(Student Submission) Medium: Markers and Micron Pens Artist Statement: In this piece, I tried going for empathy and imagination in challenging times by imagining Covid-19 as a monster that one might imagine lurking in their closet. How our minds can
Category: Submissions
Lesley McGee – Untitled
(Staff Submission) Theme: Ourselves in the World Artist Statement: I have made collages for many years and this is my piece exploring the theme of “ourselves in the world.” The backdrop of the collage is my bedroom floor, where I
Margot Schassler – Untitled
(Student Submission) Theme: Identity, Agency and Optimism in a Pandemic Medium: Watercolor Artist Statement: Walking to class one day during A-Term of my freshman year, I took a picture of The Innovation Studio. I thought the reflection of the clouds
Mitra Anand – Save the Treasure
(Student Submission) Theme: Caretaking Medium: Acrylic Artist Statement: This acrylic art is of an old woman with a beaming smile. She is of wrinkled skin and has almost no teeth, yet shows a sign of ultimate happiness. Many countries have
ML Tlachac – Silhouette with a Cell Phone
(Student Submission) Theme: Alone Together Artist Statement: Silhouette with a Cell Phone is the embodiment of the COVID-19 based theme Alone Together. Set on a normally crowded beach, the silhouette in the distance is seemingly enduring the stormy weather alone.
Nasim Mansuri – Company
(Student Submission) Theme: Alone Together Artist Statement: The most interesting part of quarantine has been seeing how constant company affects my cat. Her habits and personality have changed as a result of the crisis, just like mine have. She follows
Nasim Mansuri – Days under the virus
(Student Submission) Theme: Ourselves in the World Artist Statement: I think most people found that the quarantine made them value social interaction more; made them crave socialization. For me, it was the opposite: I have settled very comfortably in an
Nasim Mansuri – These days
(Student Submission) Theme: Home Artist Statement: Quarantine brings on so many contradictions when we think of ourselves in the world and ourselves in relation to others. The gentle comfort of being home all the time eventually gives way to an
Natalie Mathews – Alone together
(Student/Staff Submission) Artist Statement: Alone together and better together. Faced with the largest pandemic yet with millions of cases, we are desperately called for social and mask wearing. A simple task that our country is struggling with. This is not
Natalie Milgram – Untitled
(Student Submission) Theme: Before, During, and After Artist Statement: I painted this in response to the theme: Before, During, and After. We are still fighting the virus. Even when (if) an effective vaccine is developed, COVID-19 will likely remain. This