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FROM BEHIND THE MASK: A COMMUNITY QUILT OF COVID-19 STORIES Art project by Brenda Reid frombehindthemask-quilt.com
CR E A TE D BY U N IVERSIT Y O F WA TERL OO SC HOOL OF ARC HITEC TURE G R A D S TUD EN T BREN D A REID , ‘ FROM B EHIND THE M ASK’ IS A REGIONAL A R T P R O JE CT AN D CO MMU N IT Y C OL L AB ORATION THAT SEEKS TO BRING P E O P L E TOG ET H ER T H RO U G H SHARING AND DOC UMENTING C OVID-19 P A ND E M I C ST ORIES. SPECIF ICAL L Y, PARTIC IPANTS ARE INVITED TO P A I N T, G L UE, O R D RAW O N PROVIDED M ASK-SHAPED QUIL T BL OC KS WH I C H WI L L BE ST IT CH ED T O G E THER TO C REATE A C OM M UNITY QUIL T TO B E D I S PLAY ED PU BLICLY AS AN ARC HITEC TURAL INSTAL L ATION. THE P R O JE C T AIMS T O ACT AS BOT H A M EM ORIAL AND STARTING POINT FOR H E A L I NG BY MAK IN G PH Y SICAL SPAC E FOR OUR C OM M UNITY TO SHARE D I FF I C U L T AN D PERSON AL EX PE RIENC ES ABOUT THE PANDEMIC .