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• Mask-Up
  Mask-up was an ECU campaign heading into Fall 2020. This is a video of academic advisors masking up to encourage others to do the same.
• Virtual Advising for Allied Health & Pre-Professional students
  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most student services at the university were transitioned to virtual. We used this graphic to advertise on social media as well as through e-mail to our advisees.
• Backyard Graduation Celebration
  My brother Michael graduated in 2020. When we found out the in-person ceremony was canceled, my mom and I planned a backyard graduation for him. This allowed us to celebrate together, but still socially distance from our parents since Michael and I no longer live with them. Michael and his fiancé were roommates with my husband and I prior to and throughout the pandemic's initial wave.
• Backyard Graduation
  My brother graduated from ECU in 2020. When the in-person ceremony was canceled, my mom and I put something together for him in the backyard so that we could all be together, while still being able to socially distance from our parents. Because my brother and his fiancé were roommates with my husband and I in 2020, we were able to get this maskless photo to celebrate his "graduation."
• COVID-19 Effects
  Personal reflection on how COVID-19 affected their first year of college.
• Finding Happiness During a Pandemic
  I describe my experiences during the pandemic. I talk about how the pandemic has been beneficial for my mental health. I also talk about how some of the things I've learned during this time. This was done as an assignment for Dr. Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs' ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing course in Spring 2021.
• COVID-19 reflection
  This was written as an assignment for Dr. Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs' ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing in Spring 2021.
• Imitation Artwork Challenge
  This was a project for art appreciation and the assignment was to imitate an art piece. This was written as an assignment for Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs' spring 2021 ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing course.
• The Controversial Smirk
  This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course. It was part of the Getty Museum Challenge, which was created as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic. What I was trying to do was show that people like to wear the mask because it hides how they look on the outside when really true beauty is always going to be on the inside.
• A college Students perspective on COVID-19
  This essay is about a college student perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic This reflection was written for Dr. Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs' spring 2021 ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing course.
• Spanish Deed of Gift
• Resilient in the Pandemic
  I was born here in Greenville, North Carolina. I am currently a senior here at East Carolina University. I will be graduating this December. When I first started at East Carolina University in 2017, I thought I had it all figured out. I started out with a major in Nursing, but later changed it to Elementary Education. I’ve always had a passion for working with children and helping them reach their full potential. Immediately after I changed my major, I was so happy, and my grades flourished to the point where I made Honor Roll every semester. Along with working with children, I love to dance, sing, and do anything related to art. In regard to art, I love how broad the term “art” is. In my opinion art comes in various expressions and forms. I solely believe that dancing and singing are related to the concept of art. Growing up, I enjoyed drawing and painting on canvases. As time progressed, I developed a desire for abstract paintings and historic paintings. For this project, I had a plain black mask and used stencil iron on letters from Walmart to put on my mask. I printed the picture off and after the picture was dry, I ironed it onto the mask. Overall, the materials included two apples, sunflower, blow dryer, name tag & bed covers. I knew right away that I wanted to share my triumph over pandemic. The mask was a picture of my grandfather, who passed away last year in November. My grandpa was my best friend and my overall hero. I saw him battle with his health for a long time, but I didn’t think it would come to that point. After my grandpa passed, I was very broken and depressed. I didn’t want to finish school nor get out of bed. It got to the point where I stopped eating for some days. Ultimately, I recalled my grandpa’s encouraging words within myself “Destiny keep going, you’re stronger than this”. I realized that my grandpa wouldn’t want me to keep living in defeat. In honor of me only having one semester left of college, I used the two apples to represent me becoming a Teacher one day. In April of 2021, I enrolled in Hair School to obtain my Natural Hair Care licenses which explains the name tag and the hair dryer. I somedays still hide behind things and want to shy away from everything, but I know that I can’t. I used to hide behind the sunflower to express this thought. Throughout my share of COVID, I used my past experience to push and mutative me through this trying time. Every step I took during the pandemic, I felt like my grandpa was right there holding my hand. I would definitely wear this mask in public because it is who I am. Not only do it show where I been, but it shows where I’m going. I used my grandpa “The mask” to hide my true self. When I was able to stop hiding from the things, I was able to prosper and be happy again. Many times, we hide behind different things because we’re fearful, scared, and depressed. When I took off the mask, blessing and favor started following to me. Overall, I think my project was creative and aesthetical because I opened up and shared a personal part of me. I implicated different materials within my selfie picture, with deep analysis. My mask first was hindering me from being happy, but when I removed the mask mentally, I achieved so many things. Doing this project has taught me a lot about myself and the people around me. I’m just blessed that I am still able to be strong and live the life that my grandpa would want me to have. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke.
