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Collected Item: “Opportunity for street art”

Give your story a title.

Opportunity for street art

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

website

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.

The news story is both an interview with a street artist in New York and an exploration of how street art has taken off in New York as a result of the pandemic. The artist and the article report that many businesses have boarded up their windows and vacated, leaving a lot of unattended public space for artists to occupy, especially for illegal graffiti. Not everyone supports the increase in graffiti and street art, as other residents complain about the graffiti-related crime and vandalism.

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?

pandemic_e_ART_h, Arizona State University, HST 580, New York, graffiti, Mayor Bill de Blasio

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.voanews.com/usa/graffiti-explodes-across-pandemic-era-new-york

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

VOAnews

Give this story a date.

2020-12-19
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