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Coronavirus Kindness: Bay Area Artists Create Murals on Boarded Storefronts to Uplift Local Communities

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Title (Dublin Core)

Coronavirus Kindness: Bay Area Artists Create Murals on Boarded Storefronts to Uplift Local Communities

Description (Dublin Core)

Businesses across the San Francisco Bay Area have closed, some temporary and some permanently, as a result of California's COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders. Those that hope to re-open have boarded up their windows to try to protect their stores and inventory. As a result of the crushing economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vibrancy of San Francisco streets has vanished. In response, local arts are turning boarded storefronts into beautiful murals with messages of hope. Local artists are "bringing life and beauty to our streets, sending messages of love to people in their community." Two local art agencies, Building 180 and Art for Civil Discourse, have teamed up and created Paint the Void. Paint the Void pairs local artists with boarded up businesses in an attempt to beautify the city and "to bring hope into the community and inspire people." Artists hope to eventually auction their murals and donate the funds raised to those in need.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 17, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Melissa Pixcar

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Shanna Gagnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

News Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://abc7news.com/art-san-francisco-artist-artists-bay-area/6111730/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200816182143/https://abc7news.com/art-san-francisco-artist-artists-bay-area/6111730/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

ABC7

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design
English Community & Community Organizations
English Public Space
English Cities & Suburbs
English Public Art

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

street art
murals
Paint the Void
hope
beauty
artists
boarded up
love
San Francisco
California
pandemic street art

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

San Francisco Bay Area
street art
public spaces
#PaintTheVoid
murals
hope
beauty

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Bay Area
Visual Arts

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

San Ramon Valley Unified School District Coronavirus News, Pre-School Closure
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/16/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/16/2020
11/16/2020
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Date Created (Dublin Core)

04/17/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on August 16, 2020 by Shanna Gagnon using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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