Collected Item: “One Expensive Mask”
Give your story a title.
One Expensive Mask
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
This object is a photograph. I found this photograph in a Washington Post article.
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.
This is a silk mask with what appears to be the $1200 stimulus check awarded to U.S. citizens during the pandemic. The design was all hand-stitched by a woman named Jennifer Markowitz in Raliegh, North Carolina. This piece is interesting as it is an artwork that overtly displays the moment in time it was made. This item will stand the test of time and be of interest to historians in the future as it illustrates significant aspects of the year 2020. This item displays an important subject of the pandemic, the stimulus check, on the piece of clothing that has become essential, a mask. This creative artwork is practical and clever when representing the times during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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?
#HST241, #CovidMiniCollection, #Suffolk, #Raleigh, #Art, #Creativity, #MaskArt
Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/06/art-pandemic-readers/?arc404=true
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Jennifer Markowitz
Give this story a date.
2020-07-06