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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Amelia "ART" Rucker
4Thompson on the occasion of her art gallery opening at the
5Center on Halsted on October 15, 2021; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a Chicago native, and
7she is a Black woman with lived experience in the third largest
8city in the United States; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a wife of a veteran
10with PTSD, and her passion and talent for creating artwork was
11spurred at the Jesse Brown VA Hospital, where she discovered
12Art Therapy as a coping mechanism for stress and a source of
13emotional healing; when she is not creating art, she is a
14licensed barber and cosmetologist; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson uses her art to visually
16portray a wide range of emotions and experience, and she uses
17colors, shapes, lines, and images to communicate powerful
18ideas, feelings, emotions, dreams, and aspirations; her
19mediums of artistic expression are acrylic, oil, watercolor,
20and ordinary things from everyday life; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson seeks to create art that

 

 

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1instills hope, universality, and altruism; she is inspired and
2motivated to create by her love for seeing colors come
3together to form abstract paintings; her art style has been
4described as Meditating Art, Abstract Expressionism,
5Expressionism, Modern Art, and Action Painting, and her art is
6appreciated by a wide audience base and has broad appeal; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson is a wife, mother,
8grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and
9friend to many; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Amelia Rucker Thompson will be showcasing her
11artwork at the Center on Halsted at 3656 North Halsted,
12Chicago on October 15, 2021; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15we congratulate Amelia "ART" Rucker Thompson on her art
16gallery opening at the Center on Halsted, and we wish her the
17best of luck in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to Amelia Rucker Thompson as an expression of our
20esteem and respect.