International Helath Humanities Network Blog
Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combatting Inequity and Injustice
If you are an individual working in healthcare and have done something creative during
the pandemic, please consider participating in a survey for a public humanities project
based at Michigan State University! We have a strong desire to reach healthcare
workers, medical students, and staff at medical institutions.
Our Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded project “Creativity in the Time of
COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combatting Inequity and Injustice” aims to collect
creative works produced during the pandemic from across the globe to showcase how
individuals and artists—particularly those hardest hit by the pandemic—have used
creative outlets to cope with COVID-19.
Go to: https://dhlc.cal.msu.edu/creativity-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
Those who submit a creative piece and wish to be included will:
1) Have their creative work and connected story documented and included
in a major online collection
2) Contribute to history by preserving crucial moments and memories from
the era of COVID-19
3) Help ensure that diverse peoples, experiences, and communities are
represented in our collective stories about the pandemic
The team welcomes everyone, from first-time creators to experienced professional
artists, to share their creative products. We also welcome all forms of expressions.
Creativity can be defined in many ways, and we are interested in anything that helps
understand, process, and communicate individual experiences during the pandemic,
including but not limited to...
• painting
• pottery
• sculpture
• protest art
• poetry
• fiction
• comics
• journaling
• digital art
• photography
• cooking
• TikTok performances
• coloring
• building
• gaming
• gardening
• making music
• dancing
• group projects
…And other everyday activities that have become meaningful during the pandemic.
Everything submitted will be showcased in an online archive and considered for
inclusion in the physical exhibitions across the United States.
Individuals can participate by responding to the survey attached in the link below and by
sharing the link throughout their networks.
Survey Link: https://tinyurl.com/CreativityInTheTimeOfCovid19
This survey is funded by the Mellon Foundation “Just Futures” initiative. Your time and
participation are appreciated; please feel encouraged to reach out to the project team
directly with any questions or concerns that arise. If you need any types of assistance in
participating or in distributing the survey, please reach out to the project’s
Undergraduate Project Lead, Tushya Mehta at mehtatus@msu.edu
Visit the project website to read more information.
Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the
Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University
resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Go to: https://aiis.msu.edu/land/