Laugh to keep from crying

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Identifier PAHU_physical_memento_005
Title Laugh to keep from crying
Creator Donna Baluchi
Subject COVID-19 (Disease); COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention; COVID-19 Pandemic; COVID-19 Vaccine; Art; Art--Sculpture; University of Utah Health; University Hospital; University of Utah
Description When health sciences students were allowed to return to using our building in May 2020, I was one of the few physically staffing the building. I make funny buttons for students every semester, usually bad puns about medicine, and decided to try and design something that might be funny but didn't seem flippant about the terrible loss of life happening all around us. I ended on this - a plague doctor stating you should "cover thy face holes". It was easily the most popular button we ever made - everyone loved them. It was a little thing that made the constant fight over masking feel a little better.
Relation is Part of Project Art Heals Utah
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2022
Date 2022-02-25
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Rights Management Copyright © 2022, University of Utah, All Rights Reserved
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s61hk3rt
Access Rights Permission to publish has been granted to the University of Utah or through any of its departments or operating units by the rights holder of this work. Unless otherwise specified, the rights holder retains copyright of this work.
Note The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect any views, opinions, or official policy of the University of Utah or the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Keyword Physical Memento; Self; Mask; Photograph; Smile
Setname ehsl_pahu
ID 1746012
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61hk3rt
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