John Killacky

John Killacky
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
from the Chittenden-7-3 district
In office
2019–2022
Personal details
Born1951 or 1952
Died (aged 74)
South Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
SpouseLawrence Connolly

John R. Killacky (1951 or 1952 – November 2, 2026) was an American politician, arts administrator and artist. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2019 and served two terms. Before his retirement in 2018, Killacky was the head of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont. Killacky also was an arts program officer with the San Francisco Foundation.

Killacky wrote numerous publications on the arts and wrote and directed several award-winning short films and videos. His videos have been screened in festivals, galleries, museums, hospitals, and universities world-wide and are in the collections of numerous libraries and universities. His work has been televised locally in Texas, Minnesota, Maine, and Vermont, and nationally on Free Speech TV, PBS, and Cultura24 in Holland.

He curated a retrospective photography exhibition, Dona Ann McAdams: Performative Acts, that toured to five venues in Vermont (2019–2021). Champlain College Art Gallery hosted a retrospective of eight of his videos, Embodied Voice (2018) and he was artist-in-residence there co-curating FluxFest (2023). At Fabric Workshop and Museum (2024), he worked onsite with production staff on his intermedia installation, stillpoint. Other recent installations of his work were on view at Burlington City Arts, The Art Museum of West Virginia University, and Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University in 2026.

John Killacky died from prostate cancer at his home in South Burlington, Vermont, on November 2, 2026, at the age of 74.

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References

  1. ↑ "Representative John Killacky". legislature.vermont.gov.
  2. ↑ Polston, Pamela (June 27, 2018). "Exiting the Flynn Center, John Killacky Looks to the Future". Seven Days.
  3. ↑ Garofoli, Joe (May 2, 2003). "Ella King Torrey - ex-president of S.F. Art Institute". SFGate. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "New video exhibit by former Vermont lawmaker offers meditations on grief and art-making". Vermont Public. February 10, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Lilly, Amy (October 11, 2023). "At Champlain College, John Killacky Revisits an Art Movement With FluxFest". Seven Days. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ "John Killacky".
  7. ↑ "Do We Say Goodbye? Grief, Loss, and Mourning | Burlington City Arts".
  8. ↑ John Killacky, Former Flynn Director and State Legislator, Dies at 74
  9. ↑ Hallenbeck, Brent (November 3, 2026). "John Killacky, who led the Flynn and served in Legislature, dies at 74". The Burlington Free Press. Retrieved November 4, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Rep. John Killacky Publishes New Book Reflecting On His 30 Years Of Cultural Work". Vermont Public Radio. September 4, 2021.