Marvenia Knight

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Hello, my name is Marvenia Knight.

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I'm a visual artist. I was inspired to create
four mixed-media collages

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that focused on unsheltered homeless
individuals because they were at

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risk of being infected with the COVID-19.

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Digital photographs were used to create the
collages.

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A shopping cart image appears in each collage
in order to make a connection between

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all four collages.

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This composition, unsheltered, was created in
a gloomy fashion to

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create a sad mood.

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The next collage, the title is Sleeping Man.

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The digital photography for this composition
was taken at several locations

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in Jamaica, Queens. The photographs were taken
during the summer.

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On the third mixed-media collage,

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social

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distancing actually depicts the quietness on
the street.

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There are no individuals outside and that is
how it looks now in many neighborhoods.

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On the last collage, I entitled it Fresh
Start.

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The essential workers, and in this case we
have one essential worker,

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are providing outreach services to unsheltered
homeless individuals.

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The homeless individuals and the essential
workers are wearing full-face

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white masks coming toward fresh starts for the
homeless.