Great Small Works has been involved as a creative partner for Naming the Lost Memorial Project since 2020, together with Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders and Green-Wood Cemetery, sponsored by City Lore. NTLM is a small team of artists, activists and folklorists which has been curating memorial sites in New York City to name and remember victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The memorials consist of tens of thousands of nameplates with personalized drawings and photos, created by the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones to the virus.
In March, the team conducted workshops across the 5 boroughs of the City for partner organizations. Over 25 groups got trained and supported in the creation of memorials. The work is a deep, multi-lingual processing of what happened during the lockdown period, as well as a call to express how pandemic losses (of many kinds) are affecting us now. Lead artists were introduced to visual ideas and methods (for working with the outdoor elements) and sent home with bags of materials to share and shape with their communities.
- City Lore on the Lower East Side: Tuesday, March 14- Queens Public Library (Jamaica branch): Thursday, March 16- Brooklyn Central Library: Friday, March 17- Staten Island: location tbc, Saturday, March 18- Bronx Music Heritage Center: Sunday, March 19- Virtual workshop: Monday, March 27 on Zoom
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| City Lore's poetry-mobile, used for workshop transport |
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