After being given a word, the fox would have a poem typed within a matter of minutes. Outside of Davis Library, students lined up for the chance to interact with the Poetry Fox - a person dressed in a giant fox costume who typed custom poems on a vintage typewriter. on Arts Everywhere Day, the APIDA student art exhibit will be on display at UNC's Asian American Center through this month. “My family had shown up for me in the darkest of times last year, reminding me that not only am I not alone, but on the contrary, I am deeply loved and cherished.” One note reads “I’m sorry” followed by a separate note stating, “I didn’t do the readings.” The artwork, which includes printed text as well as a plethora of doodles and small handwritten notes, is a depiction of Park’s experience with mental health. Rao said that the piece incorporated Park’s identity in a surprising and interesting way by documenting the thoughts Park experienced during the pandemic. One of the pieces that stood out to him was titled “Now I look Back and Laugh!” by UNC junior Hayden Park. In addition to “I Was Here: Postcards from the Pandemic,” Arts Everywhere Day included an Asian Pacific Islander Desi American student art exhibit and a Poetry Fox event.Īnvesh Rao, a first-year graduate student studying computer science, also attended the APIDA art exhibit. This booklet is part of the APIDA Student Art Exhibit put together for Arts Everywhere Day, in the Asian American Center on Friday, April 8, 2022. Senior Julie Kim's work is part of creative writing collection "Grounded Growth". “I think the pandemic really has shone a light on structures and processes that were not really working in the world,” Wagner said. The focus is about taking lessons the community has learned together over the past few years and building on them. Wagner said that student employees and arts ambassadors came up with the theme. On Friday, in-person and virtual Arts Everywhere exhibits and experiences focused on the theme of “Grounded Growth." "I told someone earlier, I feel selfishly grateful being able to witness all of this up close.” “Grounded Growt h" “Some are quite personal and intimate," she said.
Kathryn Wagner, associate director of Arts Everywhere, said the purpose of the project is to honor and engage staff around their own particular pandemic experience.
The project, titled “I Was Here: Postcards from the Pandemic,” is part of the University's sixth annual Arts Everywhere Day, a campus-wide initiative that aims to make the arts a central part of the UNC experience for students and community members. Another features a drawing of activist and writer James Baldwin with the quote, “Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” One postcard includes the phrase, “When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine” written across a drawing of a sun. Handwritten postcards hang on a line of string at Polk Place.
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