Browse Items (23 total)

McGov (series 3 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “I want new hoopers to see this collage mural, see Arike’s jersey and remember that girls can ball, too. I want hoopers my age to see…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports, Urban Milwaukee

McGov (series 2 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “‘McGov’ is the creative culmination of these memories and emotions. Three separate scenes come together to form one singular vision…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports

McGov (series 1 of 3), Tay Butler, Creative Health Collective, 2020

From the artist: “Born and raised in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood, I know how important basketball is to our community. I grew up playing…

Tags: African Americans, Art, Black Lives Matter, Collage, Face Mask, Race & Ethnicity, Sports

Zed Kenzo (they/them), Ariana Vaeth, Creative Health Collective, 2020

Tags: African Americans, Art, Artist, Black Lives Matter, Painting

Urban Organizations Step Up, Damon Manns, 2020

Many organizations that service the African American population in Milwaukee have stepped up to the call of service during this time to assist with…

Tags: African Americans, Assistance, Essential Items, Non-Profit, North Side Neighborhood, Photograph

Gathering Safely, Kitonga Alexander, 2020

As some in the Milwaukee community struggle to avoid gathering in high numbers to follow social distancing rules, current technologies are utilized…

Tags: African Americans, Children, Face Mask, Home & Family Life, North Side Neighborhood, Photograph, Social Media, Technology, Virtual Gathering

Lashawna Tolliver Struggles with Virus, Lashawna Tolliver, 2020

Lashawna Tolliver of Milwaukee was diagnosed with the coronavirus based on having every symptom of the illness although she tested negative for the…

Tags: African Americans, COVID-19 Patients, East Side Neighborhood, Photograph, Safer at Home

Using Isolation to Create Business, Syandene Reid, 2020

Some members of the African American community have struggled with the isolation involved in staying safe at home. However, there are members who have…

Tags: African Americans, Alcohol, Business, Photograph, Safer at Home

Masks Becoming New Normalized Clothing Items, Michelle Buckhanan, 2020

Personal protective masks are currently popular items to wear in public and in some environments are mandatory. Like other types of clothing,…

Tags: African Americans, Business, Essential Items, Face Mask, Personal Protective Equipment, Photograph

Infant PPE, Kitonga Alexander, 2020

An infant born two months before the Safer at Home Order is fitted for a protective mask. The current conditions of social distancing could possibly…

Tags: African Americans, Children, Face Mask, Home & Family Life, North Side Neighborhood, Personal Protective Equipment, Photograph