Mobile-based art center reaches out with âPostcards from Quarantineâ
Seniors are isolated in nursing homes no one can visit. Artists have been deprived of exhibitions, arts & crafts fairs and other sources of revenue. The head of the Alabama Contemporary Art Center hopes its "Postcards from Quarantine" project can help both. Phase One of the project is a call for submissions from artists in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Artists are asked to submit original work under the theme "We're all in this together." All submissions will be featured in a public "virtual gallery" at www.alabamacontemporary.org. The creators of 10 winning entries each will receive $150 and a 10-pack of postcards featuring their designs. In Phase Two, volunteers will write postcards "to the community's most vulnerable residents: individuals quarantined in nursing homes, homeless shelters, half-way houses" and similar institutions. Each volunteer pen pal will receive a list of 10 recipients (first names only) and 10 prepaid postcards ...