Episode 17: “Shelter-in-Art”: A Creative Memorialization of the Pandemic

In this episode, LAC members Merve Tabur and K'Lah Rose Yamada interview Dr. Karen Keifer-Boyd, Michele Mekel, and Lauren Stetz from the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project. Viral Imaginations (#Penn State) is a collaborative art project that consists of an online gallery that aims to curate current and former Pennsylvanians’ creative engagements with the pandemic. The Viral Imaginations team discusses the significance of artistic expression and storytelling in the face of ecological destruction, racial injustice, and public health crises. The team also introduces the publicly available lesson plans (K-12) that incorporate submissions from the Viral Imaginations project into classroom discussions.