Collected Item: “Boston African American National Historic Site - Art of the Parks Prompt”
Give your story a title.
Boston African American National Historic Site - Art of the Parks Prompt
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Social media post
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.
Twitter post from the Boston African American National Historic Site detailing their prompt for the #ArtofThePark contest. Participants are prompted to create a piece of art inspired by the site that illustrates the narrative of the BFNHS. Campaigns like this highlight how cultural heritages sites sought to engage with their audiences during social distancing, and how they hoped to continue to have the public interact with the histories they commemorate.
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?
GREATER BOSTON, social media, public art, #ArtofThePark, #NPSArt, National Park Service, competition
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Boston African American National Historic Site
Give this story a date.
2020-07-30