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• Create your own Mask Project
  I am a freshman at ECU. As of right now, I am majoring in Exercise Physiology, this can always change as there are so many unique and fun opportunities to explore. I love being outside hiking, walking, working out, etc. I love being outgoing and being able to meet new people every day. I have definitely opened up more since I have been at college. I realized it is important to enjoy the little things that are given and that making new friendships is also very special and needed when you are here alone. This mask was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. I chose to create a mask for my project. It is not to be work like other masks as it does not follow all the requirements to be properly worn as protection. I saw that I had a cardboard box, in my room and thought of how I could use recycled items to make the mask. There was also a plastic bag that was in the pile. I used both of these items to make a fun and silly mask. I decided to create happy and positive sayings. When I walk into a store and they have “positive vibes” signs or “be happy” signs it makes me smile so why not try to make a mask that will make someone else smile. The way I was brought up was being thankful for what you are given and work hard for what you want. Nothing is handed to you; it needs to be earned. So, it is important to stay positive and know that even if a difficult obstacle is thrown your way there are ways to overcome it. Being able to keep up the happy thoughts and to stay positive when things bring you down will make you stronger and just happier overall. No one wants to go through life miserable and sad. Sometimes they need a person to tell them it will be okay or to just smile because it will slowly bring their mood up. During the pandemic, there were many negative events occurring and it was important to stay positive which is another reason positive thoughts are written on the mask. That was how I was able to get through the pandemic and keep the days uplifting and happy. I chose to take the picture at this up-close angle because I wanted people to be able to see the writings and the design. This isn’t meant to look like a 5-year-old created it (my artistic skills are the lowest they come) but what matters is there are these positive thought bubbles that can pop into peoples’ brains when reading the happy and inspirational words on the mask. It was angled as if the person would be passing me on a sidewalk not as if they are standing across the street trying to read what my mask says.
• Creative mask selfie: Look Forward
  My name is Selina Banks, and I am a first year. My intended major is Exercise Physiology and I hope to become a Physical Therapist after graduating. Some of my interests include helping people, being outdoors, and spending time with family and friends. Art has always been something that I found fun because of being able to express myself in drawings. However, I am not very good at taking my thoughts and putting them on paper well. My mom is very artistic and excellent at drawing, so I have always tried learning from her. With the creative mask project, I decided to draw a Cardinal bird with a fabric marker, use makeup to create the eye of the cardinal on the side of my face, and use red petals to act as feathers. My mom had actually made this red mask and I thought it would be the perfect canvas. I was inspired by the Cardinal birds that are always outside of my window sitting on the bird feeder or sitting on our big tree in front of the house. The Cardinal is the state bird, but it also has a special meaning in my heart. I recently heard the saying “Cardinals appear when angels are near”. I lost my uncle this past August and after hearing this saying it makes me think of him and that he is visiting us every day, letting us know that he is still watching over us. Since this mask is actually protective, I will be wearing it when I go out in public. With COVID being around for almost a year now, it has not been fun having to wear a mask everywhere we go. Although times have been tough, I have been able to re-discover the joy in enjoying simple things. For example, going on walks with my sister and mom, being able to have picnics, and sitting in our backyard having a fire, simply talking the night away. I chose to pose outside, looking out because we can learn from the birds to enjoy the beauty of outdoors and look forward, toward the future. Through these challenging times we need to continue looking forward to the future and have hope for good things to come again. My creative picture is to highlight the Cardinal and I am trying to represent a Cardinal myself. I think this picture is aesthetically pleasing because of the simple pleasures we get from the outdoors, as well as the use of bright colors. What makes my idea unique is the role of trying to look like a Cardinal while appreciating the bird itself. It has helped me deal with the times we live in. When I start to worry about what will happen next, I look ahead and free myself because I need to enjoy what I still have and what is around me (family, nature, etc.). This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Imitation of Old Man Guitarist
  The Getty Museum started a challenge to imitate famous artworks as a way for people to engage during the pandemic, so I chose one by Pablo Picasso. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. This was all virtual so there was no need to leave my house. I am currently in the Ribn program at ECU. It is a dual enrollment with Pitt Community College and ECU. The Ribn program is a nursing program that allows you to get first you ADN and then your BSN. This is my second year in Ribn and I am glad to have made it this far. I have heard many good things about the nursing career and I wish to do the best job I can. Some of my interests are film and music. I enjoy all types of film and all types of music. But some of my favorite types of films are mystery film. Plot twists are usually the best part of the mystery film. All the little hints that are given throughout the film and in the end you are left surprised asking why you couldn’t have saw the end coming. I believe film has an artistic aspect to it. Just like portraits made by famous artists, the films can have deeper meanings and themes that are portrayed by the director. The artwork imitated in this project is The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso. It was made in late 1903 and early 1904. For inspiration I searched any portraits that I knew I would be able to recreate. I also had a guitar in my room which was very convenient for this project. I had to get my brother to take the photo because doing a selfie would be a lot harder. This project required creativity to try and imitate the photo the best I could. I also added filters to my photo to give it a cool bluish tone. The original artwork was aesthetically appealing because of how the old man is shown with emotion and the color scheme used backed that up.
