Sharon Koskoff Fosters Community With Innovative “Alone Together: A Corona Crises Collage”
Sharon Koskoff has created a unique art exhibit, “ALONE TOGETHER: A Corona Crises Collage” by inviting area artists to submit photos of their original works of art. The 6″ x 6″ images have been merged into a 5′ x 30 ‘ large scale mural which will be seen at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in Lake Worth Beach. Available June 13 through July 18, it can be viewed virtually with an Opening Interview and Overview on Saturday, June 13 via FaceBook and Instagram. Art lovers and patrons can purchase a print-on-demand (includes shipping) photo of their choice to benefit the PBC Artist Relief Fund. The Rickie Report is excited to have taken part in the initial Call to Artists and cannot wait to see the finished mural!
Cultural Council Website / Artist Exhibition
By:
Sharon Koskoff
“Alone Together: A Coronavirus Crisis Collage”
… A Socially Distant Installation
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 13, 2020
1:00 PM
LIVE Virtual Online Interview Opening ~ Facebook & Instagram
LIVE Facebook… https://facebook.com/palmbeachculture
LIVE Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/palmbeachculture/
Mural Dimensions: 30-feet wide by 5-feet tall
Collage Inclusions: 164 Six-inch Squares
Submissions by: 113 PBC Artists
Benefitting PBC Artist Relief Fund
June 13 – July 18, 2020
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
601 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth Florida
Community Artist, Sharon Koskoff spent March, April & May 2020, COVID-19 quarantine time, creating a three-dimensional, mixed-media, mural installation. Koskoff sent out a Call to Artists online and incorporated 164 six-inch square artworks submitted by 113 artists. The works were created “during or inspired by“ their time ALONE in the pandemic crisis. She felt the need to connect with other artists and inspire creativity during this unprecedented and isolating experience. She says, “My goal is to keep all artists productive and working! I built this large-scale mural in the confines of my home, while communicating with other artists, and within the limitations of my computer, printer and ordering materials online. This undertaking has given me a great sense of sanity, in this insane world!”
Sharon Koskoff tells The Rickie Report, “While living alone with underlying health issues and a stay-at-home order in Delray Beach, I knew I had to stay connected and stay active! As a community motivator and public mural artist, I challenged other Palm Beach County artists to submit a square- sized creation of something relevant that they had made or that inspired them during quarantine. The overwhelming results have kept my creative spirits intact while giving participants a sense of pride, purpose and recognition”.
A is for Antibodies that fight infection
L is for always for Love
O is for keeping your Mask ON!
N is for the New Normal
E is for Education & Empathy TOGETHER 2020
500 Hours
164 Six-Inch Squares
139 Headlines Honoring those in Heaven
113 Artists
72 Days of Quarantine
36 Toilet Paper tubes 9 Cut-Outs
Prints of the individual pieces are for sale on the Council’s website, www.palmbeachculture.com
To benefit the Council’s Artist Relief Fund, which provides small grants to creative professionals in need.
Enthusiastically, we are all connected through the internet.
Prints of the individual pieces are for sale on the Council’s website, www.palmbeachculture.com
to benefit the Council’s Artist Relief Fund, which provides small grants to creative professionals in need.
For more information:
Sharon Koskoff is an arts instructor of mixed media collage at Creative Arts School at Old School Square in Delray Beach and an Honorary Lifetime member of WITVA.
Email to: BySharon@icloud.com
Be Safe and Feel Free to connect with Sharon at BySharon@ArtDecoPB.org
