Marking 2103 Lives Lost: A Covid Visual Memorial painting is home

My painting from the exhibit "Remembering Together: Marking Lives COVID-19" at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA has returned home along with the book. 

I did not have an opportunity to go visit the show so I am especially excited to have the book!

My contribution was my mixed media painting "Marking 2103 Lives Lost: A Covid Visual Memorial" which measures 11.25" x 12.5" and was created in 2020.

Marking Lives COVID-19 is a community art project conceived by Concord-based artist Elizabeth Awalt to commemorate the American lives lost to COVID. This exhibition was a realization of the collaborative social media project. Artists were invited to make at least 1,000 “marks” on any surface in any medium, and then post a public photo of the work using the hashtag #markinglivescovid19. Inspired by projects like the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Awalt collected “marks” representing lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States.

On Exhibit: Remembering Together: Marking Lives COVID-19

I am proud to be one of the artists in the exhibit "Remembering Together: Marking Lives COVID-19" at the at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA through November 19, 2021.

My contribution is my mixed media painting "Marking 2103 Lives Lost: A Covid Visual Memorial" which measures 11.25" x 12.5" and was created in 2020.

Marking Lives COVID-19 is a community art project conceived by Concord-based artist Elizabeth Awalt to commemorate the American lives lost to COVID. This exhibition is a realization of the collaborative social media project. Artists were invited to make at least 1,000 “marks” on any surface in any medium, and then post a public photo of the work using the hashtag #markinglivescovid19. Inspired by projects like the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Awalt collected “marks” representing lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States.

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is located at 415 Main Street, 2nd floor connector gallery in Cambridge, MA.

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard hosts the in-person premiere of this meaningful, online, collaborative exhibit. The exhibit will be installed at 415 Main Street in the second-floor connector gallery, which is open to all Broadies. The Broad welcomes the public by appointment weekdays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

For an appointment to view the exhibit contact Deborah Davidson at ddavidso@broadinstitute.org

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Marking 2103 Lives Lost: A Covid Visual Memorial

2103 people, who lost their lives due to the pandemic, are represented by each dot on this painting. The dots were made one at a time on a piece of fabric that has the monoprinted texture of a construction fence that was stitched following the warped grid.

Construction sites use construction fences as a barrier to keep people out of danger by blocking off the site. Unfortunately these 2103 people succumbed due to a danger what we can not see.

Marking 2103 Lives Lost: A Covid Visual Memorial is mixed media on stiffened fabric and measures 11.25" x 12.5".

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