)1993-1994Roy Lee WardTexas State Artist (visual art)1993-1994James Eddleman, LubbockTexas State Artist (visual art)1994-1995Frederick Carter, El PasoTexas State Artist (visual art)1994-1995Garland A. Weeks, Wichita FallsTexas State Artist (visual art)1998-1999Carl Rice Embrey, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)1998-1999Edd Hayes, HumbleTexas State Artist (visual art)2000-2002none designatedTexas State Artist (visual art)2003Ralph E. White, Jr., AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2003Dixie Friend Gay, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2004Sam Caldwell, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2004David Hickman, DallasTexas State Artist (visual art)2005Kathy Vargas, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2005Sharon Kopriva, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2006George Boutwell, BosqueTexas State Artist (visual art)2006James Surls, AthensTexas State Artist (visual art)2007Lee Herring, RockwallTexas State Artist (visual art)2007David Keens, ArlingtonTexas State Artist (visual art)2008Janet Eager Krueger, EncinalTexas State Artist (visual art)2008Damian Priour, AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2009Rene Alvarado, San AngeloTexas State Artist (visual art)2009Eliseo Garcia, DallasTexas State Artist (visual art)2010Marc Burckhardt, AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2010John Bennett, FredericksburgTexas State Artist (visual art)2011Melissa Miller, AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2011Jesús Moroles, RockportTexas State Artist (visual art)2012Karl Umlauf, WacoTexas State Artist (visual art)2012Bill FitzGibbons, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2013Jim Woodson, Fort WorthTexas State Artist (visual art)2013Joseph Havel, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2014Julie Speed, MarfaTexas State Artist (visual art)2014Ken Little, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2015Vincent Valdez, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2015Margo Sawyer, ElginTexas State Artist (visual art)2016Dornith Doherty, SouthlakeTexas State Artist (visual art)2016Dario Robleto, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2017Kermit Oliver, WacoTexas State Artist (visual art)2017Beverly Penn, San MarcosTexas State Artist (visual art)2018Sedrick Huckaby, Fort WorthTexas State Artist (visual art)2018Beili Liu, AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2019Mary McCleary, NacogdochesTexas State Artist (visual art)2019Rick Lowe, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2020Earlie Hudnall, Jr., HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2020Gabriel Dawe, DallasTexas State Artist (visual art)2021Annette Lawrence, DentonTexas State Artist (visual art)2021Jennifer Ling Datchuk, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2022Celia Álvarez Muñoz, ArlingtonTexas State Artist (visual art)2022Jesse Lott, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2023Gaspar Enriquez, San ElizarioTexas State Artist (visual art)2023James Watkins, LubbockTexas State Artist (visual art)2024Michael Ray Charles, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2024Diana Kersey, San AntonioTexas State Artist (visual art)2025Angelbert Metoyer, HoustonTexas State Artist (visual art)2025Steve Parker, AustinTexas State Artist (visual art)2026Letitia Huckaby, BenbrookTexas State Artist (visual art)2026Linda Ridgway, DallasTexas State Artist (visual art)1932-1934Judd Mortimer Lewis, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate1934-1936Aline T. Michaelis, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate1936-1939Grace Noll Crowell, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1939-1941Lexie Dean Robertson, Rising StarTexas State Poet Laureate1941-1943Nancy Richey Ranson, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1943-1945Dollilee Davis Smith, CleburneTexas State Poet Laureate1945-1947David Riley Russell, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1947-1949Aline B. Carter, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate1949-1951Carlos Ashley, LlanoTexas State Poet Laureate1951-1953Arthur M. Sampley, DentonTexas State Poet Laureate1953-1955Mildred Lindsey Raiborn, San AngeloTexas State Poet Laureate1953-1955Dee Walker, Texas City, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1955-1957Pierre Bernard Hill, HuntTexas State Poet Laureate1957-1959Margaret Royalty Edwards, WacoTexas State Poet Laureate1959-1961J. V. Chandler, KingsvilleTexas State Poet Laureate1959-1961Edna Coe Majors, Colorado City, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1961Lorena Simon, Port ArthurTexas State Poet Laureate1962Marvin Davis Winsett, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1963Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate1963Vassar Miller, Houston, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1964-1965Jenny Lind Porter, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate1964-1965Edith Rayzor Canant, Texas City, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1966Bessie Maas Rowe, Port ArthurTexas State Poet Laureate1966Grace Marie Scott, Abilene, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1967William. E. Bard, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1967Bessie Maas Rowe, Port Arthur, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1968Kathryn Henry Harris, WacoTexas State Poet Laureate1968Sybil Leonard Armes, El Paso, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1969-1970Anne B. Marely, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate1969-1970Rose Davidson