Mario Reyna's "Clean Up"
Trying to illustrate that people can come together to help each other even when non-essential markets close and getting support from close friends and family. - Mario Reyna
Angela Coker's "Black Lives, " 2020
This year has been a reminder of the power of unity within the black community against injustice. On a national and global level, black people have come together to continue to advocate for change and accountability, within a system that has harmed its community for many years.-Anjola Coker
Anjola Coker's "Hair Story"
This illustration makes me think of the intimacy present in the moments when a black woman does her hair and connects with her sister. The pandemic closures forced many of us to embrace the process of hair care at home. More than anything, that time spent together is full of stories that last a lifetime. - Anjola Coker
It's crazy how much things have changed in a year. To think we would cough or sneeze freely without anyone looking over their shoulder at you. We would stick our fingers in bowling balls and eat wings with those same fingers. Go grocery shopping and have samples open for all to consume. I wanted to represent how much a single sneeze from deep inside has changed the world we live in.-Crystal Correa
Katherine's "Staying Tranquil"
This is a digital piece that I created from my tablet during the beginning of the fall semester of 2020. I was very stressed and anxious on what the semester will bring while classes stayed online at the time of this piece was made. I draw warm calming atmospheres to sooth myself and destress from the current events that are unfortunately happening to us. This was inspired by both the heavy events that are currently happening and the idea of exploring more things while under quarantined. It sounds cliche but I really explored more on my artistic side and experimented on what I normally don't do. I love nature drawings and architecture, so I went deep into the warm autumn aesthetic to bring this piece together. I drew the girl on the side to represent the girl who is keeping her plants well feed and staying tranquil while heavy events are going. She is keeping her lovely environmental home together and not letting events that are going outside of her circle to have a negative effect on her. We are very stressed and tired of being in quarantined but we will get through this stressful time and make 2021 a better year than 2020. - Katherine
Michael Epperley's " American Graffiti "Quarantined," 2020
Economic Displacement-Michael Epperley
Ruben Vela's "Victim," 2020
The inspiration is from what the pandemic during COVID-19 has felt like. I knew I wanted to convey a piece for myself that expresses a dark and trapped outlook that most is dealing with. This would bring out the attention of how one person is entangled in sorrow and entrapment during the living circumstances of the pandemic. -Ruben Vela
Rachel Davis' "Restless Summer"
Essentially it was created during the heat of the Black Lives Matter movement, which echoed through the world like never before from the death of George Floyd. It was simultaneously an incredible yet terrifying moment to experience. The name of this piece properly conveys how I felt at the time, as I was so drained yet so on edge. I didn’t know what to do with all of the events and coverage and social media that was impacting my mental so heavily, but then I came to drawing this. I’ve never used my art in such a way, but I realized how important it felt to me afterwards and it’s become something strong to me in regards to calling for justice. - Rachel Davis
Diana Perez's "Bad Pressuring Thoughts"
Throughout the pandemic I always felt pressured to put out really good work but I had this nagging feeling of things not being good enough, so I would work extra hard. It only ended up making me feel super burnt out and out of energy. This past semester I really felt that my simple idea was being changed so much by the "not good enough, it needs more" comment from peers and friends. I was just wanting to make something simple and that made me happy, but with showing around the things I was working on the idea kept changing. It just didn't feel like something I was excited about. Instead it was just those pressuring thoughts of "not good enough" to make people keep their suggestions and comments to themselves. The 2020 year really is a testament of endurance and just the overall feeling of being burnt out. It's that duality of bad thoughts and headspace and the inner critic, versus putting out the work and being overall burnt out and emotionally exhausted that sparked this work. - Diana Perez
Michael Epperley's "Small World"
Global Denial - Michael Epperley
Christina Bruley's "Fleeting Nightmares"
I created this piece during quarantine, and it was inspired by a dream that I had during it. I had an anxiety dream about widespread panic turning the world into a desolate space. I had this dream during some of the shortages and store closures during quarantine. I interpreted the plant life with eyes as perhaps the rise of plant life as the environment was doing better, or perhaps my own "third eye" being representative of something I can't see becoming my own demise? I think of it as sort of a surrealist piece that can be interpreted in a number of ways, but I think it definitely has to do with Covid and how I felt about the state of things in 2020. - Christina Bruley
Beverly Taylor
Stuart Larson's "2020 Stinks"
This is a part of a series I have been wanting to create, with each image depicting the numbers 2020 in some sort of uniquely unpleasant yet humorous way. I took a picture of my cat and he had such a disgusted face, that I knew what the artwork would be. - Stuart Larson
Lesley Orellana's "2020 to Me"
My inspiration behind the work was my experience throughout the year. I will have positive small notes in my calendar to keep me motivated. I will sit at my desk with my computer logging in to zoom class and have everything I need. - Lesley Orellana