• Seashell Mask
  Hello everyone, my name is Kaylee Gaskins, I’m a senior here at ECU, and my major is Birth-Kindergarten Education. My interest includes going to the beach, taking walks, planting, and reading. I live at the beach, so anything beach-related is enjoyable like beach rides and beach walks. I don’t have a background in the arts, but I am interested in learning about different art and its story. When creating my mask, I first picked out shells from the various buckets of seashells lying around my house. Like I mentioned before, I live at the beach, so I tend to have a ridiculous amount of seashells. Once I had various types of shells and shell sizes, I glued the seashells together in an overlapping way with a slight curve and then attached white fabric to be able to wear the mask behind my ears. The materials I used were shells, a hot glue gun, and some white fabric. I formed my idea from the summer vibes of the new summer season and from being near the ocean and my love for shelling. The mask is not protective, and the mask is also very heavy to wear. The mask represents part of my identity by symbolizing where I’ve grown up and live. The mask represents part of my identity by presenting something I enjoy, which is seashells, and by using seashells that I found on walks. The pose and style I were going for was a beach vibe, almost mermaid-like (that’s why I have my crazy hair down.) The mask and pose convey how I’ve dealt with the Coronavirus situation by relating to what I did almost every day this winter, taking beach walks. Thankfully, I live in a very isolated location, and nearly every day, while home doing online classes, I went to the beach and took a walk while picking up shells. I took the photo I did because it shows the beach where I walk most during the Coronavirus situation and where I found most of my seashells used to make my mask. What makes my photo creative and aesthetically pleasing is the peace and calm the beach represents and how I found comfort and relaxation at the beach even when the world was having a difficult time and is still healing. The photo is unique because it shows my interest, findings, home, and what I’ve been doing the past year all in one picture. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke.
• Martin and I
  Hello everyone!!! My name is Ronald Roach. My major is in Industrial Technology, concentration in Supply Chains and Distribution. I was born and raised here in Greenville, North Carolina with a beautiful wife of 7 years and a beautiful 4-year-old daughter. She is about to start kindergarten, which I am not ready for. As a kid, I use to read and write poetry and, in my teens, and early 20’s, I used to make music. It seems that when reality hit and I got older, my creativity faded away. The process I took to create this imitation portrait was first, look around the house to find something to inspire me. I realized that I was reading a book titled “Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community?” by Martin Luther King, Jr. I researched and found this color portrait of him. I dressed up and took a picture of myself in the pose like Martin. The artist of this portrait was produced by PGBureau Pop artist. I chose this art because it popped. It was very colorful, very bold, and alive. The color gave Martin a more colorful history than old, dull history. The portion of this portrait that stood out the most was his eyes. His eyes were powerful, full of hope; even though he lived in a very dangerous and stressful time in America and the world. With all the colors that was used to paint his face, lips and hands, I was still drawn in by the eyes. It appealed aesthetically to this portrait. As you can see there is a strong different between the color portrait and my imitation portrait. And I did that for a reason. I understand that the artist used his color scheme, portraying Martin in colorful way, making him more iconic. And which he is. To me, the portrait has a more fantasy feel to it. I wanted to portray the realness of the of the times we are facing. As Martin had the courage to stand up for what’s right in the face of adversity, I hope I can do the same. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke. The Getty Museum of Art created the Getty Museum Challenge as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic.
• Oppression
  Our assignment was to imitate a famous work of art or photograph. The painting that I picked was by Alfred Conteh, the name of this painting is called Two Fonts and it is to convey the warlike atmosphere under which black men, women, and children exist. I felt I could relate more to the individual in this painting. This was created as an assignment for ART 1910 instructed by Susan Luddeke. The Getty Museum of Art created the Getty Museum Challenge as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic.
