I have been contributing to Creative Isolations: The American Artists Project Performance.
On April 1, 2020 there was a zoom meeting for all 20 artists who are contributing to the project. Each artist in turn discussed their contribution to the project. I quickly sketched the Zoom meeting with the added challenge that people kept moving to new positions on the Brady Bunch screen.
I had done an illustration based on a short story about a sand sculptor. Because of the pandemic the sculptor was forced to work in his home sandbox. At first I thought the sandbox would be in the back yard, but then I took inspiration from Close Encounters of the Third Kind and I had the sculptor working in his living room.
Creative Isolations is a group of graduate students from the University of Central Florida, have partnered with Orlando Story Club and the Downtown Arts District for a celebration of artists in America. We have gathered stories about how artists’ lives have been altered by COVID-19 and selected artists to create original works based on those stories. Now, the artists are ready to share their creations with you!
The live, online performance will be on on Monday, April 6 (Tonight!) at 8pm Eastern Time (US and Canada).
Artist contributors include painters, actors, designers, singers, sand sculptors, composers, leather artists, and more.
The performance is free of charge. However, since social distancing has made it difficult for artists to make money, any funds raised will go straight back to the participating artists.
The Downtown Arts District and Orlando Story Club are proud partners of this project (6% of your donation will be used for an administrative fee).
LINK TO YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1swgTahl0or-KNaCYFCjZg?view_as=subscriber
LINK TO DONATE:
https://downtownartsdistrict.com/product/make-a-donation/