Collected Item: “Paint the Void”
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Paint the Void
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Screenshot, Website
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Artists around the world have faced insurmountable challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. San Francisco Bay Area artists are turning public spaces into canvases to inspire hope. In the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paint the Void emerged. This organization's mission is "to match local artists with boarded up businesses to create murals as a response to the void left behind in the wake of COVID-19." The group is raising money to grant artists stipends "for their hard work as guardians of hope and beauty in these unprecedented times." To date, the organization has helped 91 local artists create 100 murals across 84 storefront in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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#HST580, #ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, street art, hope, public spaces
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www.paintthevoid.org, https://www.instagram.com/paintthevoidproject/
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Paint the Void
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2020-08-16