How the coronavirus pandemic has inspired Penn State art students, alumni
Before the pandemic, Penn State student Amara Eke created art full of color and messages of social justice. However, students like Eke (senior-fine arts) now are working toward finding artist inspiration in the midst of uncertainty. Nearly a year since the shutdown of the country, Eke defined her experience as âreally humbling.â Previously, Eke âwas doing really big, large scale acrylic paintingsâ and now uses âcolored pencils on a sketch pad.â â[The pandemic] kind of forces you to be creative in ways that you were not usually being creative in,â Eke sa...
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