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Collected Item: “Sacramento artist, David Smith's display of COVID-19”

Give your story a title.

Sacramento artist, David Smith's display of COVID-19

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

photograph, website

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I heard about David Smith's COVID tree from the interwebs and set out to find it "in the wild" on Sunday, March 7th. The initial article says he created a total of seven giant viruses, and I was able to snap this photo of one in the tree, along with a giant Pfizer vaccine syringe, and a sign at ground-level that reads, "WEAR YOUR MASK."

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#pandemicstreetart, #Sacramentopandemic

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/viral-covid-art-display-sacramento-artist/103-e88ae927-aa50-41b3-8f0c-f3fa932876e9

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

David Smith (artist), Monica Ruth (photo), Samantha Solomon (journalist)

Give this story a date.

2021-03-04
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