Kristin Maija Peterson, "Brave Chickadee Red Forest". A chickadee on a red leafless branch, surrounded by many other red leafless branches.

Pandemic Art Annex

Virtual
October 26, 2020
to
December 11, 2020
Artists:
Shari Albers, Mari Lyn Ampe, Soma Angelus, Alison Aune, Loretta Bebeau, Kristin Bickal, Lynnette K. Black, Baya Clare, Kathy Daniels, Dar Eckert, Michelle Egan, Kristina Fjellman, Charlotte Howell, Jo-Anne Reske Kirkman ’76, Anne Kramer, Joy Liberman, Erin Maurelli, Virginia McBride, Marsha McDonald, Brenda Olson ’97, Kristin Maija Peterson, Ellie Pundsack, Pam Robinson, Maggie Rozycki, Suzanne Runte, Mary Simon-Casati, Kate Vinson, Karen Wilcox

Welcome to Pandemic Art Annex! We’re extending an invitation to everyone and anyone to submit one artwork that they have created during these last months of lockdown, social distancing, social justice reckoning and confusion—and perhaps some clarity as well. We’re hopeful that this interactive portion of Pandemic Art Lessons: A Women's Art Institute Online Initiative will broaden the discourse around what artists are thinking, feeling and doing. We will be posting new images each week until December 11, the end of our virtual exhibition. Show the world what you’ve been making: send your image (jpeg, 300 dpi, approximately 5”x7”) to waipandemic@gmail.com along with your name, title, medium and dimensions. (Note that all submitted images are subject to curation, both technical and contextual.)

Image Gallery

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Two abstract (fabric?) panels with olive green backgrounds and olive green and red shapes printed on them.
Abstract, background is brown and dark gray with traces of other colors and dark shapes pointing downward. There's an M-shaped part where the light is getting through.
The light is violet. Rope is strung haphazardly with fringed knots in some places. There are some red clumps of objects shaped like eucalyptus leaves.
Chinese brush painting of a tree in the wind.
Black print says "Dakota Land Minneapolis Encampments". There's a house that says "Home" at top center with tents scattered around it. There are seven dates, each matched with a temperature ranging from 13° to 32°.
Above a picture of the earth, it says "One world. One love. One people."
Two smiling people, one white and one Black, leaning into each other.
Painted in Scandinavian folk art style (kurbits) of a flower with blossoms like coronavirus cells.
Sculpture with round fabric objects like fruit or gourds and a large "flower" on top make of screws pointing outward.
Red house with a starry night sky. There are two rows of decorated overlapping circles above one side of the roof. Below are scattered lighter decorated circles.
Abstract sculpture: a multi-colored clump of oblong objects, pointed at the ends, all pointing in different directions.
The top of a tree, with no trunk.
Picture is shaped like a cell phone. Picture of social media with a gratitude journal above and photos below.
A white woman in a black T-shirt that says"#SAY THEIR NAMES" and lists George Floyd and others. On the side of the painting are a John Lewis quote, "BLACK LIVES MATTER", and a statement ending with "I STAND WITH YOU".
At the center is a face wearing a mask. Around the face are George Floyd, coronavirus cells, tents, a tepee, and people protesting.
Shows Persephone falling below the earth to the underworld. Her head is a skull and her skin is transparent so you can see her bones and veins. Her arms, legs, and hands make her look like an insect. She's wearing a transparent purple dress and has pink dragonfly wings, one of which is broken.
Someone's hand reaching out to touch the hand of a shadow, rather than reaching to touch the hand of the person casting the shadow.
A chickadee on a red leafless branch, surrounded by many other red leafless branches.
A rectangle with an abstract floral pattern on top of a diamond with an abstract floral pattern.
Two columns of bright blue light with a vertical black bar in between.
Faces of two grieving women.
Blue outlines of hands reaching up to where the word "HEALTH" is printed in yellow in many languages.
Woman with eight arms and her face barely above water. One arm is holding a baby at her breast, one hand is holding a "Rise up!" sign, one hand is holding a surgical mask. Her other hands are holding or reaching for various things.
Twelve abstract green and red designs in a 3x4 grid. Several are variations on ceiling(?) fans.
Cross-section view of a house. The two rooms on the first floor are bare and each has a window, one of which is red. The upstairs has red, white, and blue bunting hung on the walls and a window that looks out on a red sky.
A hand making a peace sign and holding the bars of a cage.
A bird and flowers are stitched on a crewelwork canvas which is on top of a painting of sky and leaves and the sun the painting is a background for the stitching.
Eight human figures walking forward and gesturing.