Davis Downtown COVID-19 Community Art Project

2020 Tarot Deck 2020

Creator: Kahan, Mina

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The 2020 Tarot Deck is a major arcana deck based off of the events of spring 2020. I feel that turning these events into a tarot deck represents the uncertainty of what the future will be that we're all feeling right now.

Participant age: Unknown

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

A COVID Graduation 2020

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Creator: Ledezma, Ariel

Creator: Ledezma, Lindsay

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An Esparto High Senior documents his graduation during COVID while maintaining 6 feet of distance between him and the photographers.

Participant age:30

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

A Field of Memories 2020

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Creator: Bayley, Jenny

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What if our memories were a field of sunflowers with the faces capturing and replaying the moments? This is a time of isolation - living in quarantine bubbles of socially isolating together and being mindful of our personal space bubbles. This is a time for rediscovering a love for baking reconnecting/remoting

Participant age: Adult

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

A modern take at 1775 2020

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Creator: Maya

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This is my modern take of the Gadsden Flag made popular during the American Revolution. From its roots the Gadsden Flag was used as a signal to engage the enemy; similarly I hoped to engage the public in a comedic

Participant age:21

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Above the Ditch 2020

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Creator: Jensen, Camilla

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This is an ink drawing of a bridge that connects the greenbelt and the ditch in North Davis. I drew this for a drawing class while being back home from college due to school campuses being closed.

Participant age:20

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Abstract Rainbow Mandala 2020

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Creator: Gerowitz, Tatiana

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Acrylic paint and acrylic paint pens on canvas

Participant age:32

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Adventure Time 2020

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Creator: Herrera-Bennett, Arianne

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Stuck inside 10 weeks into quarantine we decided to rewatch Hocus Pocus (that movie is *nuts*); reality was a blur Adventure Time felt relevant.

Participant age:30

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Akatombo 2020

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Creator: Lee, Rebekah

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Taken with a Oneplus 7 Pro phone. I noticed it sitting on my car antenna and thought of the Japanese lullaby.

Participant age:27

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Alone, Not Alone 2020

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Creator: Wilkinson, Timothy

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I wanted to show a sense of isolation that forces inward speculation and self discovery.

Participant age:39

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Arlequin del encierro 2020

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Creator: Verdin, Karla

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This painting represents the different emotions that we experience during quarantine whether positive or negative. By dividing it into many parts it tries to represent the days that pass and what you feel in each one of them such as the days when you feel sad

Participant age:16

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Backyard Beauty 2020

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Creator: Schwarz, Trudi

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This is a photo of a blue dasher dragonfly. They fly around my backyard all summer long and I am fascinated by their delicate beauty. They always land on this particular stick planted in the garden which I call Dragonfly Landing. I have had lots of time to watch and photograph them while I sheltered in place over the past few months. They make me smile every day. (I used some Instagram filters on this photo.)

Participant age:51

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Bee passionate as you work 2020

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Creator: Yost, Sara

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Passion Vine in my back yard. It is a constant source of beauty and entertainment. Large black bees and butterflies all day long. So wonderful!!!

Participant age:66

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Black Lives Matters Means All of Us 2020

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Creator: Bouhamama, Soumeya

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Drawing from sketchbook inspired by the events of which we are a part

Participant age:14

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Caged 2020

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Creator: Walker, Mina

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Art program used: MediBang Paint Pro

Participant age:15

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

California Outdoor Bill of Rights 2020

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Creator: Collins, Shawn

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The list is real (although trimmed to fit). Source: covid19.ca.gov (or Google it).

Participant age: Adult

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Cata Art 2020

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Creator: Beals, Catalina

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Face heads

Participant age:13

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Chalk Revolution 2020

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Creator: Mellon-Anibaba, Kate

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Photograph of our children drawing with chalk in the Solidarity Space Davis created by my family and Black Creatives to lift the names of George Floyd and others murdered at the hands of the State. The installation is located in Central Park. #blacklivesmatter

Participant age:30

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Chicken Coop Covid Creation 2020

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Creator: Pagel Family

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We designed built and painted our new chicken coop as a family during this Covid lockdown. The door painting was inspired by nature and our love of gardening. The architectural design used passive solar ideas with the south facing window and overhang. Our flock seems to love it!

