PandemiDiarios collection
A portrait of David Fenster, Laura Copelin and Buddy from Quarantine Portraits by Andrew Brown, July 2020.
Copyright © is held by the artist.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 2020 to 2022
This collection is a completely born digital collection of creative works reflecting on the human experience of the current COVID-19 pandemic. These creative works take on a variety of forms that include visual art, text, video, audio and interviews.
PandemiDiarios, is a microgrant program, funded by the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, to support students, academic professionals, and community-based artists and practitioners in creating works reflecting on the human experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The concept of PandemiDiarios emerges as a response to these day to day human moments, experiences, reflections, and creative responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for those who have been disproportionately affected. Racial and ethnic minorities; the elderly; health, service, and other essential workers; and socioeconomically disadvantaged members of our community are facing the worst of this crisis. PandemiDiarios is thus an attempt to center these experiences from the perspective of those who live them.
In June 2020, sixteen creators and creative teams received microgrants through this program and this exhibit showcases the collection of the creative works that they produced using visual art, video, audio and interviews.
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