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This curated page features some of the submissions that really stood out to us. We’ll be updating this section regularly, so keep checking back!
Indigenous Futurisms: Transcending Past/Present/Future
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA - This incredible and unique exhibit was sent to us by graphic designer Sallie Wesaw Sloan on behalf of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. All pieces explore the future from a Native perspective and they are just stunning. In this post, you will see a few select pieces, some shots from the actual exhibit, and a link to a beautiful virtual version of this exhibition! Enjoy exploring this special collection!
Artists for Social Justice 2020
USA - Last year, artist Virginia Mallon began organizing a nationwide tour of shows for a collaboration of artists entitled ‘Artists for Social Justice 2020’. This collaborative and expansive show was set to launch this past March at Queen’s College of the City University of New York. Unfortunately it is now postponed due to social distancing, but let me tell you, we are OBSESSED with this collection. Beautiful art mixed with timely issues of social justice? What more do you need?!
A Toronto Symphony
Cambridge, USA - This submission is just extraordinary. The MIT Orchestra in Cambridge, Massachusetts plays “A Toronto Symphony,” a piece of music that is at once accessible, jarring, but above all, a tone poem to a great Canadian city. The visuals of Toronto only add to the experience.
“Breathing Zone”
Los Angeles, USA - While most of the submissions on this site have introduced artists whose work was cancelled or postponed because of the pandemic, there are also a few, like this one, whose creator found inspiration from the pandemic. From the submission: Initially started from a curiosity into the way in which my partner and I occupied our one bedroom apartment, this body of work explores the idea of social distancing amidst the Covid 19 epidemic.
Marla Faith’s Pandemic Gallery
Nashville, USA - Artist Marla Faith has created 24 works as a response to the pandemic. They can be seen at https://marlafaith.com. Click “Current Exhibit.” Ms Faith believes in the power of beauty and love to transform us and our world. Her aim is to be a conduit of divine light through her art. Art has been her spiritual path as well as her psychological mirror. She strives for authenticity in each work, and sees herself as a narrative colorist.
“Yalta”
New York, USA - Sometimes it’s best to let artists speak for themselves. It’s impossible not to be both moved and inspired by Hans Rieger’s art and words:“I was born before the second war in Lower Silesia and experienced social distancing early in my life. At the age of 80 I started painting/illustrating events affecting our life's, historic happenings interpreted in abstract or semi representational form. Recently the pandemic prevented a possibility to have an exhibition of my artwork at the local museum. As an octogenarian my creative lifespan is limited and diminishes the opportunities for a show so important for an artist. Since 1970ties I live in Orient, New York USA.” Take a look at the stunning work below, then go to http://riegerart.com/ for more.
Cavalcade of Dreams
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, USA - This virtual exhibit was sent us to by the sculptor, Debbie Korbel, and we are obsessed! Along with painter, Ellen Rose, these two artists have collaborated on an exhibit that is so unique and so fun! Please click the link at the bottom of the page to experience this magical exhibit!
DISCO RIOT’S “current”
San Diego, USA -This intimate and innovative dance piece from San Diego’s DISCO RIOT is in two parts that can be found HERE and HERE. . From the submission: “currentis an examination of global systems of oppression, the interconnected nature of environmental and social justice, freedom of movement, and the possibility of embodied expression as a tool for cultivating resilience.”
Duencia
Philadelphia, USA - This collection of images was submitted to us by the artist and creator, Scot J. Wittman. This beautiful mix of photography and dance is a larger part of the piece, Duencia, which has been created by Scot.
Charlie Rauh - Lullaby Suite
NYC, USA - Charlie Rauh is a touring musician based out of New York, New York. From his submission he says “I compose solo acoustic guitar music often inspired by my favorite literature - and decided to make a fully improvised EP conceptually based on the thought process of a character in one of my favorite books as a way to share immediate music during this difficult and uncertain time.”
New Work at The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia, UNITED STATES - In honour of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the Philadelphia Orchestra, in partnership with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, was set to perform four new compositions that were in conversation with the work of Beethoven. While some pieces, such as Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht (in the video above) were played to an empty house, others never got to be played at all. Composer and pianist Iman Habibi was he kind enough to send a video of his great work along to us.