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Collected Item: “Facemasks: Artistic and Everyday”

Give your story a title.

Facemasks: Artistic and Everyday

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Social Media Meme

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Wearing facemasks was very new to us and it was always strange to see people walking around with them. People offered tips, sewing patterns, and even artistic portraits with masks as a theme. As many of us felt isolated, people offered to walk by our windows and wave.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

masks, facemasks, artistic, actorsinmasks

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

unknown

Give this story a date.

2020
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