Davis Downtown COVID-19 Community Art Project, 2020

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Summary

Creators:
Davis Downtown Business Association
Abstract:
In April of 2020, the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA) formed an art subcommittee to launch and facilitate a communal art project that would focus on how individuals and families were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place mandate. The Davis Downtown Community Art Project was one of the City of Davis's more high profile responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, corralling artistic and creative responses to life in quarantine from a wide range of ages and a diversity of community members.
Extent:
104 digital images
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Davis Downtown COVID-19 Community Art Project, D-693, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The Davis Downtown Community Art Project was one of the City of Davis's more high profile responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, corralling artistic and creative responses to life in quarantine from a wide range of ages and a diversity of community members. The project took the form of a contest in the late spring and early summer of 2020 in which community members from different age groups submitted photos of artwork, creative photography, and computer-rendered images, with the winners from each age group determined by Facebook likes. The winning selections were made into post cards and stickers, to support local businesses, and several images were additionally displayed in the windows of the old "Watermelon Music" building and creatively wrapped the newly installed Portland Loos in the downtown business district. This digital collection includes all submitted images, capturing a community's personal, multifaceted, and often resilient responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several entries also reflect a commitment to social justice during the tumultuous summer of protests following the killing of George Floyd.

[Description by Kevin Miller]

Biographical / historical:

In April of 2020, the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA) formed an art subcommittee to launch and facilitate a communal art project that would focus on how individuals and families were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place mandate. The collection of art would aim to serve as a testament to our community's resilience.

[Text supplied by Davis Downtown Business Association]

Processing information:

Liz Phillips processed this collection using text provided by Downtown Davis and Kevin Miller.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
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Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Davis Downtown COVID-19 Community Art Project, D-693, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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