• Nature in a Mask
  Hi! My name is Alexa McMullen, and I am a sophomore here at ECU. I am a nursing major in the RIBN program where I am dually enrolled at Pitt Community College and ECU. My interests are soccer, hiking, gardening, hammocking, being outdoors, traveling (pre-COVID-19), makeup/skincare, and spending time with friends and family as well as my dog, Marley. This is actually my first art class I have taken since elementary school. In middle school, I did chorus and in high school I did theater for my art credit. I find art interesting, but I don't think I'm very artistic. I do love to make homemade cards and drawing small doodles. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. For my mask, I went to Dollar Tree and bought some leaf bundles that I cut up for my mask as well as my hair pieces. I just used a surgical mask that I used last week for clinical's and super glued six different leaves overlapping each other. I then sprayed hairspray over it and sprinkled some glitter on it. I did this both for my mask and my hair clips. I just used some old hair clips and did the same process as I did for my mask. I also used some of my makeup products to match my greenish nature theme. I love doing makeup but I'm not very good at it yet. For my background, I used a potted plant I have in my house because I thought it made a perfect nature backdrop. I was inspired by my love for being outdoors and the beauty that nature brings to our world, even during this tough time. My mask is a surgical mask that I have worn for clinical's which makes it protective, but I don't think I would wear it out in public. Some parts of the leaves make it hard to see and with the glue I used it has a very strong smell. If I really wanted to wear it though, I could double mask. I decided to make a nature themed mask because even during the pandemic, you can be outdoors and social distance. It has definitely been a different time having to stay home all the time, except for school but being outdoors with family has made it memorable. It has made me appreciate nature and be thankful for our world and how beautiful it is. Nature provides us with so much as there are so many different activities you can do, from hiking to sitting and watching the clouds. It has kind of been like an escape for me from all of the sadness and change that has overcome our world during this time. I feel like everyone needs a break at times, especially when times get tough. Being outdoors frees the mind and makes us take a moment to enjoy the gifts of life. I chose to take my photo as if I was lying in a pile of leaves and part of me hidden within it. I used a ring light so I could have adequate lighting and so the glitter on my mask would be visible. I think what makes my photo aesthetically pleasing is the collection of the different shades of green and all the different types of leaves. I also really like how my mask and hair pieces match the backdrop. I think it was creative that I made hair pieces that matched my mask. Overall, I feel like my mask was partially creative but could have definitely added some more elements. My mask photo is unique because it correlates with one of my main interests and has a nature/jungle theme to it. It represents how I am dealing with this time period because it has made me more appreciative, and I have been able to spend a lot of time with my family. It also provides me with a temporary escape from the pandemic as well as school, that gets super overwhelming at times.
