Full Text of HR1036 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jon Veal | 4 | | of Chicago, who passed away on December 21, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jon Veal was a transdisciplinary artist focused | 6 | | on the capacity of symbolic gesture as a strategy, using his | 7 | | artistic agency as a platform for building communal spaces; | 8 | | his artwork was exhibited at the Chicago Artist Department, | 9 | | Silent Funny, the William Hill Gallery, the Homewood Science | 10 | | Center, the Chicago Cultural Ball, the Kiss the Brain Gallery, | 11 | | the Catich Gallery at St. Ambrose University, and the Terrain | 12 | | Biennial representing Austin, Chicago; he was the first | 13 | | African American artist in Residence at Oak Park Public | 14 | | Library and held the Field/Work Artist in Residence position | 15 | | at Chicago Artist Coalition in 2019; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 2019, Jon Veal and Jordan Campbell co-founded | 17 | | alt_Chicago, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, artist-led organization | 18 | | that aims to transform the communities of Chicago through art; | 19 | | their organization became known for its free community markets | 20 | | on the West and South sides and their flagship venture Project | 21 | | Stamp, a campaign to document the lives of West Siders through | 22 | | portraits taken in neighborhood spaces; at the time of his | 23 | | passing, alt_Chicago had collected $350,000 over the past year |
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| 1 | | to hire staff, realize projects, and eventually find a | 2 | | permanent studio on the West Side; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Through alt_Chicago, Jon Veal received numerous | 4 | | honors, grants, fellowships, and opportunities to serve the | 5 | | City of Chicago through several programs, including Project | 6 | | Stamp, alt_ Market, alt_ b.i.n., Redemptive Plastics, and alt_ | 7 | | Academy; in 2020, he was a recipient of 3Arts' Make A Wave | 8 | | grant and the Chicago Artist Coalition's Spark grant, which | 9 | | recognizes exceptional artists working in Chicago; in 2021, he | 10 | | was invited to join the Resource Global Chicago Cohort in | 11 | | addition to being named the 2021 Spring Latham Fellow at the | 12 | | IIT Institute of Design; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jon Veal served on the auxiliary Board of | 14 | | Directors for the Design Museum of Chicago and on the Chicago | 15 | | Avenue Corridor Improvement Study Team in partnership with the | 16 | | Lamar Johnson Collaborative and the Chicago Department of | 17 | | Transportation; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Jon Veal was known for his ability to converse | 19 | | with strangers and quickly become friends; he will be | 20 | | remembered for his work and his commitment to bringing art and | 21 | | opportunity to the West Side; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Jon Veal is survived by his fiancée, Brittney |
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| 1 | | Carolina; his mother, Karen Veal; his father, Joseph Veal; and | 2 | | his sister, Cartier Veal; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we mourn the passing of
Jon Veal and extend our sincere
| 6 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
| 7 | | him; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 9 | | presented to the family of Jon Veal as an expression of
our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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