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  2020-04-17

  “Can You Teach Art Online?”

  “Can You Teach Art Online?”, published on Art in America online, examines the questions artists-instructors are asking amidst a transfer to online learning. Different instructors who teach in various mediums are interviewed and expose difficulties of teaching art virtually as well as the positives and new innovations that have come out of necessity. I found the argument by Carissa Rodriguez, a Harvard professor in the arts, very interesting. She discussed the limitations of platforms like Zoom and how it is difficult to engage others in an artistic subject behind a screen. Rodriguez teaches a screen-based artistic medium and she explains that for her subject matter “the platform seems a notch too self-reflexive, collapsing screenings, critiques, and discussions onto the equalizing plane of her students’ monitors, the same site where they browse social media and binge-watch TV shows”. The article highlights how instructors are using lockdown to explore ways to make art and complete projects without institutional resources. Therefore, questions of shifting models in academia arise.
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  2020-04-14

  DIY Masks and Not Much Else

  My sister posing for a picture with the DIY masks we made.
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  2020-04-30

  A quiet time

  A personal account
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  2020-04-28

  REL Sewing Homemade Masks

  This image shows a mother sewing homemade masks for her and her family to use whenever they are outside of the house.
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  03/16/2020

  The last resort

  We began rationing our toilet paper quickly once we realized we had missed our opportunity to stock up. We assumed people would calm down and refrain from hoarding. We were wrong. I bought a bag of cheap terry cloth material and cut it up to use "for number 1only!"
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  2020-04-07

  Face Masks on the Wall

  During the coronavirus period, we're facing right now, and it's hard to get face masks. We installed some hooks to avoid family members from mixing and unnecessary waste.