• Art Recreation
  This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. The Getty Museum's art challenge was created as a way for people to engage during the pandemic. It was created so that all materials needed could be found at home. I decided to recreate a painting. I used a blue button up shirt from my mom and a tan shirt I already owned for my clothes in the picture. I used two blue pillowcases to wrap around my hair. I had my mom help me take the photograph because I couldn’t get a similar picture with a selfie. The artist whose work I imitated was Zinaida Serebriakova. It was a self-portrait. I chose this artwork because I thought I could recreate it and look similar. I also loved the blue details in the painting. I think this painting is very beautiful, but I do think it was an easy choice. When looking for a painting to recreate I wanted to choose a painting done by a woman. So, when I saw this one, I thought it was perfect and I’d have all the stuff to recreate it at home. I don’t think the painting I chose took very much creativity. If I would’ve chosen a different painting or maybe even a different project option, it could’ve been more creative for me.
• Miss Nightingale at Scutari and my at-home recreation
  This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. The Getty Museum's art challenge was created as a way for people to engage during the pandemic. On the right is Miss Nightingale at Scutari painting and the left is my recreation with objects I could find around my house.
• Selfie In A Mask
  Hello, My name is Piper Mattern. I am a freshman here at East Carolina and I am majoring in Psychology. Growing up I’ve always been Curious of the mind. It is so fascinating to me that everyone is wired differently and no one really is or thinks the same. I’m not going into standard psychology I am proceeding the more behavioral side of Psych. A little bit more about me is I like to be around people, the beach and listening to music, I’m typically a person who doesn’t like to go out much but I enjoy nights out and just having fun. For My Project I did the Selfie in a mask. At the beginning of quarantine I had noticed myself using A LOT of disposable masks, which is not too good for the environment . I decided to make that big leap and invest into reusable masks and the ones I purchased had came in a bundle. These Masks are from mykitsch.com (Links to an external site.) and they are protective wear masks and are made from 100% cotton. I did not pay much attention to the style or designs on them until the masks got here.Two of the masks that came have line drawings of women on the front, to show off body positivity. At first I really didn’t have the intent to wear these very often since most of the time i’ll just wear a black mask and go on with my day. Once I took art and saw this discussion project I saw the bright opportunity to finally get to share a story with these masks. The soul purpose I chose this mask is because myself and many other people throughout quarantine have had a hard time with self image. Before covid I was an active person, I would go to the gym daily and just all around had good healthy habits. Once quarantine started and gyms closed down there was really no option but to do at home workouts which really unmotivated me. Then came this spiral of emotion about the ways I felt about myself. I know myself along with many people it was hard to stay happy with the way we looked, I felt as if I was having weird weight gain pattern and just started to loose my healthy habit. Already before hand I struggled with body image issues, and along with that, it just wasn’t the right mix.On top of our own struggles there is still and factor to add onto this…Social Media, with being at home and no other outlets or things to do I noticed myself on social media way to much. This also caused me to be hard on myself due to the fact social media is still portraying this deal life and body, pushing out that this quarantine shouldn’t effect me because these influencers still looked amazing and they made it seem like they were still in that active lifestyle as if there was no such thing as Covid-19. This mask I chose with beautiful women on the front is to represent a more Body Positive mind and Attitude. Using this mask as a symbol no matter what our bodies endured during this stay at home lockdown, weight gain/weight loss we are still beautiful no matter what. Our bodies are amazing, they provide us with great strength. Our bodies are ours, all unique and special in the ways we were made. My inspiration for my pictures included my biggest happy place, the beach. I already have a hard time with just simple pictures because I go back and pick out all the little things I dislike the most, but me being at my happy place really erased that factor from my mind and helped me focus on one thing, positivity. How it really represents how I feel about right now is letting go and just being happy with what is going on and what I have. Quarantine at first really stripped me from what made me happy and made me a very self conscious individual but over time I’ve developed a healthier mind a more Positive mind, with my mental and mostly my body. In this photo I’m happy, carefree and fully aware of the change I can make for myself. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Flower Mask
