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VOLUME 5
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada March 18, 2020–April 30, 2020
A Drawing a Day Keeps the Pandemic Away Volume 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04 About the Project 06 Draw an eye 22 Close your eyes, draw what you hear
32 Make a drawing, turn it into an airplane 42 Draw a pattern 56 Draw what is outside your window
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project is called A Drawing a Day Keeps the Pandemic Away. We created it on March 17th, which was the day when we realized that we weren’t going to be able to go back into the museum and continue installing the exhibitions we had been planning to open on March 27th. People were asking us what we, as an art museum, were going to do to reach out to the community during the pandemic shutdown and honestly we were wondering that ourselves, so we had an online brainstorming session and came up with the idea of posting a daily drawing prompt on Instagram. Anyone who wanted could respond to the prompt by posting a drawing and tagging us. Then we would add their drawing to our story feed and our highlights, so there would be a growing record of everything we’d received. At the end of the project we would turn the submissions into a catalog. Drawing a Day is not only something that gives people a connection to the arts community during the shutdown, it’s also going to become a historical archive. It took us less than twenty-four hours to come up with our list of prompts. By the next day our graphic designer Chloe Bernardo had created our title image and we were able to begin. Every day since then we’ve posted one of her prompt illustrations followed by a response from an artist. That’s our first picture of the
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day. After that we wait to see what else people send us. Anyone with access to Instagram can participate. We don’t judge the drawings. We hope that the regularity of our prompts creates a sense of grounding in the middle of the very tense and mysterious situation that we’re in. Ideally, we hope our prompts help people touch on some of the complicated feelings they’re having right now. We also appreciate it when we can see people are enjoying themselves. We notice when the same people send us pictures every day, and even though we don’t know most of them personally it’s nice to be able to follow their careers, as Pandemic Drawing artists, with the same kind of attention we would use if we were following the career of any of the artists we work with at the museum. Some of those exhibition artists have submitted drawings too. Sue Havens, for example, an artist who’s going to be creating new work for a show in our Workshop gallery in the future, sent us two drawings for the self-portrait prompt. We’ve had people tell us that the project is therapeutic, it’s comforting, it creates a kind of normalcy. And those are the kinds of reactions we were hoping for.
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DRAW AN EYE
April 7, 2020 Ashanti McGee (@ashantimcgee7) draws an eye. Whose eye is it? Her own. Surprised or horrified? “I don’t think it was either or,” she responded.
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by Eri King @eriking
by Shannon DeAngelis @shannon.deangelis
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by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
by Gloria Quimby
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by Mikayla Whitmore @mikaylawhitmore
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by @_kaaarla_
by Seth Sandoval @sethsandoval56
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by Shaun Weston @shaunwestonart
by Bomi Kang @springbmk
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by Dan Hernandez @xdan45x
by Natalia Pravica
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by Homero Hidalgo @homero_alejandro_
by BE Gutierrez @begutierrezart
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by Abby @abracadabradam
by Keely Arellano @ayye.keely
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by Cat Peg @catpluspeg
by Eva J. Scoville @ejscoville
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by Joshua Kingston @mascotdevelopment
by Melissa Russell @ocholewis
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by Sapphire @sapphirewitxh
by Sue Bunyan @sbunyan
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by Martin Hackett @thereverendellipsisbang
by Mรกs Vegas @masvegasclothing
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by Linda Kerlin @lindakerlinart
by Christel Polkowski @sightbeyondsight
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by Joel Spencer @joelspencerart
by Lyla Wahid
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CLOSE YOUR EYES, DRAW WHAT YOU HEAR
April 8, 2020 Geometric Study #21 by Eridan (@eridanstudio), ink on archival paper. “We make improvised collaborative geometric drawings that I feel are deeply connected with the frequencies of sound,” writes Eri King, one half of the Eridan duo. “Dan” is her partner Daniel Greer.
