To coincide
with the reflection of
how the arts throughout
Merced County have
improved lives, we have
asked the countless
artists with the Merced
Art Hop to reflect upon
the theme of humanity for
the January Art Hop.
With holidays that
remind many of family,
togetherness, generosity,
and support for one
another just behind us,
we asked local artists
to explore the theme of
humanity by dissecting
ideas linked with what
joins us all together as
human. Theses ideas
range from our mutual
ways of thinking, shared
actions that many of
us take or the concept
of humane treatment
to human decency,
the concept of people
worldwide sharing a set
of common traits, and