  I am a freshman with an intended major of exercise physiology. I want to be a physical therapist after I finish school. Growing up I was more involved with the arts than I have been recently. I grew up playing in the orchestra and that led me to learning about renaissance era arts. My teacher in middle school put a huge emphasis on knowing the background of the pieces and composers of the music we would play, and we would have a couple art and literature history lessons in between practice days. This mask was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. The Getty Museum's art challenge was created as a way for people to engage during the pandemic. Making this mask, I didn’t have any specific influence in mind. I probably have subconscious inspiration from past pieces of art, but I can’t place where I may have gotten the idea from. I bought some fake flowers and hot glued them to an old, slightly small, mask that no one in my family wore anymore, so I would not waste a potentially useful mask. The flowers I bought look very similar to the flowers planted outside my grandma’s house, and I bought them because they gave me a sense of familiarity and comfort, which I'm sure a lot of us could use throughout this pandemic. I most likely won’t wear this mask out purely because of practicality reasons. It’s a little itchy because the flowers poke over the edge, but if I wanted to wear it I could. I did not poke any holes in it and it's a relatively thick mask so the hot glue would not have damaged it. The reason I chose to decorate my mask the way I did is because, not only do the flowers trigger a specific memory, but throughout this pandemic I have been spending a lot more time outdoors. I have been biking, hiking, and overall just spending more time in nature. I took my photo outside just to reinforce the idea of nature and spending time outside. I chose not to smile under my mask because it shows that even though I found a way to cope, I wasn't happy with the world we have been living in. I also chose to take it in front of an evergreen tree because the other trees have lost their leaves and it makes the world look more dull, so the evergreen tree represents life when it's surrounded by emptiness.
• Th Is Art
  I'm a freshman majoring in Exercise Physiology in hopes of one day becoming an Athletic Trainer or a Physical Therapist. I was a competitive gymnast most of my life and with that came many injuries which got me interested the way our bodies work. The body is a fascinating piece of art and I fell in love with learning about how it heals and how it fixes itself. Besides working out, I love to spend my free time doing crafts. I love to create things. I have painted signs and furniture, I make bracelets, and I can sew. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. The Getty Museum's art challenge was created as a way for people to engage during the pandemic. My process in creating this imitation is fairly simple in a step by step kind of way. The thought behind why I chose this piece of Art is equally as important as the physical process itself. At the start of this project, I was looking for a piece of art that I could use food in order to imitate the image. As I searched for a picture for this project I got fixated on Andy Warhol and his lifetime of work. After seeing some of his work and learning about his life I wanted to ask myself a deeper question... What is art? Is art only a visual thing only or is art a conceptual concept? Is it one or the other, or is it both? Along with several other works of art by Andy Warhol, for me specifically, his Banana Print (1967) was extremely thought provoking and turned out to be a good conversation piece about the parameters of art, if there are any and what makes art, art. It is clear that this is a banana, and that Andy Warhol took an everyday object, made a print of it and called it art. It is certain that art is in the eye of the beholder. When one looks at art, it is meant to spark an emotion, a thought, make a statement and even tell a story. The experience is different for everyone, but at the end of the day if what you are looking at has sparked anything inside of you, negative or positive than I would say it has done its job. Is that what art is? How do you define art?
• Beware the Mirror
  This submission was inspired by the challenge started by the Getty Museum as a way for people to stay engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this challenge, all the materials necessary to inspire and create art were found without having to leave the house. This piece was inspired by “Medusa,” created by Vincenzo Gemito in 1911. There are many renditions on Medusa’s life in mythology, and throughout the ages her portrayal in art has also changed. The piece itself almost gives a somber, tired, and almost lifeless tone. The original piece stirred deep emotions within and memories of the past. The gold against the silver was striking and crisp. While the original piece had considerably less snakes present in Medusa’s hair, I chose to add this headpiece to both honor the version I had read in school, as well as add more of the gold element from the original piece without painting my skin. The headpiece adorned from snakes was prefabricated from golden colored plastic. Golden eyeshadow and brown liquid eyeliner were the implements used for makeup. Honor cords framed the outline of the image and recreated the bottom of the “severed” head. I presented myself as the moments before beheading instead of after. I used a green crocheted head wrap to draw the focus to the face and away from the neck. When it was time to photograph, I laid out the backdrop on the floor. This enabled me to spread my hair out to fill some of the negative space and provide contrast to the gold of the snakes. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Creative Selfie in a Mask
  COVID-19 Mask. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• We Can Do It!
