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His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.

MORE Karla Funderburk of Matter Studio Gallery says she started this origami crane project to process the COVID-related grief she was feeling and witnessing. Photo by Memorial Crane Project. Its been more than a year since LA County declared a state of emergency for COVID-19, and since then, more than 22,000 Angelenos have lost their lives to the virus. That means  one in three residents here know someone who died or became seriously ill from COVID.  ...

By Dr. Christine Ritchie’s estimate, about 2 million people in the United States are homebound, and an additional 5 million have trouble leaving home or need help doing so. Yet those millions of people “tend to be sort of invisible to society,” said Ritchie, a professor at Harvard Medical School. Advertisement They can’t drive through mass vaccination sites or stand in line outside clinics. Even if they secure a coveted appointment spot, they can’t leave their house to get there. N...

Print It was a nightly ritual for Karla Funderburk that began the second week of April. She watched in horror as news stories showed the scenes playing out in New York that eventually would spread across the country: Overflowing morgues. Refrigeration trucks pulling up behind hospitals. Despondent families unable to spend final moments with loved ones. While she watched, she folded paper cranes and dropped them into a bag by her bed — one crane for each person who had died from COVID-19. “I...

Column One: Paper cranes, felt roses and wooden crosses honor COVID-19 victims Alex Wigglesworth © Provided by The LA Times Karla Funderburk, owner of Matter Studio Gallery, is surrounded by thousands of paper cranes that make up an exhibit titled "A Memorial for COVID-19 Victims" at her studio in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) It was a nightly ritual for Karla Funderburk that began the second week of April. She watched in horror as news stories showed the s...