Items

• 
  2020-11-16

  Humor in the Face of Covid

  I submitted this because we all need to laugh a little more… especially right now.
• 
  2020-06-25

  Seniors Embrace the Arts During Quarantine

  These images are so visually striking and uplifting. A lot of diversity is represented in the group as well. The seniors used their creativity and their imagination to take part in the challenge. These photos were taken at the Amenida Seniors Community in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Perhaps other museums can follow suit and issue “museum challenges” to ease the stress of Covid-19.
• 2020-05-07

  Uplifting YouTube series: John Krasinski's "Some Good News"

  This YouTube series that John Krasinski has created, focuses on the good energy that people are maintaining during this strange time. It allows me and many others, to remember that through it all there is still some good news to look forward to. #CSUS #HIST15H
• 
  2020-04-08

  Public Street art, New Jersey, USA

  A great piece of modern art shared by the painter with the public and for the neighborhood in the midst of the pandemic. It’s a self-portrait, presumably, of the painter, showing him/her/they at work with with paint and brushes. It gives two messages: one, in the portrait, copy me and wear a mask to protect yourself and us and 2) the text, hang in there, meaning keep going, have faith in yourself, be strong, or similar friendly and uplifting sentiments. It’s a very common phrase in US late 20thc-2020 and we use it with friends. So it too, is advice, to try to stay emotionally well, and almost a hug. This is from NJ at the moment that it it is clear that New York City is the epicenter of suffering and death due to covid19 in the US and that means NJ because so many work in NYC. My friend saw it as she took a walk outside alone while “social distancing” and probably wearing a scarf over her face or a homemade mask. It’s great because the artist shared his/her/their work and feelings and it does make my friend in NJ and her friends all over and mine, happier. I am grateful for it.