10 10 1657 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/9451b0483a895752d8b4e5464b08ad78.jpg ed9e7f5e62f4b16de14f390993ae8df2 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/a7f864c80ca593f5276402c64fbf1792.JPG 8a9692165a9cfd6089d5cc38ec6272b1 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/6ec1bd7fea0847a817409e5575eecea5.JPG ad691da7355c46e60bca67ca93f04512 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Yuselly Mendoza Date When was this created? 01/20/2020 Location Where was this item created? Providence; 02909 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Day as a Community Health Worker Description What is it all about? My role as a Community Health Worker (CHW) drastically shifted due to the global pandemic. I am working on the ground more than ever before. The demand of CHW highly increased - local agencies are frequently reaching out for our support. I recently assisted in the COVID-19 testing site at Providence Housing Authority (PHA) where residents were rapid tested. The team and I wore full-on PPE from top to bottom. One of my many new responsibilities includes delivering groceries to families living in the zip code areas 02909 &amp; 02908 - specifically those who are in quarantine or isolated. I make about 5-10 deliveries per week. The groceries are provided by the Federal Hill House food pantry. https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/9cf2d54570fef8a6d39a8e6d95c48324.mp4 79554059bf38d8adbb970c39dd056f3c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Adaptive Practices: Six Artists Redefine Isolation and Distraction Description What is it all about? Adaptive Practices was an interactive project developed at PPL in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic necessitated closing public spaces and prohibited public gatherings. In March, as we considered how PPL might re-imagine our programming to both reflect and work within the perimeters of this new reality, we talked with our cadre of  Creative Fellows: Laura Brown-Lavoie, Becci Davis, Kelly Eriksen, Keri King, Walker Mettling, and Micah Salkind, six artists and creators who had each worked on a long-term, original project within our Special Collections. We thought about how, as artists, their endeavors often encompassed venturing into the unknown, enduring “fallow” periods of reflection and synthesis in which no immediate “product” would result, and working in solitude when research or experimentation was necessary. So we asked them to share their work with us in a way that would allow us to see and maybe even experience how they navigate and negotiate these conditions of uncertainty and unfamiliarity, and the result was this project. Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Providence Public Library Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Durational & Isolational Birthday Celebrational, Zoom Show and Tell and Question and Answer workshop Description What is it all about? In his project "A DURATIONAL & ISOLATIONAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONAL" for PPL's Adaptive Practices program series in Spring 2020, artist Walker Mettling streamed a 24 hour drawing session held in his front doorway to celebrate his 40th birthday. This is a recording of the following Zoom program, hosted by Providence Public Library and Mettling, in which Mettling discusses the event, it's outcome and the ways in which it was impacted by COVID-19. Creator Who created this item? Walker Mettling Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Providence Public Library Date When was this item created? 5/6/20 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Providence, RI Art Birthdays Illustrations Solitude https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/2b67b0584a104dff68fa8a75d508f78e.jpeg bf737d7c723c520e98645a9904f390c6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Alan Roseman Photographs of Covid Days Description What is it all about? My name is Alan Roseman. I have been an active photographer for more than 50 years. Street photography is my first love and the Covid pandemic called me to the near deserted streets of Providence, East Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls. Each excursion was painstaking for safety reasons as my age and health placed me in a high risk category. I felt the pandemic changed everything, my thoughts on the display of my work included. While it was never my goal, many of the images in the ongoing "Covid Days" album have won awards on the street photography sites internationally. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Alan Roseman Date When was this created? June 25, 2020 Location Where was this item created? Warren Ave. East Providence Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A family enjoys the moment as we approach the new normal Description What is it all about? A young family on Warren Ave in East Providence relaxes together on their porch enjoying the day as conditions are relaxed East Providence Families Portraits https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/5f42933a4a0470352b40c57f3835b873.pdf 27aeb7fcd8a65743c6d2bdbd3042d607 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Recrudescence (Pandemic Journal 2020-2022) Description What is it all about? As the pandemic continued month after month and the isolation became unbearable but still necessary, I found that I no longer gained enough intellectual satisfaction from creating classical music compositions (my forte), especially since my newest works probably would not be performed until Covid-19 was conquered. So instead I wrote and gathered together diary-like essays, literary critiques, philosophical musings, poetry, short stories, and narratives from contemporary experience as well as from deep in memory. I had written them each month to send to friends, with no thought of continuity—they would range where ever my mind and imagination wanted to go. I preferred to stay away from discussions about the coronavirus of which I knew little, the care givers who appeared to be so heroic, or the victims of the disease who were