• Mask selfie
  Hello everyone, My name is Tandika Tappin I am 34 years old and I am a single mother of 3 children, two boys and one girl. I am originally from Guyana South America. I spent most of my years growing up In Brooklyn New York but I have experienced life living in Guyana. My relocation to North Carolina took place 5 years ago as I was a on real life quest to provide a better and more cost efficient life for myself and children. I have held many titles in the work field but prior to me moving here I was what is called a school safety officer under the New York City police Department, it was this position that allowed me to see I have so much more potential in me. I recently graduated from Beaufort County Community College with an An Associates in Applied Science (Human services and technology) degree and An Associated in general Education degree. I am currently studying family and consumer science here at ECU with a short term goal of acquiring a school counselor in education degree and a long term goal of attaining my PHD in child psychology. For my project I wanted to implement the signs of our times, the best way for me to be creative and show this was to select the selfie with a mask challenge. I also wanted to include some cultural dynamics to it. In my photo you will see a black mask, my eyes exposed, a flower, a white mask and a few colors from my countries flag. I was inspired by a cause to show a pandemic that affected the entire globe. I would probably never wear it in public, but to a social function yes. In this photo it was important for me to show strength ,insights, and courage. Although you can not see my full face, just a peak of my eyes and the lighting shows the light at the end of the tunnel. The world we live in today requires us to proceed with caution and careful direction. I truly hope you enjoy the image and are able to depict what I tried to display. This was created as an assignment for Susan Luddeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Chloe Saito
  This photo is creative and pleasing in my eyes. Masks have never been an issue for me. I’m happy as one can be. Lived in America but love to represent Japan because it’s a part of me and my heart on the mask represents, I have a lot of love to give. Koya RM’s character is the chilliest character meaning I’m pretty chill. I've been blessed because my life hasn’t changed much before or after covid. I am a people person, I’m always the one saying Hi to a stranger next to me in an elevator. I don’t live my life on a phone, I enjoy simply talking to others and learning how others are living life. Guess you could say I’m a popular kid “I don’t think so” but many have described me as being the popular kid. Asian hate touchy topic but yeah I've run into it before. Long story short we are friends now. It’s the kind of person I am. I don’t argue, fight, or get upset. My goal to always try to understand and to see the world in someone else’s eyes. It really helped me avoid arguments, fights, and drama in my life. I’m not perfect and if you want to know my sins, I have a full list of them. Guess you can say I don’t mind wearing a mask, go ahead and ask? because all my life I've had one on. I’m a good girl with a broken heart. Not sure where to start but I’ll be smart and make sure you don’t stay long on this cart before it falls apart. I’m covering my eyes with my name in Japanese in katakana. Why? Well, I know a lot of people, plenty of numbers to dial when I’m at my lowest. I do my best to stay positive and always have a smile. I've been through many traumatic events in my life and statistically, I shouldn’t be alive. I lose friends daily but on the bright side, I make new ones every day. It's the same old story no one ever stays. Hence why I always feel as I am living in the shadows, but I do my best to stay active and to help others. It brings me joy and hence why I loved this project because it was creative and pleasurable, and helped me be with someone that "friend" that helped me is one of “The Good ones by Gabby Barrett”. Ok, I left things on a good note get off the cart now! xD
• Stop Asian Hate
  I decided to make a collage about Asian hate, because as an Asian person too, I know first-hand what it's like being at the receiving end of racist comments (both before and during COVID). I, fortunately, have been lucky and haven’t run into direct confrontations or violence. But It still hurts me because to know many others suffered harassment and attacks, many of which are much, much worse than what I've dealt with. I'd be lying if I said confronting racism doesn't drain me. With this Art project, I hope to show and offer other people of Asian descent, that you aren't alone. There are many people who know and understand your pain. Many are out there helping to fight discrimination. And while there is no easy and quick solution, the last thing anyone should be doing is losing hope. I came across an artist that did a similar project who was “Cyrielle Recoura RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE (2020)” (https://www.artmajeur.com/cyrielle-recoura). She gave me the idea and inspiration to create this. It honestly took me a while to do this assignment because I don’t have the experience of ever doing any collages. But I enjoyed the time I had making this because I was able to express what my culture is going through. Also, I tried to be as simple as possible but I did cut a few ones to make sure they would align with each other. I also colored a few statements to express their importance. I want to tell people my story and my pain, We're seen as privileged, wealthy, and light-skinned so that makes it seem like we're basically white economically and physically. Meaning any attacks directed at us isn't racially motivated, it's just regular crime. I’m sure they have their reasons for these acts of violence but no excuse for any of these crimes. These acts of random violence for no reason whatsoever other than to do so. We all work all day and in slave with the bills we pay. I’m sure we can all relate. I just wish we could treat everyone with kindness.
• Fliers for Mobile Vaccination Clinic
• Daughtridge Gas and Oil
  Signage at Daughtridge Oil and Gas after state regulations changed.
• COVID-19 Reflection
  This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
• Contact Tracing
  Video informing ECU community members about the school's contact tracing efforts.
• Contact Tracing
  Photograph documenting ECU's contact tracing efforts.
• Contact Tracing
  Photographs documenting ECU's contact tracing efforts.
• Contact Tracing