SF GENERAL NURSES GIFT TO THE MISSION A MURAL OF COVID LOSS, RESILIENCE
New work at 24th St. and York honors lives and courage of frontline and essential workers.
Enfermeras regalan a la Misión un mural sobre la pandemia. Leeraquí
The mural ALL THAT YOU TOUCH, YOU CHANGE. ALL THAT YOU CHANGE, CHANGES YOU (a quote from writer Octavia Butler) chronicles the stages of the pandemic. Nurses at San Francisco General Hospital's Richard Fine People's Cliniccommissioned the work as a gift to the community they serve. Communities of color like the Mission, where the clinic is located, sufferdisproportionally from COVID illness and death.
Nurses and artists collaborated to create a snapshot of responses to the pandemic in the Mission. Clockwise from top left: an abuelita sews face masks and a car parade replaces an in-person high school graduation; Dr. Triveni Defries and daughter; Precita Eyes artists Elaine Chu, Marina Perez-Wong (aka Twin Walls) and Priya Handa; family members embrace.
Nursesfrom the hospital's community cliniccreated thisGofundme campaign to help fund their collaboration with Precita Eyes. The mural arts association located a wall for the work and organized the design and painting sessions.
