Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid 19 Exhibition

Written By Wendy Lew Toda

"Touch"
Blue and watercolor, for sorrow and tears. Applied by fingertip because the touch of loved ones was missing for most when they said their last goodbyes. Also a single pearlescent fingerprint, because your loss is not just one in a sea of hundreds of thousands of others. It stands out. They were your unique person.

18”x24”, watercolor and liquid acrylic on watercolor paper

I didn't get to attend MIT or Harvard, but my art gets to go!

“Touch” will be part of this exhibition. I am proud to participate, and heartbroken that there even needs to be one.

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. Marking Lives COVID-19 serves as a memorial to this tragic event in history.

Wendy Lew Toda

I create at the intersection of grief and joy.

Art • Poetry • Coaching • Facilitation

https://www.wendylewtoda.com
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