Participant age:12, 51, 56

Category: Family Art (collaborative piece from members of same family)

Class Meeting 2020

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Creator: Amirzadeh, Sophia

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I used markers and crayons to draw my piece of art. This drawing shows students online for a class meeting during shelter in place.

Participant age:8

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Coffee the Wonder Cat 2020

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Creator: Easlon, Eliza

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Coffee cat dreaming about his fish dinner.

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Coronavirus Hat 2020

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Creator: Falyn, Dezla

Creator: Falyn, Skye

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This is a picture of my sister modeling my coronavirus hat. I love knitting and have knit over 25 hats since march but when I saw this hat it reminded me of the virus that was keeping me indoors knitting so much so it was immediately named the coronavirus hat.

Participant age:19, 15

Category: Family Art (collaborative piece from members of same family)

COVID CONYURE 2020

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Creator: Dawkins, Lyndsay

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As we've sheltered in place along with those little teddy bears in the windows - one sees pets of all kinds peaking out at the strange new world of walkers. So this little conyure is reminding the people of Davis to take precautions and fight the clean fight! Her name is Bodi and she is a bit of a show off so she didn't mind posing for the cause! Of course she wouldn't agree to wear a mask (not for political reasons)

Participant age: Adult

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Covid Man 2020

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Creator: Ewers, Roger

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Covid Man Etching 7" x 9 "

Participant age:70

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Covid-19 Affects Many People 2020

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Creator: Vau, Oliver

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Drawing showing a face mask.

Participant age:8

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Covid-19 Affects People and Their Jobs 2020

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Creator: Vau, Thatcher

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This is a drawing with a mask on a panda.

Participant age:10

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Covid-19 Helps Stop Global Warming 2020

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Creator: Uribe, Joel

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This is a drawing showing some of the positive effects of covid-19.

Participant age:10

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Covid-20 Starving! Grab everything! Down the hatch! 2020

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Creator: Granett, Jeffrey

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I cut the linoleum block inked the surface black and digitized it. I then colored the image using GIMP. Personification of the corona virus.

Participant age:76

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Dance again 2020

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Creator: Mossakowski, Agata

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My acrylic paint dances on paper like we all should dance again soon. Strangely loosely hilariously and loud. Also a disco ball nearby wouldn't hurt.

Participant age:33

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Davis Gothic 2020

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Creator: Takushi, Paul

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When you stay at home a lot you begin to notice things you've never seen before. And you go a little nuts.

Participant age:59

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Davis Sights 2020

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Creator: Norton, Sawyer

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Set of 4 3x3in canvases. Sunflower fields Davis CO-OP Green mushroom at Aroyo Pool Varsity Theater. Made these for my Dad who went to UC Davis and has lived in and loved Davis ever since.

Participant age:21

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Day Commute 2020

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Creator: Johnson, Julie

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Russell Blvd

Participant age:63

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Different But Fun Times 2020

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Creator: Kinne, Hadley

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I used colored pencils and a regular pencil and drew four activities I've been doing since shelter in place. 1-2. Lots of outside time like climbing trees and rollerblading 3. Baking like it's going out of style - I've made lemon curd danish braid brioche buns strawberry shortcake

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Dogs of COVID 2020

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Creator: Miller, Meghan

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The stay at home order has resulted in a lot more time at home with pets who have made this time much easier to bear. This is a photo of Juniper on a warm May evening.

Participant age:36

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Drive-Thru Beer (and food) 2020

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Creator: Weil, Matthew

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Photograph at Sudwerk Davis employing the ingenuity of using they rollers to deliver beer and food directly to your car window with perfect social distancing.

