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Collected Item: “Paint The Void: Health Care Workers & Art”

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Paint The Void: Health Care Workers & Art

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Video

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Health Care workers partnered with the Paint the Void project to bring community, life, hope, art and culture to the San Francisco Bay Area. The goal of this partnership was to create a project to say "thank you for sheltering in place" and "thank you for supporting us" to the community on behalf of San Francisco's essential workers. Paint the Void has created over 91 murals across San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland. This specific mural tells the story of how interconnected people are and how an act of kindness has the ability to improve life conditions for the entire community. The title of the mural is "How we care shapes who we are." The spirit of community is represented through this specific mural and the Paint the Void initiative.

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#HST580, #ASU, San Francisco Bay Area, Healthcare, essential workers, artists, street art, creativity, unity, community, thank you, inspiring, rebuild, beautify, Paint the Void, murals, non-profit, masks, social distance

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https://vimeo.com/436193476

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Visual Street Films

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2020-07-29
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