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by Khalani Butler
by Eva J. Scoville @ejscoville
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by Joshua Kingston @mascotdevelopment
by Annie Lin @fuscous_9
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by Sue Bunyan @sbunyan
by Dan Hernandez @xdan45x
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by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
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by Gloria Quimby
by Keely Arellano @ayye.keely
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by Mikayla Whitmore @mikaylawhitmore
“Gigi� by Stephanie Sumler @samanthastephaniepaper
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by Alisha Kerlin @alishakerlin
by Shaun Weston @shaunwestonart
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by Christel Polkowski @sightbeyondsight
by Homero Hidalgo @homero_alejandro_
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FEAR
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MAKE A DRAWING, TURN IT INTO AN AIRPLANE
April 9, 2020 Las Vegas artist Joel Spencer (@joelspencerart), Olive Spencer (@whitewater4u), Nova May (@novamayfair), and their helpers produced an entire short movie. Click this link to watch the movie: www.instagram.com/p/B-xNCevH0Vm/
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“Flying High in the Sky� by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
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by Joshua Kingston @mascotdevelopment
by Sue Bunyan @sbunyan
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by Eva J. Scoville @ejscoville
“Air Jordan shoes are pretty fly” by Ainsley @whasg00dy
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by Faye (age 4) and Alisha Kerlin @alishakerlin
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by Shaun Weston @shaunwestonart
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by Jeremaim Rodriguez
by Dan Hernandez @xdan45x Click this link to watch the movie: https://www.facebook.com/dan45art/posts/2964244373662626
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by Joseph Watson @josephwatsonart
by Christel Polkowski @sightbeyondsight
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by Keely Arellano @ayye.keely
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DRAW A PATTERN April 10, 2020 Rococo Bloom, Gig Depio (@gigdepio), 2020. “The Baroque/Rococo pattern in the air is supposed to allude to Spring 2020, blossoming flowers with lots of pollen or “blooming” viruses.”
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by Heidi Rider @reidihider
by Linda Kerlin @lindakerlinart
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by @whasg00dy
by Catiana Maya
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by BE Gutierrez @begutierrezart
by Marianne Campbell @froggydoesart
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by Emmanuel Muñoz @chilaquiledemanny
“Featuring one of my many casino carpet studies” by Eri King @eriking
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by Joshua Kingston @mascotdevelopment
by Christel Polkowski @sightbeyondsight
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by JW Caldwell @thisisridiculous13
by Gloria Quimby
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by Keely Arellano @ayye.keely
by Angie @angie.s_art
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by Cult 33 @cultthirtythree and Dan Hernandez @xdan45x
by Eva J. Scoville @ejscoville
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by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
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by Rubaab Wahid @rubaab.w
by Shaun Weston @shunwestonart
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by Krystal Ramirez @krystalrmrz
by Mariam Wahid @mariamwahid_15
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by Krystal Ramirez @krystalrmrz
by Krystal Ramirez @krystalrmrz
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DRAW WHAT IS OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW
April 11, 2020 The Violin Lesson, 2012 by Brooklyn-based artist Lisa Schilling (@ schilling_lisa). “This piece was purposely shot using natural light so the exterior would be featured as the sun sets. Viewing it in a low light environment is recommended. ... It was shot in my kitchen and features my backyard and the neighboring apartments. Using the film Rear Window as a jumping off point ... this video provided an opportunity for me to explore my relationships with film, community, identity and failure.�
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Instructor: Patrick Neal, Naples Philharmonic Student: Lisa Schilling Camera: Giovanna Chesler Sound: Charles Gansa Editing: Geraldo Mercado Click this link to watch the video: www.instagram.com/p/B-2ROnwH6Z3/
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by Keely Arellano @ayye.keely
by Shaun Weston @shaunwestonart
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“I don’t even have to look. I know he’s out there” by JW Caldwell @thisisridiculou13
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by Kate Bishop @bishopkelizabeth
by Christel Polkowski @sightbeyondsight
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by Eva J. Scoville @ejscoville
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“Look Thru My Window” by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
“Isolation” by Beverly Neas @vegasmammy
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by Sue Bunyan @sbunyan
by Alexis Valentin
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by Amy Talluto @talluts
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by Annie Lin @fuscous_9
by Joshua Kingston @mascotdevelopment
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THANK YOU This is the first time we’ve organized a communal social media project of this scale and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks to our colleagues, particularly the Barrick’s graphic designer, Chloe Bernardo, who created title illustrations for every single one of the forty-four prompts. Thanks also to our Instagram team: LeiAnn Huddleston, Alisha Kerlin, Emmanuel Muñoz, and D.K. Sole. Thanks to Paige Bockman and Dan Hernandez, who provided behindthe-scenes support. Thank you to the artists who allowed us to feature their art with each of our prompt posts. In some cases you created entirely new works for us to share and we’re grateful. Last, but the opposite of least, the most important thanks go to the contributors, everyone on Instagram who drew and collaged and filmed and painted and photographed it all and tagged us (or emailed it to us) so we could share it with the world. You are the best. 66
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Alisha Kerlin Paige Bockman DK Sole LeiAnn Huddleston Chloe Bernardo Emmanuel MuĂąoz Dan Hernandez Designed by
Chloe Bernardo