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Collected Item: “Hope Love Heal”

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Hope Love Heal

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

artwork: 6" x 9" Plexiglass, tape, Sumi ink, acrylic marker, sealant

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.

“Hope Love Heal” is a series of 30 separate artworks. Each mail art piece was made with the hope that it would inspire the recipient to seek out mental health care as one way of dealing with the pandemic. Each artwork was hand made with love.

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?

smhopes, we_rise, 18thstreetartstudios, artofrecovery, artsamo, santamonica, mailart, mentalhealth, hope

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

Deborah Lynn Irmas

Give this story a date.

2021-07-21
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