Vermont HCR 250: House concurrent resolution designating the month of February 2020 as Pharmacists' Month in Vermont

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No. R-302. House concurrent resolution honoring the extraordinary life and artistic
achievements of former Representative John Killacky of South Burlington.
(H.C.R.250)
Offered by Representatives Stevens of Waterbury, Bluemle of Burlington, Burrows of
West Windsor, Krasnow of South Burlington, Burkhardt of South Burlington, LaLonde
of South Burlington, Minier of South Burlington, and Nugent of South Burlington
Offered by Senator Chittenden
Whereas, John Killacky, the much-honored artistic administrator and commentator;
filmmaker; visual artist; former legislator; gay activist; and, perhaps most importantly,
dancer and athlete, who became a paraplegic due to a surgical mishap, has persevered and
maximized life’s opportunities, and
Whereas, his innovative and stellar leadership as an artistic administrator began as a
program officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts; continued as the performing arts curator at
the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and proceeded west to California,
where he served as the executive director of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San
Francisco and later served as the program director of the San Francisco Foundation, one
of the nation’s largest community foundations, and
Whereas, John Killacky; his husband, Larry Connolly; and John’s beloved Shetland
pony, Pacific Raindrop, next headed east to Vermont, where he assumed a new challenge
as the executive director of Burlington’s Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (2010–
2018), and his abundant creativity fostered programs for young students, promoting
inclusivity, artistic excitement, and excellence while not exceeding budgetary
limitations, and
Whereas, for two terms (2019–2022), John Killacky represented his South Burlington
neighbors in the General Assembly, serving on the House Committee on General and
Housing and advocating for inclusivity, environmental protection, and a more just
society, and
Whereas, recently, his 2025 film Corpus, “a meditative reflection of our bodies that
have been demonized, weaponized, [and] politicized,” in conjunction with a floor
covering and wall-hanging shroud were featured in the recent Burlington City Arts
Center exhibit, Do We Say Goodbye? Grief, Loss, and Mourning; the two visual pieces
and another film, Stillpoint, have been exhibited in galleries in Philadelphia and West
Virginia; his film on the Fluxus art movement was shown at England’s De Montfort
University’s Leicester Gallery; three of his recent films will be televised on Vermont
Public and Maine Public; and he is eagerly anticipating a residency to sculpt at the
Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly honors the extraordinary life and artistic achievements of
former Representative John Killacky of South Burlington, and be it further

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Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
John Killacky.