The Art of the Pandemic

Published: April 3, 2020, 4:20 p.m.

Listeners share the art projects they're working on through the COVID-19 outbreak: whether they're making do with materials at hand, directly addressing the pandemic or finding a way to take their focus elsewhere.

Some examples:

@BrianLehrer Listening in Illinois and loving the extra time to paint #markthetime pic.twitter.com/cqsSTOw7Jn

— R_Weisburd (@r_weisburd) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer pic.twitter.com/vKESPcWvv4

— sam (@sam_neighbor) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer
COVID-19 Evening Distancing Walk, Bay Ridge, April 1st. pic.twitter.com/YG2K3yC9KX

— jacktoolin (@jacktoolin) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer in progress in studio...I always spcila distance except for my kids' life pic.twitter.com/VO5TuZMK3h

— soumiya lakshmi (@soumiyalakshmi) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer I am posting 1 sketchbook page a day from my daily walk around Montclair. https://t.co/17lnFrp78Y pic.twitter.com/MnIsJKzcYK

— WendyBorn1 (@Born1Wendy) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer my daughter (Cooper Union student, painter and makeup artist) and I are creating photos that illustrate our emotional experience. Here’s an example pic.twitter.com/JPFTRvcTqk

— Annabelle (@rebolinyc) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer I’ve been making repeated word drawings that feel like meditations and/or mantras for me pic.twitter.com/3lwkwdFtxH

— seldon yuan (@selbot) April 3, 2020

To @BrianLehrer
I am painting stones and putting them by street trees in front of my nyc bldng pic.twitter.com/DPQm5jfwcl

— One NYC Quaker (@NYCityQuaker) April 3, 2020

@BrianLehrer work I’m progress ..headline regarding wearing masks pic.twitter.com/swRvZKD0i7

— Elise Engler (@Drawitall) April 3, 2020