Participant age:34

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Dude from Davis 2020

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Creator: Schwerin, Augie

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Sharpie on paper 8.5x11

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Emery my creation and Marguerite 2020

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Creator: Schaffron, Marguerite

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Emery the mosaic piece created with Bunny my co-artist and friend who has Emery the cat in her backyard. We created Emery during sheltering ........................

Participant age:57

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Everyday 2020

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Creator: Anuuraz, Tselmen

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My inspiration for this piece was my life in quarantine and what I see when I sit down at my desk everyday. It contrasts my reality versus what I want it to be.

Participant age:16

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Everyones on board 2020

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Creator: Tchobanoglous, George

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Humor during the Covid-19 pandemic Sculpture is located in North Dais Greenbelt

Participant age:85

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Family Strong 2020

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Creator: Alexa, Sara

Creator: Holland, Delaney

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Finding Family even in hard times...we are all Family Strong!

Participant age:42, 16, 12

Category: Family Art (collaborative piece from members of same family)

Flame Skimmer 2020

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Creator: Hoffmann, Jason

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A Flame Skimmer Dragonfly takes a break on a branch in the Cannery Farm. Spotted by my 4 and 2 year old daughters on a early morning walk. Photo was edited in Adobe Photoshop.

Participant age:36

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

For the Next Seven Generations 2020

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Creator: Thomas, Christina

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Four year old Jace Naki'e who is Northern Paiute Western Shoshone and Hopi holds a sign that says: For the Next Seven Generations. As COVID-19 has affected people throughout the world Native American and Indigenous communities have been hit the hard. Throughout the pandemic our community has been wearing masks to protect those most sacred to us -- our elders and children. Naki'e wears a mask for the generations to come...we are always thinking of those that will come after us. It is our responsibility to take care of others and Pea Teepu (Mother Earth) for the future

Participant age: Unkown

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Gilligan's Return 2020

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Creator: Connors, Matt

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Each week during the pandemic our group goes to the beautiful Arboretum on the UCDavis campus and paints. We are totally socially distanced as the campus is closed and there is plenty of space. I painted this after a recent alert that a black bear Gilligan was loose in Davis. I imagined what his visit my scene would be like so I put him in my painting. This is a watercolor done in the Redwood section of the arboretum.

Participant age:83

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Gracias! 2020

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Creator: O'Neill, Antoinette

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This is a yard sign I made for my front yard. Acrylics on poster board. On display at 1416 Duke Drive.

Participant age:47

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Gratitude 2020

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Creator: Syer, Anne

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This is a poster I did as part of a project to express our appreciation for the brave health workers who are caring for us all during the pandemic.

Participant age:79

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Happy Birthday BFF 2020

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Creator: Guttenberg, Sherri

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Birthday card for my dear friend Teri Myers.

Participant age:53

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Hidden Fears 2020

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Creator: Fasulo, Leonardo

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Hidden fears is an abstract piece in oil on canvas 36x48 that reflects how the virus penetrated every aspect of our lives

Participant age:61

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Home Study 2020

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Creator: Gibson, Aletheia

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Over Shelter In Place we occupied our time with doing school from our computers at home. I also used my computer to zoom chat with friends from school and also my soccer team. Time on the comfy couch connecting online is the memory from Shelter in Place that I painted in Acrylics.

Participant age:11

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Honoring my culture, protecting our community 2020

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Creator: Adams, Melinda

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Wearing a mask helps keep our elders children and community members safe.

Participant age:32

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

I Am My Neighbor's Keeper 2020

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Creator: Sullivan, Lauren

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Mechanical pencil and ballpoint pen on a public domain 1950s map of the Davis area. I love working with maps in portraiture because I believe the area you grew up in or spent a significant time in greatly shapes who you are as a person. Your internal topography is shaped by your community. I used the quadrangles of the map to create windows into the lives of community members. We've all been affected by recent events different ways and cope different ways. I hope to have made that visible.

