In response to COVID-19, Amplifier launched an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world looking for public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education and symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times.
“This linocut was created with the yəhaw̓ story in mind. “The Creator has left the sky too low. We are going to have to do something about it, and how can we do that when we do not have a common language? …We can all learn one word, that is all we need. That word is yəhaw̓ – that means to proceed, to go forward, to do it.” — taqʷšəblu / Vi Hilbert (Upper Skagit) in her telling of Lifting the Sky” See more from Eileen here.
“This linocut was created with the yəhaw̓ story in mind. “The Creator has left the sky too low. We are going to have to do something about it, and how can we do that when we do not have a common language? …We can all learn one word, that is all we need. That word is yəhaw̓ – that means to proceed, to go forward, to do it.” — taqʷšəblu / Vi Hilbert (Upper Skagit) in her telling of Lifting the Sky” See more from Eileen here.