Time
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Angie Baggett
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Together/Apart: The COVID-19 Community Memory Archive
||||osm San Diego County (Calif.)
Anxiety
Quarantine
Feelings of a 21-year old Mexican-American in quarantine.
Yulisa Martinez
Text
COVID-19 (Disease)
[Author's account of diagnosis of family members with COVID-19.]
Jamie Higgins
||||osm Escondido (Calif.)
Closures and reopening at O'Sullivan's Irish Pub
Bars (Drinking establishments)
COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects
COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Law and legislation
Signs and signboards
Small business
Signage on the door of O'Sullivan's Irish Pub addressed to patrons. The sign on the Pub reads: "We thank you for your continued support!" "As you know we have been ordered "shut down" three (3) times now starting with the original shut down order on March 16, 2020." "After having to lay off our entire staff each time you can understand that you do not just turn on the switch and reponen the next day. Governor Newsom has recently reopened patio dining, and we are now setting up to do just that." "We want it done right which includes restocking food supplies which spoiled due to the previous closures." "With that said..... We look forward to seeing you again Febuary 8, 2021 on our repon date!!!" "Come thirsty!"
Sean Visintainer
O'Sullivan's Irish Pub
StillImage
Bookstores
Breweries
Outdoor drinking and reading space for Plan 9 Alehouse and Helen's Book Mark. In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant storefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
Judith Downie
Restaurants
Tents lined up for outdoor dining and drinking along the north side of Grand Avenue in Escondido. In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant s torefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
Tents, tables, and patrons in the outdoor dining of Papusas Cuscatlan in Escondido. In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant storefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects
Mead
The parking lane, outdoor dining/drinking space, and outdoor taproom of Good Omen Meadery in Escondido (now out of business). In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant storefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
Consolation
COVID-19 (Disease)--Law and legislation
Mural painting and decoration
Mural on plywood thanking essential workers in the Grand Avenue business district, Escondido.
Outdoor dining setup at local institution Filippi's Pizza Grotto. In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant storefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
Jewelers
Barrel Republic, Stephen's Custom Jewelry, and Vegan Soup Bar To Go (the soup bar seems to be closed permanently). In an effort to keep local businesses afloat, the parking lane of Grand Avenue has been closed off with concrete barriers, allowing businesses to set up outdoor dining. Businesses and artists have painted the concrete barriers, creating small outdoor murals that run along 3 or 4 blocks on both sides of the street. The center lane of Grand Avenue is now given over to parking, with traffic moving along the left lane. Despite the efforts of the city, there seem to be a number of vacant s torefronts, indicating businesses that have gone under in the past year.
Masks
Surfing
Surfing is essential image and signage on the Surf Ride Boardshop in Oceanside, California.
||||osm Oceanside (Calif.)
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Safety measures
Outdoor dining/drinking setup at the PCH Sports Bar & Grill. The outdoor tables and chairs are set up in the parking lot fronting the bar and grill's entrance.
Kahlo, Frida
Escondido mural at Grape Day Park. Image of mural outside the California Center for the Arts. The mural is an advertisement for their Frida Kahlo exhibition, but seemed appropriate for the times we're in.
California Center for the Arts
||||osm Escondido (Calf.)
Beaches
COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts
Plein air painting
Pen and paint sketch of Labor Day at Oceanside Harbor.
Marilyn Huerta
Muramid Art & Cultural Center Outdoor Murals by Marilyn with Joanne
Photographs of mural at Muramid Art & Cultural Center in process of being painted by Marilyn Huerta. Photographs by Joanne Tawfilis. Being sent home from CSUSM with instructions to work from home, I was caught by surprise but I thought this would be a nice change of pace and I could find some free time to create my art. What I didn’t know was we’d be home far longer than I expected and the Stay-at-Home quarantine orders was not only coming from our university but also from our state and nation. The news on my television blared and it was nerve wrecking to hear but we couldn’t refrain from listening to it. The excitement in the voice of all newscasters made my heart beat a little faster and the news was creating quite a panic for all. It was not only in our local region but it was global! I am a double CSUSM graduate and my research and practice has been focused on the arts and mental health. I also teach art healing courses through the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care so I knew what I needed to do. I started by coping mechanisms by sketching rough drafts and dooldes in my sketchbook. It depicted what I was hearing on the news and the stress I was feeling. Then, we were told to wash our hands all the time but now we needed to wear a face mask everywhere we went? Wow, how is this happening in 2020? From sketching in my books and journals, I’d find time to paint in the evenings and on the weekends after spending long periods of time on the computer. Afterall, all communication was now via something called Zoom? What in the world is Zoom, I thought. When I was growing up, my parents taught me and brothers to go outside and play, “get away from the television, it will make you go blind”, they say. From working in sketchbooks to painting in a small room at home, I wanted to get out. I needed fresh air and sunshine but where could I go without having to wear a mask or be near