State Government Project

Local State Representative

House of Representative

District of Representative

Newly Representative

District’s demographic information

• 44,419 students attending Coppell ISD
• 66.3% ages 18-64
• 23.3% attained a college education
• This compare to the state as 24.6%, only one percent more than the district.
• Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste mgmt(17.9%). This compare to the rest of the state as 10.8%

Agency you want to work for

Texas Commission on the Arts

• Department: Education
• Commission: Art
• Authority: Academia, arts, business, local government and the general public.

Agency’s mission statement

• The mission of Texas Commission of the Arts is to advance the state economically and culturally by investing in a creative Texas.

Main function of the Agency

• It is to support a diverse and innovative arts community in Texas, throughout the nation and internationally by providing resources to enhance economic development, arts education, cultural tourism and artist sustainability initiatives.

How does the agency impact the residents of Texas?

• Offers them numerous resources of arts and cultural industries.
• It benefit them to gain experiences from enjoyable art and culturally enriching.
• Texans are ensure to see the arts as a basic component of a well-rounded education.

3 different professions/jobs within the Agency

• Artistic Director
• Development Coordinator
• Executive Director

Link to the article

• http://arts.blog.austin360.com/2015/05/06/joe-ely-margo-sawyer-and-jimmie-v...

Summary of article

• The article talks about the announcement for the positions of state poet, state musician, state two-dimensional artist and state three-dimensional artist for 2015-2016.
• The position people were Carmen Tafolla ,Jimmie Vaughan, Vincent Valdez, Margo Sawyer, Joe Ely, Dornith Doherty and Dario Robleto.