Resist COVID Take 6
Carrie Mae Weems
Resist COVID Take 6 was an artist-driven public awareness campaign to educate and enlighten Black, Brown, and Native American communities on the impact of the deadly virus. Because of the higher number of deaths in these communities, the awareness campaign used creative measures and projects to emphasize measures to ensure safety, and reinforce the necessity of social distancing along with other preventative measures and dispel harmful falsehoods about COVID-19. We accomplished this goal through billboards, creative messaging, public art projects, and other creative means to highlight the staggering death toll by Covid-19.
The campaign used billboards, alternative messaging, public art projects, and other creative means to highlight the staggering death toll of COVID-19 and alert the general public. Through these efforts, it underscored the importance of social distancing, encouraged public discussion, dispelled the myths and dangers of false cures associated with the virus, and most importantly thanked our front line and essential workers. It spread across muncipalities, campuses, neighborhoods, food banks and galleries. This effort led by MacArthur winning artist Carrie Mae Weems’ Social Studies 101 in association with Pierre Loving, and THE OFFICE performing arts + film, reached millions of people across the country and around the world. The messages paired with Ms. Weems powerful imagery were a call to action and a reminder of community during the pandemic’s darkest hours. Carrie Mae Weems TAKE SIX initiative began in May 2020 and ran continuously until Fall 2021.
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Tour Dates
Syracuse, NY · New York City, NY · Philadelphia, PA · Nashville, TN · Chicago, IL · Detroit, MI · Miami, FL · Tulsa, OK · Dallas, TX · Fort Worth, TX · Sarasota, FL · Portland, OR · Eugene, OR · Atlanta, GA · Savannah, GA · Durham, NC · Williamstown, MA · North Adams, MA · Bennington, VT · Washington DC · Los Angeles, CA · Boston, MA · Newark, NJ · New Orleans, LA · Denver, CO · Columbus, OH · Minneapolis, MN · Sioux City, SD · Baltimore, MD · Phoenix, AZ · London, UK · Cardiff, UK · Johannesburg, SA