COVID-19 Public Art Projects
The “Your Actions Save Lives” campaign has partnered with California artists to reach communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The initiative features 14 original projects* produced in mediums including performing, literary, and visual arts in public places throughout California.
NOTE: Art projects will be added to the map and page as they are completed.
Click the pins below to learn more about each project.
Explore the community projects
Transformative Actions
Elena Lourenco (Lead Artist), Natalia Mendoza, and Isabel Gonzalez
219 E Fourth St. Santa Ana and various Lending Library locations
A Space Between Us
Tamara Cedre
Various locations and A Space Between Us throughout San Bernardino County
No Rona!
Raul Baltazar
20-mile route through South and East Los Angeles
Palomares Blvd Art Carrito in El Monte
Francisco Palomares
Various locations throughout El Monte
COMUNIDAD: Juntos Salvamos Vidas
Juntos Salvamos Vidas
Anjelica Muro/Hector Mendoza Anguiano
Various locations throughout Monterey County
San Joaquin Valley Latinx Music and Poetry for Covid-19 Prevention
Juan Felipe Herrera, Leonel Mendoza, and Carmencristina Moreno
Project produced by Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Various locations throughout the Central Valley
El Centro COVID Memorial Mural
Ernesto Yerena Montejano
739 N. Imperial Avenue, El Centro
Safety First
Serge Gay Jr.
2390 Market St. San Francisco (intersection of Market and Castro)
Birds on a Wire/Lessons from Nature
John Harper
Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial Bridge Drive, Redding
ਬਸੰਤ Spring
Sunroop Kaur
742 E Main St, Stockton
Stockton, California
Dress For Our Emergence
Robin Lasser & Adrienne Pao
Billboard locations throughout San Jose
Benevolent Animals, Dangerous Animals
Masako Miki
Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak St, Oakland and dozens locations in Oakland’s Chinatown
Masking Series
Jessica Wimbley
Arden Fair Mall, 1689 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815, and a billboard in Oak Park, Sacramento
Stop the Spread
Tatiana Ortiz Rubio
Bread & Salt Gallery
1955 Julian Street,
San Diego California
About the public arts project
Developed in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, the California COVID-19 Public Arts Project is designed to raise awareness of critical actions Californians have taken to help stop the spread of COVID-19 — and to encourage people to continue those practices — such as wearing a mask, washing hands, physical distancing, and getting vaccinated.