Full Text of HR0502 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Amelia "ART" Rucker | 4 | | Thompson on the occasion of her art gallery opening at the | 5 | | Center on Halsted on October 15, 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a Chicago native, and | 7 | | she is a Black woman with lived experience in the third largest | 8 | | city in the United States; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a wife of a veteran | 10 | | with PTSD, and her passion and talent for creating artwork was | 11 | | spurred at the Jesse Brown VA Hospital, where she discovered | 12 | | Art Therapy as a coping mechanism for stress and a source of | 13 | | emotional healing; when she is not creating art, she is a | 14 | | licensed barber and cosmetologist; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson uses her art to visually | 16 | | portray a wide range of emotions and experience, and she uses | 17 | | colors, shapes, lines, and images to communicate powerful | 18 | | ideas, feelings, emotions, dreams, and aspirations; her | 19 | | mediums of artistic expression are acrylic, oil, watercolor, | 20 | | and ordinary things from everyday life; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson seeks to create art that |
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| 1 | | instills hope, universality, and altruism; she is inspired and | 2 | | motivated to create by her love for seeing colors come | 3 | | together to form abstract paintings; her art style has been | 4 | | described as Meditating Art, Abstract Expressionism, | 5 | | Expressionism, Modern Art, and Action Painting, and her art is | 6 | | appreciated by a wide audience base and has broad appeal; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a wife, mother, | 8 | | grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and | 9 | | friend to many; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson will be showcasing her | 11 | | artwork at the Center on Halsted at 3656 North Halsted, | 12 | | Chicago on October 15, 2021; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate Amelia "ART" Rucker Thompson on her art | 16 | | gallery opening at the Center on Halsted, and we wish her the | 17 | | best of luck in her future endeavors; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Amelia Rucker Thompson as an expression of our | 20 | | esteem and respect.
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