An artistic interpretation of what it means to be disabled in a pandemic, and the possibilities of Crip community in such times, in spite of such precarity. Content warning: brief strong language and imagery.

Hear Us Testify is an interactive digital archive inspired by Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, and John Jennings’ APB: Artists Against Police Brutality. The main body of the project exists on the website itself, in the form of audio recordings provided by volunteers based off of selected works from the anthology, in this case Lola Alcaraz’s “Attack of the 14 Year Old Black Girl,” Damian Duffy, Robert Love, and John Jennings’ “Profile,” and Gregory Garay’s “Unnamed Pin-Up.” We chose these comics not just for their commonality on the topic of racism, but also as examples of how perception can twist a teenager into a monster, a father and his unborn son into targets, or blind us to the truths of a broken system.

College Students On Black Lives Matter is a short documentary film in which three college students are interviewed about their beliefs regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. The goal of this film is to educate people about varying perspectives regarding the Black Lives Matter movement.

‘Capitalism, Art, and Police Brutality’ is an artistic examination of Bill Campell’s ‘APB: Artists against Police Brutality,’ and seeks to present the greater ties between police brutality and the power structures of capitalist America. The piece was generated with the hope of presenting uncomfortable truths from the perspective of POC artists with as little re-framing or alternation as possible.

The “Can you find the gun?” project will be a video game where the participate will be asked to look at a variety of objects to find a gun. The project takes on a “Dora the Explorer”, pre-school game aesthetic to explore the serious issue of social justice and police brutality and to ultimately inspire thought and commentary on the subject. Solutions to this problem have been explored by social movements such as Black Lives Matter. This game attempts to bring perspective to the issue of police brutality by pointing out the paradox of ordinary, harmless objects becoming the catalyst for their owner’s devastating demise.

82Reflections.org is a live streaming digital meditation and reflection on deep social disruption caused by the co-occurring tragedies of pandemic and systemic racism. The piece aims to create a space of contemplation while encouraging difficult and transformative social justice dialogue specifically addressed to White Americans. The work is created by artist, teacher, and researcher David N Wilson.

Strings is an animated short about a young woman living in an abusive relationship. Another argument is in progress and it gets blown out of proportion. As she stares are how perfect the outside world views her current life, she is transformed into a puppet where she seeks comfort and freedom in the images of her past.

Covid records is a podcast that is recorded, illustrated, and edited by Sihanya Rocha, an art student and essential worker who wanted to give a first-hand account about what It was like to be working during a pandemic. Specifically, the 2020 Covid pandemic. Aside from recording her own experiences as a grocery worker the experiences of other workers such as food industry workers and students’ workers are also recorded. This podcast is also a work that was created for the University of Texas at Dallas’s ATEC virtual Social Justice Art and Film Festival. Special thanks to my aunt and student worker Andy Tran who came onto the podcast and had their experiences recorded.

The Pandemic Perspective is an animated short portraying how COVID-19 today can be viewed very differently based on wealth, race, and personal loss. The goal of this short was to push our artistic skills to provide a fuller picture and inform audiences to be courteous and understanding to those around them.

Last year I embarked on my semester abroad to Seoul, South Korea. The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in the cancelation of my semester and my early return to the United States. To remember my trip and document the decreased amount of people out, I recorded and edited a series of clips.

Protests, social movements, and revolutions have always utilized art and design to distribute their message and gather support for their cause. Creatively Complaining is a project that calls out injustice, questions the status quo, and advocates for social change and equality using illustrative visuals and facts. The goal of this project is to bring awareness and distribute information to the public about important issues, but in a creative and colorful way.

ORIGINAL TITLE: Nuestras Américas: Caminos Que Unen TITLE IN ENGLISH: Our Americas: Roads That Bind Un recorrido por las rutas comerciales y guías espirituales que conectaron civilizaciones antiguas y que aún influyen en las naciones actuales. A journey through the commercial routes and spiritual guides that connected ancient civilizations and that still influence present-day nations.