people? I took a lot of hikes and did some gardening with my husband. This inspired me to paint more. I also had the opportunity to paint an outdoor mural on a wall located in Oceanside, California, at the Muramid Art & Cultural Center founded by my friend and community partner, Joanne Tawfilis. We painted animals and nature on outdoor walls and they were to enclose a cultural garden. Our nation’s political status was (and still is) a brewing hot pot and stress continues to grow. So many questions, so many uncertainties drove me to create more so I could process what was happening. I painted flowers and nature, colorful animals and people. I painted national symbols and the crisis we are experience during a pandemic. Art is the tool I use, to help me process, connect and communicate with other and to cope through this crisis. This Covid19 pandemic continues, our global crisis’ continue, so I continue to create. #ThankANurse #ProtectOurEarth #HumanityandLove #Covid19Sucks #StayAtHome #WearAMask #LovePrevails #ArtHeals #MakeArtNotWar
Joanne Tawfilis
Being sent home from CSUSM with instructions to work from home, I was caught by surprise but I thought this would be a nice change of pace and I could find some free time to create my art. What I didn’t know was we’d be home far longer than I expected and the Stay-at-Home quarantine orders was not only coming from our university but also from our state and nation. The news on my television blared and it was nerve wrecking to hear but we couldn’t refrain from listening to it. The excitement in the voice of all newscasters made my heart beat a little faster and the news was creating quite a panic for all. It was not only in our local region but it was global! I am a double CSUSM graduate and my research and practice has been focused on the arts and mental health. I also teach art healing courses through the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care so I knew what I needed to do. I started by coping mechanisms by sketching rough drafts and dooldes in my sketchbook. It depicted what I was hearing on the news and the stress I was feeling. Then, we were told to wash our hands all the time but now we needed to wear a face mask everywhere we went? Wow, how is this happening in 2020? From sketching in my books and journals, I’d find time to paint in the evenings and on the weekends after spending long periods of time on the computer. Afterall, all communication was now via something called Zoom? What in the world is Zoom, I thought. When I was growing up, my parents taught me and brothers to go outside and play, “get away from the television, it will make you go blind”, they say. From working in sketchbooks to painting in a small room at home, I wanted to get out. I needed fresh air and sunshine but where could I go without having to wear a mask or be near people? I took a lot of hikes and did some gardening with my husband. This inspired me to paint more. I also had the opportunity to paint an outdoor mural on a wall located in Oceanside, California, at the Muramid Art & Cultural Center founded by my friend and community partner, Joanne Tawfilis. We painted animals and nature on outdoor walls and they were to enclose a cultural garden. Our nation’s political status was (and still is) a brewing hot pot and stress continues to grow. So many questions, so many uncertainties drove me to create more so I could process what was happening. I painted flowers and nature, colorful animals and people. I painted national symbols and the crisis we are experience during a pandemic. Art is the tool I use, to help me process, connect and communicate with other and to cope through this crisis. This Covid19 pandemic continues, our global crisis’ continue, so I continue to create. #ThankANurse #ProtectOurEarth #HumanityandLove #Covid19Sucks #StayAtHome #WearAMask #LovePrevails #ArtHeals #MakeArtNotWar
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
Artists' studios
Painters
Nurses
Essential workers
Medical personnel
The collage is intended as a tribute to the multitude of heroes who sustained us and brought us together as one people during the COVID-19 pandemic. It features healthcare professionals and many other essential workers from across the globe who took care of our physical and emotional needs during a grim period of escalating sickness, death, and intense social isolation. The new coronavirus had no discrimination. It attacked the rich as well as the poor, people of all races, creeds and politics, in over two hundred countries. But it disproportionally harmed the most vulnerable among us: the elderly, the poor, and people of color. Cities across the globe were deserted. Yet doctors and nurses worked tirelessly to save multitudes of lives and held the hands of dying patients unable to be with their loved ones. With protective equipment scarce, some nurses improvised scrubs from plastic trash bags. Paramedics, police, firemen and other first responders continued to safeguard us. Grocery workers, farm workers, delivery people, caretakers, and janitors continued to provide essential services, regardless of the risk to their own lives. Volunteers cared for the hungry, manning food banks and handing out food to the homeless. Hungry families lined up in their cars to receive food packages at parking lots. Musicians improvised ways to lift our spirits. To support frontline healthcare workers, the Global Citizen organization gathered together musicians from around the world to broadcast and stream a two-hour concert into our homes. The historic “One World: Together at Home” concert was the source of many of the photographs in this collage. This is a small representation of those who helped us, some risking, even losing their lives to save us. May they inspire us to link our hands together around the world in unity.
Virginia Gabrielle O'Flaherty
||||osm Carlsbad (Calif.)
COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects
COVID-19 (Disease)--Treatment
Funeral rites and ceremonies
[Author's recounting of her grandfather's death from Covid-19 and her grandmother's struggles with the disease.]
Anonymous
Author's account of their experiences during the pandemic.