Participant age:27

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

I can't hide 2020

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Creator: Ornelas, Karina

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Whether inside or outside there's always something to fear about specially in a time like this. Many fears come from school keeping up with work stressing about our lives best friends or relationships

Participant age:14

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Inclusion 2020

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Creator: Dao, Alex

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My painting of colorful carrots is water color painting. The inspiration comes from going to the Davis Farmers Market and also it means we belong to a diverse community with many people of different sizes and colors. It means we are an inclusive community coming together which makes us very beautiful and special.

Participant age:24

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Isolated 2020

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Creator: Zhang, Sophie

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This piece is a digital painting created with the program Procreate. It is intended to capture the feeling of isolation during this time but with a positive spin on the situation: how distancing ourselves from society allows us to slow down the pace of our lives to reflect on our actions and to appreciate the natural beauty around us.

Participant age:17

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Just for Fun! An Installation. 2020

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Creator: Jensen, Malene

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I tied masks on these statues simply as a whimsical idea‚ hoping to make people smile. It was never meant as a suggestion to wear masks‚ in fact I masked the statues on April 3rd three weeks before the masking order was issued by Yolo County. I used a very old and very dirty tablecloth turned rag. The strings were shoelaces‚ some pulled straight out of my old running shoes. Right after the masking order took effect one mask went missing (I replaced it). I hope nobody ever wore it!

Participant age:54

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Kalefornia Republic 2020

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Creator: Caulkins, Gordon

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plant cook eat repeat

Participant age:52

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Keep Your Distance 2020

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Creator: Kanarr, Kirsten

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Acrylic painting of a Portuguese Man of War. These creatures are generally actively avoided because of the extremely painful sting their tentacles deliver when touched. But what is interesting about them is that they are actually a colony of organisms working together not a single animal. The metaphor this conjures of working together while maintaining safe distance is why I chose to paint this beautiful yet dangerous specimen during the quarantine.

Participant age:29

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Life in the Time of Covid-19 2020

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Creator: Nelson, Wendy

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This art piece is a visual expression in the form of 4" x 6" collage journal that reflects my thoughts feelings and pastimes since sheltering in place. The journal is an ongoing project and includes a poem written by my 11 year old granddaughter for a school assignment.

Participant age: Unknown

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Locomotion 2020

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Creator: Vallero, Drew

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Locomotion whose components translate to "crazy motion," plays with the warring concepts of stagnation and chaos amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The composition is meant to allude to the hands of an analog clock frozen in time while the sneakers

Participant age: Unknown

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Love in Solitude 2020

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Creator: Avila, Gabriel

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In a time of physical distancing finding peace in nature and love together is so important. Pictured here is a moment of love between siblings bonding over the mysteries of filamentous algae.

Participant age:35

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Love Wins 2020

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Creator: Scheffer, Tracy

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Black and White portrait 6yo Kaitlyn Holbrook of Davis CA. An image of resilience and joy during the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020.

Participant age:48

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Essential Workers 2020

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Creator: Christensen, Lynn

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Oil on Canvas. 20" x 16". Inspired by PDQ employees working through the Pandemic.

Participant age:67

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Making people happy! 2020

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Creator: Kinne, Frankie

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This is a drawing with pencil and gel pens. This is our window looking out to the street where kids in masks are seeing the teddy bears we put in the window. We also hang inspirational sayings for people to feel better when they walk by.

Participant age:6

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Metamorphosis 2020

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Creator: Dawkins, Siena

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This painting portrays things I want to see and experience. it also shows some of my most cherished memories all shown in a newly formed butterfly. Metamorphosis is my expression of the feelings been in isolation.

Participant age:16

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Mona Lisa quarantined in Davis 2020

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Creator: Dawkins, Feya

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I always wanted to re-create famous classic painting but with my own touch. This project was perfect for that. So I integrated famous Davis sites in the background of the famous portrait of Mona Lisa. As I walked around DavisI thought what would Mona Lisa visit here in Davis. I immediately thought of the two eggheads. To show where these eggs are from I added the UC Davis water tower in the background. I used acrylic and added the mask to show that Mona Lisa is visiting Davis during a pandemic

Participant age:17

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Morning Walks 2020

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Creator: Dawkins, Drake

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In this painting Drake used watercolor and markers. He decided to paint himself walking his pet ferret in growing field of sunflowers. With a little help of his older sister Drake drew his first realistic self portrait.

