The Cape Ann Museum COVID 19 Memorial, including video art by LuminArtz, a memorial quilt, and the Cape Ann Cairns memorial, constructed by people who have lost loved ones to the virus that was declared a pandemic one year ago.Matthew J Lee/Globe staff
One year after a state of emergency was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester dedicated a temporary art installation to local victims during an online ceremony on Wednesday.
The installation honors at least 41 people from Gloucester, 61 people from elsewhere on
Cape Ann, and more than 2,000 people from Essex County who have died from COVID-19, Oliver Barker, director of the Cape Ann Museum, said during the 6 p.m. ceremony
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To commemorate the community’s profound loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Ann Museum is creating a temporary art installation to pay tribute to those who died from the deadly virus including 35 people in Gloucester, 55 people from Cape Ann and more than 2,000 people from Essex County.
The COVID-19 Memorial will be dedicated at CAM Green during a virtual online ceremony on March 10 and will be open to the public through March 14.
In partnership with the city of Gloucester and LuminArtz, the Cape Ann Museum COVID-19 Memorial comprises three parts: a video art installation from LuminArtz, the Cape Ann Cairns Memorial and the Gloucester Memorial Quilt.
Rendition of COVID-19 Memorial at Cape Ann Museum (CAM) Green by artist Pamela Hersch.
GLOUCESTER, MASS
.- Nearly one year ago, the coronavirus pandemic forced the state to shut down and declare a state of emergency. To commemorate the communitys profound loss, the Cape Ann Museum is creating a temporary art installation to pay tribute to those who died from the deadly virus including 35 people in Gloucester, 55 people from Cape Ann, and more than 2,000 people from Essex County. The COVID-19 Memorial will be dedicated at CAM Green during a virtual online ceremony on March 10 and will be open to the public through March 14.