Speer, Brady, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1970-1971Robby K. Mitchell, McKinneyTexas State Poet Laureate1970-1971Faye Carr Adams, Dallas, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1971-1972Terry Fontenot, Port ArthurTexas State Poet Laureate1971-1972Faye Carr Adams, Dallas, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1972-1973Mrs. Clark Gresham, BurkburnettTexas State Poet Laureate1972-1973Marion McDaniel, Sidney, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1973-1974Violette Newton, BeaumontTexas State Poet Laureate1973-1974Stella Woodall, San Antonio, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1974-1975Lila Todd O’Neil, Port ArthurTexas State Poet Laureate1974-1975C. W. Miller, San Antonio, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1975-1976Ethel Osborn Hill, Port ArthurTexas State Poet Laureate1975-1976Gene Shuford, Denton, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1976-1977Florice Stripling Jeffers, BurkburnettTexas State Poet Laureate1976-1977Vera L. Eckert, San Angelo, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1977-1978Ruth Carruth, VernonTexas State Poet Laureate1977-1978Joy Gresham Hagstrom, Burkburnett, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1978-1979Patsy Stodghill, DallasTexas State Poet Laureate1978-1979Dorothy B. Elfstroman, Galveston, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1979-1980Dorothy B. Elfstroman, GalvestonTexas State Poet Laureate1979-1980Ruth Carruth, Vernon, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1980-1981Weems S. Dykes, McCameyTexas State Poet Laureate1980-1981Mildred Crabtree Speer, Amarillo, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1981-1982none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1982-1983William D. Barney, Fort WorthTexas State Poet Laureate1982-1983Vassar Miller, Houston, alternateTexas State Poet Laureate1983-1984none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1984-1985none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1985-1986none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1986-1987none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1987-1988Ruth E. Reuther, Wichita FallsTexas State Poet Laureate1988-1989Vassar Miller, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate1989-1990none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1990-1991none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1991-1992none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1992-1993none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1993-1995Mildred Baass, VictoriaTexas State Poet Laureate1995-1996none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1996-1997none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1997-1998none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate1998-1999none designatedTexas State Poet Laureate2000James Hoggard, Wichita FallsTexas State Poet Laureate2001Walter (Walt) McDonald, LubbockTexas State Poet Laureate2003Jack Myers, MesquiteTexas State Poet Laureate2004Cleatus Rattan, CiscoTexas State Poet Laureate2005Alan Birkelbach, PlanoTexas State Poet Laureate2006Red Steagall, Fort WorthTexas State Poet Laureate2007Steven Fromholz, KopperlTexas State Poet Laureate2008Larry D. Thomas, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate2009Paul Ruffin, HuntsvilleTexas State Poet Laureate2010Karla K. Morton, DentonTexas State Poet Laureate2011David M. Parsons, ConroeTexas State Poet Laureate2012Jan Seale, McAllenTexas State Poet Laureate2013Rosemary Catacalos, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2014Dean Young, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate2015Carmen Tafolla, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2016Laurie Ann Guerrero, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2017Jenny Browne, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2018Carol Coffee Reposa, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2019Carrie Fountain, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate2020Emmy Pérez, McAllenTexas State Poet Laureate2021Cyrus Cassells, San MarcosTexas State Poet Laureate2022Lupe Mendez, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate2023ire’ne lara silva, AustinTexas State Poet Laureate2024Amanda Johnston, Round RockTexas State Poet Laureate2025Octavio Quintanilla, San AntonioTexas State Poet Laureate2026Kevin Prufer, HoustonTexas State Poet Laureate2003James Dick, Round TopTexas State Musician2004Ray Benson, AustinTexas State Musician2005Johnny Gimble, Dripping SpringsTexas State Musician2006Billy Joe Shaver, WacoTexas State Musician2007Dale Watson, AustinTexas State Musician2008Shelley King, AustinTexas State Musician2009Willie Nelson, SpicewoodTexas State Musician2010Sara Hickman, AustinTexas State Musician2011Lyle Lovett, KleinTexas State Musician2012Billy F Gibbons, HoustonTexas State Musician2013Craig Hella Johnson, AustinTexas State Musician2014Flaco Jimenez, San AntonioTexas State Musician2015Jimmie Vaughan, AustinTexas State Musician2016Joe Ely, AustinTexas State Musician2017George Strait, San AntonioTexas State Musician2018Marcia Ball, AustinTexas State Musician2019Little Joe Hernandez, TempleTexas State Musician2020Emily Gimble, AustinTexas State Musician2021Leon Bridges, Fort WorthTexas State Musician2022Eva Ybarra, San AntonioTexas State Musician2023Gary Clark Jr., AustinTexas State Musician2024Kelly Clarkson, Fort WorthTexas State Musician2025Miranda Lambert, AustinTexas State Musician2025Alecia Lawyer, HoustonTexas State Musician2026Norah Jones, GrapevineTexas State Musician2026Ana Maria Martinez, HoustonTexas State Musician