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Collected Item: “Street Art”

Give your story a title.

Street Art

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

Photograph

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.

Amazing street art is popping up addressing Covid-19. Some of the work is spectacular and moving. This painting is now on t-shirts and face-masks. It highlights the contribution of Nurses around the world who continue to care for the sick in-spite of tremendous hardships and danger.

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?

ASU, HST580, nurses, powerful, street-art, mural, painting

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/art-exhibits/a-gallery-of-covid-19-pandemic-street-art-across-15192276

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

LM Otero, STF / Associated Press (photo) Artist unknown

Give this story a date.

2020-04-10
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