I wish, I wish, I WISH I could remember where I read this \/ who said it, but in the past week and or month (time is melting on itself) I came across a reminder I absolutely love. <\/p>\n
To paraphrase, the unnamed genius remarked that they hoped when this is all over and we return to normal (or a new semblance of normal) we will remember when we were stuck inside, we turned to artists. From television, to movies, to books, to cooking (any\/all form of entertainment really), we looked to artists to distract us, inspire us, make sense of it for us. <\/p>\n
So to that end… I thought I’d do a little round up to support the artists that are supporting us during this time. <\/p>\n
AMASS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n AMASS is a great example of how artists are giving back. Artists from around the world have donated the rights to one of their prints, which you can buy for $95, with all proceeds going directly to the health care workers of New York via the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. I picked up this<\/a> guy for my apartment. And you might see a familiar face<\/a> in the group to purchase… ;) <\/p>\n Jamie Beck<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n We’ve featured the lovely Jamie Beck before with this<\/a> style story and she’s continuing to inspire us with her #IsolationCreation series, where she takes one image a day while in isolation that you can then purchase in poster form. 10% of the sales are going to the Foundation for Contemporary Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund. <\/a> We also love scrolling through her Instagram stories where she reposts other’s #isolationcreation. <\/p>\n Lifeboat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I stumbled upon Lifeboat via We Transfer<\/a> of all places — shout out to the editorial team behind We Transfer btw, been loving their work recently. But back to Lifeboat, a platform where you can connect directly with artists to purchase their prints<\/a> and books<\/a>! It even got Bogdana’s stamp of approval as a \u00ab\u00a0great source of inspiration\u00a0\u00bb when I showed it to her…that’s how you know it’s good ;) <\/p>\n