  I created this image as a way to contribute to the Getty Museums' challenge to imitate a piece of artwork while incorporating a mask into the picture. The process that came into this project was not very extensive. I borrowed a shirt and a scarf from my sisters to get into my costume. I got a mask from the store and wrote the phrase which is on the original artwork. I didn’t have a yellow background, so I used a plain white wall which I think helped make the colors pop a little more. The work I imitated was “Rosie the Riveter” by J. Howard Miller. It was created in 1942 during World War II. I chose this artwork for the infamous message it holds and for the purpose it was created. It was created to help recruit female workers for defense industries during the war. I feel like it can correlate to the situation we are currently in right now. With the Coronavirus, we need all the help we can get whether that is healthcare workers or other frontline workers. I think using a mask helps justify what we are going through right now. Paired with the phrase “We Can Do It!”, I think it helps encourage us that we can make it through this pandemic if we try our best to protect ourselves and others. As a nursing student, I think it helps show who I am because we have to try to see a bigger picture. We have to have hope that we can make it through this pandemic and that we as a population can come out of this stronger than we were before. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• COVID-19 Mask
  Hello my name is Shannon Folley! I am in the birth-kindergarten intended program. I have been working in childcare for the last seven years. My mom has always been very artistic, with painting, I on the other hand put all my artistic ability into choir and theater. The process for my mask was simple, I took a paper plate, construction paper, googly eyes and a pop-sicle stick. I colored the plate brown and glued on the eyes, ears, nose and teeth. I was inspired by teaching my group of preschoolers about groundhog day, We got the idea from Pinterest and from letting the children explore their creativity. This mask is not a protective one but it represents my love for working in early childhood education and for helping children find their creative sides. Sometimes I feel like a groundhog, I the fact that I would like to hide in my burrow for three months from the Coronavirus. The pose I chose is me sitting down in a chair because some times that is all you can do, is sit down and let the virus or whatever you are dealing with run its course. I had my co-worker take my picture to represent that sometimes we all need help, especially in the time period we are in now. I think my photo is pleasing because you can see my love for making my classroom aesthetically bright and cheerful and my love for my children in my class. It is unique because although I would like to be like a groundhog and sleep and hide for three months, I have not, I have gotten up every day since March 2020 and I have fought hard to make sure the children I teach, learn everything they need to go to kindergarten. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• COVID Class of 2020
  My first hand experience of being a high school senior during the pandemic.
• A Palestinian Woman's Reality
  Read the essay under the painting and interpretation image to grasp the background information of why I chose to interpret this painting my Rahaf Dk Albab. Conflict between Palestine and Israel, beginning on May 14, 1948, following Israel being declared an official state. This lead to the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians and left the region to be divided into three parts, the State of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• It's Up 2 Us
  I knew that I wanted to paint something on the mask, but I didn't know what paint. As I was getting out a new mask, I was surprised at how much plastic we were using to wrap these masks in. It came to me that I wanted to paint something environmental. I don't know how it came to my head, but I thought of the phrase, "It's up to us". So I decided that I was going to paint the earth and then write that phrase above it. It's important for us to take into accountability what we want our future to look like and also the importance of taking care of this world that we are living on. We need to realize the action we must take now to save and help the environment. I hope that this generation will become more aware of the steps that each of us can take to know our part in helping this world. But in the end, it's up to us. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• Selfie in A Mask
