Defining Moments 2020

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2020 Was A S*** Show
(2020-11-27) Wall, Derrick
2020 has been a rough year, for everyone that has hopefully lived through this year. To many truly despairing moments, and that takes a toll on the mental. I decided to put my feelings of what I went through, and many others has gone through this year. And made it a grimey, stressful, animation to sum up this year and the effect on mental health. It was stressful, downright heart breaking, but at the end I'll still keep my hope. Because we got to keep up the fight!
2020, America Revealed
(2020-12-10) Dehoyos, Toni
The 2020 pandemic hit and a lot of things changed and thousands of people were against guidelines and mandates, turning a blind eye to something very serious. I was inspired to create a print for depicting America and Americans as whole as careless and selfish. We preach unity and safety from others yet still find ways to build a wall and politics plays a big part in it. In my piece I chose Uncle Sam as my subject matter as he is the symbol for America. Uncle Sam is shown as a bust being carried by a person who is divided into two representing division in our country as well as Uncle Sam wearing his mask improperly as a way to signify America’s poor execution in handling the virus only to be met halfway.
#BLM, What is #BLM?
(2020-12-02) Gorham, Charles
My video is about the #BLM movement, its creation and ideals.
Cope: Dealing with the COVID-19
(2020-11-30) Sierra, Grecia
I wanted to shift towards my journey of the first few weeks of this current pandemic. An event that will be remembered long after it has ended, much like other pandemics before it. I used my art to express the motions of the days that went by.
Disinfect
(2020-12-10) Vilches, Itzel
In a pandemic, our physical belongings aren't the only thing we should frequently wipe clean from viruses. With every notification and news headline, my headspace became contaminated with thoughts of anxiety, doubt, and fear of the future. I was inspired by a poem of a fellow UTSA student.
The Disturbance (within my thoughts)
(2020-12-01) Sims, Monae
This is a visual representation of a combination of 3 other people work which includes, two english majors' poems, and one architecture student's design ideas.
It's all the same
(2020) Herrera, Madeline
This print was inspired by personal accounts, rooted in those around my life and general themes of isolation that many faced in 2020. As I absorbed the projects did themes of loss, mental struggles and a sense of chaos come to the forefront. The feeling of being in the between, as time almost withering away while daily responsibilities became an overwhelming background noise to a world on fire.
Living in the House of Usher
(2020-12-06) Collier, Catherine
This year, we have experience a broad range of emotions in a short amount of time. We have attempted to carry on with daily activities and our monotonous routine when anger, mania, depression, anxiety are all creeping up on us. Much like the main character riding into the House of Usher, we are able to observe these emotions and the dread they will bring us as we walk towards them. I wanted to juxtapose imagery of ordinary, day-to-day activities, hindering those anxieties discussed earlier.
A Love Letter to Houston
(2020-11-27) McLain, Gillian
I was born and raised in Houston, Texas as was most of my mother's immediate side of the family. Our city is very important to me, its vibrance and style is so unique, our communities are resilient. I wanted to pay respects to the streets, buildings and art that I love, while also bringing attention to the greater humanitarian issues in Houston a lot of which due to COVID-19. I hope that the appreciation I have of where I come from is evident in my work, but most importantly this video is made for those who have the resources to help out the homeless, LGBT+ and black communities in the greater Houston area.
Marsha P. Johnson Painting
(2020-11-30) Rodriguez, Cassandra
In this video, I created a time lapse of me painting LGBTQ rights activist, Marsha P. Johnson, as well as discussing a few of her accomplishments and contributions to the gay community.
Nagorno-Karabakh
(2020-12-01) Juarez, Christopher
The work revolves around the recently "resolved" conflict that erupted in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Armenia, (internationally recognized Azerbaijan), that ended in a Russia brokered cease fire.
No Regrets
(2020-11-30) Rush, Morgan
We all know how terrible 2020 has been. Collectively it’s been tough world wide due to Covid. Personally I had my first heartbreak and have been dealing with it throughout the year. My work expresses my need to move on from what I feel I missed out on. To continue my life and my art through expression of emissions even if they don’t tend to make since as I run them from my mind into the open air. Vulnerability is a very new topic for me to cover. This piece is about personal growth and development and leaving no regrets it the wake of that.
Objects & Reflections
(2020-12-01) Vega, Joe Raymond
This piece is a reflection of Human Rights broken down into basic geometric shapes. The piece focuses on the contrast between light and dark, yin and yang, and the value of everything in between. Using sound and visuals that have a heightened contrast and generating an environmental space for objects to live together in looped harmony.
Pandemic 2020
(2020-11-11) Shaw, Catalina
My work chronicles the views and experiences of various people during the covid 19 pandemic.
Repeat
(2020-11-30) Croom, Allyson
My work is about the monotony that has become life since the pandemic began.
The Walls Stare Back
(2020-12-10) Jimenez, Lily
This picture is inspired by my recent trials in a 2-week quarantine. Essentially trapped by the walls of my room with no opportunity of leaving my space, the idea of being confined overrode my thoughts. As I analyzed the area in which I had become so used to over two weeks, I noticed the physical and metaphorical busyness of a room with three doors all placed within mere feet of each other. Despite these doors' presence and the cliché metaphor of doors being a symbol of opportunity, they appeared warped in my mind, slowly encroaching upon my space and tightening my perceived bubble of comfort. The ceiling speaks a similar story; when I stared at it, it felt as if it was looking back at me as it inched closer, further pressing me between itself and the walls. The structure of the room engulfs the viewer with its entrancing, warping lines.
We Are: A Human Expression
(2020-11-28) Dejesus, Leonardo
This work is about how everyone struggles, and how the pandemic is making that strikingly clear.
Why, 2020
(2020-11-30) Amaya, Maria
A little run down about what happened during 2020, and about how I reacted during that time.
Winds of War
(2020-11-30) Wilson, Sebastian
I wanted to create something that sheds a little light on the Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict that is currently happening in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. I made a still image and added some sounds to make it feel somewhat like a battlefield.

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