Participant age:6

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

My life during the virus 2020

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Creator: Kinne, Olive

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I drew this with pencil and colored pencil and gel pens. This shows how I've been spending my time during shelter at home. I've gone on lots of roller skating trips on the green belt

Participant age:7

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

My Quarantine Days 2020

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Creator: Still, Helena

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This piece is a pencil sketch of me watering my plants outside our house with a mask on while my kitty looks out the window watching me.

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

My Thoughts of COVID-19 2020

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Creator: Hay, Stella

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My thoughts about COVID-19 inspired me to make this piece of art. It is all my thought bubbles about everything I think about COVID-19.

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

New Norm 2020

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Creator: Chamberlain, Jerri

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This is a watercolor painting. The young child is going for a walk with his face mask. He sports a bad hair cut that his mom gave him. This is his new norm.

Participant age:73

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

One from the edge 2020

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Creator: McCagg, Peter

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I was at the edge of town at the edge of the day and the night. The shadows caught my eye.

Participant age:67

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Our Family Sheltering At Home 2020

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Creator: Curry, Ezra

Creator: Curry, Ethan

Creator: Curry, Emily

Creator: Curry, Angela

Creator: Curry, Sean

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This is our painting project with the kids. The back ground is made from 16 A4 sized black construction paper taped together in order to make a large enough art area. The kids painted with their hands and feet dipped in paint. The first layer was done with predominantly cold colours. The kids dipped their feet in paint and walked around. Then we cut out stencils representing our family & home. The second layer was done over stencils with hands dipped in warm colours then stencils removed.

Participant age:4, 2, 1, 30, 30 Category: Family Art (collaborative piece from members of same family)

Personal Growth 2020

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Creator: Choquette, Sam

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Highlighter pens and ink on sketch paper. i drew this because when i read the idea list and saw "gardening" i thought about how many of us are taking this time inside and away from others to work on ourselves. though it's easy to feel blue and unmotivated during these difficult times i hope my piece will serve as a reminder to try and avoid falling into stagnancy and as encouragement to look for beauty inside when we are unable to go out.

Participant age:19

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Piggie, Gerald, and Pigeon Make Friends 2020

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Creator: Zern, Cooper

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We spent a lot of time doing Lunchtime Doodles with Mo Willems so my drawing is inspired by Mo. These characters have made friends while everyone has stayed home.

Participant age: 5 (but close to 6 and his brother entered a picture so he wanted to too)

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Quaran-zines 2020

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Creator: Wright, Morgan

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I first learned of zines from the Davis Enterprise when the Davis Art Center had an article of things to do with children during pandemic. So my zines have all been done either walking on campus or in my neighborhood at the Haagen Dasz bee haven or at home drawing fruits and veggies or my cat Minette.

Participant age: Unkown

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Quarantine Birthday Party 2020

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Creator: Berdovskiy, Katherine

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I know that there were many sad things about this quarantine. One of them was that many kids had to celebrate their birthdays without friends and some even without their family. But I didn't want to make this picture very sad so I made it bright and decorated as much as I could with very colorful markers. This means that even during hard times we need to look for something good and find a way out.

Participant age:10

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Quarantine Love 2020

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Creator: Kelly, Kira

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My art is described by Black Lives Matters marches and friendship

Participant age:10

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Quarantine Tranquility 2020

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Creator: Jorjorian-Miller, Sylvia

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I used a drawing app called ibisPaint X to do this art. The art depicts a girl sitting outside with her dog while listening to music. I personally love sitting with my dog with music playing in my ears and this is how my quarantine has been for a few months.

Participant age:12

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Quarantine Won't Stop Me Doing Art 2020

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Creator: Yabuki, Emiko

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This is me making animations on my tablet (for my youtube). Being in quarentine I have even more time to work on art and be creative.