  I am a Freshman here at ECU. I am majoring in Elementary Education with a concentration in Science. Some of the things I like to do in my free time are hang out with friends, watch movies, go shopping, and working out! I think with my major and passion for children, having the interest in art is really important because teaching little kids can be hard, but sometimes art is the best way to understand material. I think I could use what I learn and put forth my knowledge of art into lessons to help my students better understand a topic. I chose to create a mask for this project because it correlates with our world today. I took an empty toilet paper roll and I pulled a shoe lace through it so I could tie it together in the back. I placed that piece over my mouth and then took a long piece of toilet paper and folded it in half and tied that around my head in order to cover my nose. Creating such a simple piece with something so simple as toilet paper, allows the mask to speak volume. I didn't necessarily use a website or image ideas, but I knew I wanted to use something that represented the times we are living in. The mask that I have created is not a functional mask, meaning I will not be wearing it out in public. This mask represents the past year; all the struggles our society has been through with this pandemic. Our identities have changed over the past year, and going through this pandemic is now apart of our identity. In the beginning of the pandemic, there was a global shortage of toilet paper. It was no where to be found; not on the shelves of stores, not on amazon, no where. The shortage of toilet paper was one of the main factors that left the world knowing that things were not what they used to be and our world is in danger. With the pandemic starting in March, families began stocking up on toilet paper, leaving millions of families without. Not only was their a shortage of toilet paper, but many people lost their jobs and couldn't pay the high prices that toilet paper was soon to be sold at. The pose of this picture represents looking back on the past and remember the hard times for so many families. I chose to not looking directly at the camera so it gives the audience the idea of pain and reflection. Looking back at the past to see how COVID started and just the beginning of losing so much, started with the lost of toilet paper. The background of the picture with the hanging lights, represents the light at the end of the tunnel and how, one day, our world will go back to normal and the thought of running out of toilet paper, isn't even a thought anymore. My mask was made to cover both my mouth and nose to represent the real masks that we have to wear every single time we leave our homes. My mask and photo creation is unique because it represents an actual event that was caused by covid-19 and it shows the beginning of what the entire world thought, was just 2 weeks. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• Creative selfie in a mask
  Hello, my name is Odyessey Gaines, and I am a sophomore here at ECU. I am majoring in Biology with a minor in Spanish in hopes of becoming an Obstetrician/gynecologist. Some of my interests include cooking, shopping, and spending quality time with my family and friends. Art hasn’t ever really been something I was interested in, but over the last year or so I have been drawing and painting on canvases here and there in my free time or to help deal with stress. I think art is fun and great in helping express feelings. With the creative mask project, I decided to draw a hand representing the black community with a broken chain. I used a disposable face mask, with two white index cards, and used a black and brown sharpie and a brown colored pencil. The month of February helped me come up with this idea for my mask due to it being Black History Month. Since this mask is protective, I will be wearing it when I go out in public. Since COVID-19 there have been many political masks made. This mask not only represents me but other people of color as well. Me being black, I think it is important to be able to voice my feelings, especially in this month. I took my photo with my ring light to shine a light on the mask as well as to portray that light still needs to be shined on African Americans in the world. It represents the time period we are dealing with not only because of COVID-19 but as well as the many racial injustices that have happened while COVID-19 was going on. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• COVID-19 Creative Mask
  For my mask, I used the YouTube video “Emergency masks -5 easy, quick, no-sew ideas” provided on the Discussion 1 instructions. I used a page from a daily planner that I bought a few months ago in Etsy as I was trying to get more organized. I also used elastic bands for the ear loops and crayons to color the mask. I chose to use a rainbow because I have mild OCD and I find that when I have items of multiple colors, I always end up organizing them by color. For example, when eating M&M’s I like organizing them by their place on the rainbow and then eat them by color. I am a very bubbly, “glass full” kind of person, and I find positivity in all things. I feel this love of positivity gives me the gift to see the good in all people. As this pandemic unfolds, I find myself more and more overwhelmed, along with beginning the Nursing Program in the Fall of 2020 I am a wife and mother of three beautiful and very active girls. This exhaustion and the feelings of being overwhelmed and inadequacy are represented by the declining black and gray lines that stem from the rainbow colors on my mask. In my picture, you can see the contrast between my colorful and bubbly personality and the exhausted, overwhelmed nursing student. The background is my dining room in which I spend most hours of my day. We had to make a makeshift office for me in the dining room as the other areas of the home are occupied with desks for my girls to homeschool during the pandemic and for my husband’s home office. In the background, there are blurry images of my nursing books and two POP! Heroes that represent me; Wonder Woman, clad in golden armor and a front-line worker in the medical field, complete with scrubs and mask. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• Getty Museum Challenge: "Lady with an Ermine"
