Bold
Bright
transformative
Xiumei Velasco
Xiumei Velasco is a painter, muralist and stained glass artist who has been an important part of the vibrant Chicago art scene for over thirty years.
Xiumei loves to bike, to travel, to work out and to cook, with or without a wok, culinary masterpieces. She loves her dog, Arya, and loves, usually, the assist of her fellow stained glass artist, Jim.
Jim is a stained glass artist, a retired litigator-mediator and a former teacher. He assists in cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering and framing of glass pieces.
Jim enjoys photography and biking.
Jim Velasco
emmy Velasco
From the start, Emmy Velasco, Xiumei and Jim’s daughter, has helped immeasurably by creating the cartoon that BGL depends on.
