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Collected Item: “Art Walk in San Francisco's Hayes Valley, Bear Making Mask”

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Art Walk in San Francisco Hayes Valley, Bear Making Mask

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photograph

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Stores across San Francisco closed their doors during the city's shelter-in-place orders that begin mid-March. Many stores boarded up their windows in response to shelter-in-place orders and because of looting that took place in across Bay Area cities. Artists responded by creating beautiful murals across many Bay Area cities. This piece of art features a bear sitting in front of what appear to be white birch trees, making a mask at a Singer style sewing machine.

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HST580, ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, Hayes Valley, art, murals, public space

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Matt Stein

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2020-04-15
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