  My name is Sadie McNeil, and I am a freshman here at ECU. The Getty Museum Challenge was created by the Getty Museum during the pandemic, while people had to shelter in place. The idea was for people to get creative and imitate famous paintings and works of art, using items they had around the house. For an Art Appreciation project, I chose to imitate Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” painting. I do not believe I had seen this painting before I started researching portraits. I thought it was really interesting how the lady is holding an ermine, a type of weasel, which is not something I have seen in any other portrait. When I came across “Lady with an Ermine,” I immediately thought how it would be funny to use my sister’s kitten, Cosmo, to imitate this artwork. I went to my grandparents’ house to find clothes that would be similar to what the lady is wearing in the portrait. I found a skirt which I used as a dress, and I had a cardigan at home that I put over it. My grandmother had a blue shirt that I draped over one shoulder. I found two necklaces at my grandparents, so I wore one around my neck and I tied the other one around my head. I was not exactly sure how the woman in the portrait had her hair done, so I just left mine the way it was. I used a navy blanket as a backdrop for my photograph. I asked my mom to take photos of me so that she could instruct me on how to pose like the portrait I imitated. My sister stood off to the side and tried to get Cosmo to look her way. I used the app “VSCO” to add a filter to my photograph, so that it would look more similar to the “Lady with an Ermine” painting. I really tried to be creative with this project. It was harder than I thought it would be to imitate the pose and facial expression of the lady in da Vinci’s painting. It was also hard to get Cosmo to cooperate. I have never imitated art in this way before, so I would say I definitely stepped out of my comfort zone. Original artwork: “Lady with an Ermine”, https://www.leonardodavinci.net/lady-with-an-ermine.jspThis was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• COVID-19 essay
  I submitted an essay about how the Coronavirus has affected my life and my college experience.
• Mask of a Medical Worker
  My name is Morgan Barclay, and I am a Junior at ECU. I am a Public Health major with a concentration in Pre-Physical Therapy. My process for this project was all over the place. I started by thinking about making a mask with a whole bunch of political meaning and design with a big background but then I got very overwhelmed with the whole thing and had to step back. Then I just thought I needed to keep it simple because sometimes I try to put so much information and metaphors into one thing that it becomes murky and takes away from my main message. That is when I came up with the idea of showing that masks do work with the mask outline from the paint splatter, and I also wanted to pay tribute to the people fighting this virus on the front lines and that is where the red paint came in because it looks like a doctor/nurse/EMT coming out of a tough procedure. While I used a real mask, I will not be wearing it out in public because it may cause some issues due to the paint looking like blood. The mask and pose, really the whole picture, parallels to how I have gone through this pandemic....listening to the doctors. I chose a simple pose and design because I really think it just comes down to the simple fact that wearing the mask protects others and slows the spread. I know there are going to be people that disagree with me, and I respect that but personally I choose to follow the science. I took a photo straight on, close up because I didn't want anything distracting from the mask and paint splatter with the outline of the mask. For this idea in my head I really wanted to keep it simple so I chose a blank wall and really just took a picture of my face. I then edited the lighting, contrast and colors to give it a more intense effect. I like to think it is unique because of the message and the thought behind it and it is aesthetically pleasing because of the centered face looking straight forward, I think it really adds to the intensity of this picture and portrays the seriousness of this pandemic. As I said in the previous paragraph I have gone through this pandemic listening to medical officials, and I really wanted to use this project to represent them. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.
• COVID-19 collage
  the ugly truth. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Art Project Corona Virus
  My process with my mask was thinking of a mask that held meaning during this pandemic. I work in the customer service industry and have had to deal with people all during the pandemic. It has sucked. Some people don't care about wearing masks and some are crazy about cleaning and abiding by the CDC standards. My job required people to wear masks and some people threw fits when I told them we could not serve them without them. This mask represents how I had to deal with coronavirus and dealing with people's crap in restaurants. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Living Hell
  Going to college during COVID-19