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

QuaranTort Adventures 2020

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Creator: Hak, Komal

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Biking with Dinos to Central Park so he can enjoy all the dandelions whilst bringing joy to others has been very therapeutic during these crisis times. @a.tort.story

Participant age:32

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Red Bike 2020

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Creator: Dawkins, Dorian

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During Quarantine Dorian went on a lot of bike rides to stay active. With the help of his sister he used watercolor to pictify his experience.

Participant age:6

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Sewing Masks = Saving Lives 2020

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Creator: Vau, Sawyer

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During the pandemic we sewed so many masks to try to help save lives. This is a drawing of our sewing machine and a mask.

Participant age:12

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Shelter in Place or Spiritual Retreat 2020

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Creator: Wedra, Aaron

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I have never been on a spiritual retreat but as the days of shelter in place turned in to months I realized that my time alone often spent in contemplation

Participant age:31

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Sheltered In Place 2020

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Creator: Teal, Ann

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"Sheltered In Place" is acrylic paint on a 10x20 canvas. The thin yellow line is paper giftwrap ribbon glued on. I painted this in April as the numbers of American infected and dying from Covid-19 virus were rising daily. Because I reacted in various ways to it during the process of completing the painting I have purposely left the scene open enough to enable the viewer to relate with his or her own emotions and story.

Participant age:80

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Shoppin' Small 2020

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Creator: Guenther, Holly

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I have a small business selling my artwork so I know how hard it can be to run a small business. When the closures happened I wanted to support Davis small businesses as much as possible. Apparently all I've been doing during SIP is eating and reading when not working remotely! Chinese take out from Ding How fresh bread from Upper Crust Bakery

Participant age:43

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Soccer in the Sun 2020

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Creator: Gibson, Charis

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Over distance learning our family used Coach Dad as the PE instructor. He was able to play soccer on his lunch breaks during COVID-19 because he was working from home. We used the park at the end of our street Covell Park in the North Davis Greenbelt. Shelter in Place time playing with Dad was the inspiration for this Acrylic Painting.

Participant age:12

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)

Spread Hope 2020

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Creator: Barnett, Eva

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This is a picture of the chalk mural that I did on the sidewalk leading to the community green belt outside my house. When my neighbor posted on social media that she appreciated the artwork it made me feel special. Art has let me remain connected to my community and helped me get through isolation. I want to thank the City of Davis for putting on this art contest and bringing people together. Special thanks to Yvette Garcia

Participant age:11

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Spreading love 2020

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Creator: Juliao, Marta

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I worked on a project donating 25 original acrylic paintings for hospice patients at Snowline Hospice in El Dorado County. They have been isolated due to the virus. This is their Father's Day gift. I painted them in a period of 30 days. I am hoping to brighten their day. The paintings have been already donated so I only have pictures of each one now.

Participant age:53

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

Starter 2020

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Creator: Gibson, Amanda

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Early during Shelter in Place my neighbor shared her sourdough starter. Bread making (and baking every other thing that can be made with sourdough starter) has been one of my COVID-19 pass times. I doubt that I will be able to keep up with the demands of my edible pet once the world opens back up to it's activities. Having time to create and having common interests with the women on my street has been one of the highlights of this season for me and my family.

Participant age:44

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Sundays At Seven with Duval Speck 2020

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Creator: Speck, Cathy

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We are local musicians & all of our Spring/summer gigs were cancelled. We decided to invite everyone to watch FREE livestream videos of our concert/comedy shows every Sunday evening from 7 to 7:30. (check those videos out on our Duval Speck FB page.)

Participant age:60

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Swimming Pool 2020

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Creator: Avila, Gerry

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This painting was made with water colors like the water in the pool. Swimming in a pool makes me feel excited and happy. I like swimming with my mom and dad and sister. The picture shows me and the chlorine shark that was in the pool.

Participant age:7

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Thank You, Health Care Workers 2020

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Creator: Maes, Luca

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I created this piece using acrylic paint on paper as a way to honor the countless doctors and nurses in this country and around the world who have been sacrificing so much including time with their families and their own health in order to save lives during this devastating pandemic.

