Tiffany Woodard, The Mandatory Masquerade
100% cotton fabric, embroidery thread, 9 x 5 in., 2020
Photo by Ryan Daly
When the world suddenly needed us, we answered the call. We pivoted our businesses. We retooled the factory. We turned out masks in the millions, and we didn't complain. We worked day and night, using our own supplies and our own equipment, in our dining rooms, among our families, and we didn't question it. But the artist within is always present and as any artist knows, creativity often emerges in the monotonous and utilitarian.