Participant age:16

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

The Calm 2020

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Creator: Zern, Carter

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Sheltering in Place taught me to enjoy my backyard and to make time to be calm outdoors.

Participant age:7

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

The Honeymink Family 2020

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Creator: Easlon, Algy

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Mom and dad Honeymink are playing with their kids.

Participant age:11

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

The Hotdogger / An Outing in Davis 2020

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Creator: Choquette, Catherine

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I centered the image on the Hotdogger because it's one of my favorite restaurants in Davis. I used pixel art to create an image of anthropomorphic products from various businesses in Davis (for example a Farmer's Market hat) walking around while people stay inside.

Participant age:19

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Three Sun's 2020

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Creator: Gibson, Xavier

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I have used my time over Shelter in Place to read science fiction books and write my own science fiction short stories. Some of the stories were for my distance learning and some were just for fun. I like to draw comics about outer space and think about other dimensions. This is an acrylic painting of another planet called Three Sun's. Three Sun's is sort of like our planet but it is not here it is only in my mind.

Participant age:9

Category: Kids Age 9-11 (drawings/paintings only)

Treats for the Chickens 2020

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Creator: Kumar, Tanya

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Photo of my son feeding treats to the chickens taken using my Samsung8 phone camera. Color enhanced with blue filter.

Participant age:50

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Treehouse Days 2020

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Creator: Brummer, Pia

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During the pandemic I like being in my treehouse. I call my friends draw comics do homeschooling

Participant age:8

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Tunnel vision 2020

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Creator: Wyman, Mike

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Davis peaceful protest standoff. Tunnel into downtown.

Participant age:54

Category: Adult Age 15+: Photography

Untitled 2020

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Creator: Austin, Ellie

Creator: Austin, Dana

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We decided to do a relaxing collaborative sketch of pen on paper. The piece reflects how even though we are stuck inside in order to social distance we can still appreciate the beauty of nature and life around us.

Participant age: Unknown

Category: Family Art (collaborative piece from members of same family)

Victory Garden 2020

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Creator: Luckenbill, Julia

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My seven year old daughter asked me to draw with her for this project and drew a lonely little girl on the bike path observing social distancing protocols. My drawing was to be paired with hers a representation of her "alone together" on her way to our vegetable garden. She is in our wheelbarrow being pushed by my wife. I meant it to capture the things we do as a family during this time that are both fun and meaningful but in retrospect we still look lonely

Participant age:43

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

West of Spring 2020

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Creator: Giannetti, Stephen

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25" x 25" Acrylic on Linen 2019

Participant age:53

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

When this is over 2020

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Creator: Luckenbill, Sarah

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"I made it because I wanted people to be happier and to know that I still like them. I hope that I still have friends when this is all over." This is a colored paper and pen drawing of a girl on the bike path in Village Homes. She is more than six feet from her grandma who she wishes she could hug. She also has remembered to wear her mask.

Participant age:7

Category: Kids Age 6-8 (drawings/paintings only)

Working From Home March 2020 2020

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Creator: Scully, Pete

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My desk area in the living room the place where I am working from home a week into Shelter-In-Place looking at the COVID-19 numbers increase on my computer screen.

Participant age:44

Category: Adult Age 15+: Drawing or Painting

YES 2020

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Creator: Coupe, Marsha

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YES' is my favorite word. Especially in all caps like this. Even in these precarious times racked with uncertainty and chronic change it's important to say 'YES' more than we say 'no'. I created this graphic using Apple's Pages software. I made each of the nine images, shown here, individually, then layered them to create a single collage. Can you guess how many times the word ‘YES’ appears in this poster?

Participant age:64

Category: Adult Age 15+: Graphic Art

Zoom Call 2020

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Creator: Schwerin, Ruby

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Pencil drawing 11x14

Participant age:12

Category: Kids Age 12-14 (drawings/paintings only)