even more confined than I was and whose desperate circumstances were so frightening. Nor was I thinking of it as being a diary—my hermetic life was not interesting enough for that type of documentation. No, my writings were meant to be a diversion, to take one away from the horrific plague that in 2020-22 ingulfed us. I must confess that I have made no attempt to stick with subjects that I think would interest a general public. I am not even sure I would know what these would be. So, my suggestion is to only read those entries which excite your own imagination or generate some curiosity. About the Author Geoffrey D. Gibbs, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Rhode Island, received a DMA degree in composition and voice from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, NY) in 1974. Born in 1940, Dr. Gibbs began his music training at age seven and was soon composing his own pieces. In high school he studied composition privately with Elie Siegmeister noted for championing American folk music. At Eastman he studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. He began teaching composition and related subjects at URI in 1965 and has remained in Rhode Island since that time. He retired from URI in 2001 to devote all of his energies to creative projects. His interest in literature blossomed when he typed, edited, and annotated a thousand of his father’s poems and many essays. During his years of retirement three operas of his were premiered. His works were performed in Boston, Providence, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island, Vibe of the Venue, Aurea Ensemble, Verdant Vibes Ensemble and the Fall River Symphony. As well he has had works performed at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) and as far away as Russia and South America. As mentioned above, it was during the last two years when it was difficult to present concerts, that Geoffrey Gibbs devoted much of his time to creating his pandemic journal. Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? 2020-2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Fictionalized Family Remembrance (August 2020) Creator Who created this item? Geoffrey Gibbs Date When was this item created? August 2020 Description What is it all about? “Invictus Update”—poem. A romanticized account of Geoffrey Gibbs’s ancestors, especially the Native American Silcock and the ministers Henry Gibbs I, II, and III. Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kingston, RI https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/ff62d91593c7bad368398f3f377f4542.pdf 603536287e0dd431df6a166464475089 https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/16fdd57aeea3d844f31c91e75b5a4283.jpg 8c99e02018e4f152fc98d78c1cc0e689 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now is a flash non-fiction program, co-created by School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, that invites young people in grades 7-12 in the state of Rhode Island to reflect on their current experience during the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. <br /><br />If you would like to contribute to this program, please visit our <a href="https://writerhodeisland.submittable.com/submit/68d0ac6a-6c6b-44e3-a09b-cdfaedfbf4f5/our-lives-now-flash-non-fiction-2020">submissions page</a> for guidelines. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Date When was this created? 5/13/20 Location Where was this item created? West Warwick RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Girl and Her Horses Creator Who created this item? Talitha Schaffer Language A language of the resource English Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island’s COVID-19 flash non-fiction program Our Lives Now, a co-creation of School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, invites young people in grades 7 through 12 in the state of Rhode Island to submit a 400-word reflection on the changes in their lives during these extraordinary times. A Girl and Her Horses was written by Talitha Schaffer, a 12th grade student at West Warwick High School who lives in Warwick, RI. Animals Creative writing Cycling Horses Social distancing Stay at home Students West Warwick Young adults https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/96d8e539f1ac615781da462c55683197.jpg 8c99e02018e4f152fc98d78c1cc0e689 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island: Our Lives Now is a flash non-fiction program, co-created by School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, that invites young people in grades 7-12 in the state of Rhode Island to reflect on their current experience during the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. <br /><br />If you would like to contribute to this program, please visit our <a href="https://writerhodeisland.submittable.com/submit/68d0ac6a-6c6b-44e3-a09b-cdfaedfbf4f5/our-lives-now-flash-non-fiction-2020">submissions page</a> for guidelines. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Talitha Schaffer Date When was this created? 5/13/20 Location Where was this item created? West Warwick, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Girl and Her Horses Description What is it all about? Write Rhode Island’s COVID-19 flash non-fiction program Our Lives Now, a co-creation of School One and local authors Hester Kaplan and Taylor Polites, invites young people in grades 7 through 12 in the state of Rhode Island to submit a 400-word reflection on the changes in their lives during these extraordinary times. A Girl and Her Horses image accompanies an essay of the same title written by Talitha Schaffer, a 12th grade student at West Warwick High School who lives in Warwick, RI. Animals Horses https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/20c10ca051d7d7dcd261e7becbcb368f.jpg c4e3d0e0e1e8b82bd72f8f83f1a6a7c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer William Schaff Date When was this created? December 2020 Location Where was this item created? Fort Foreclosure, Warren, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Letter Description What is it all about? Thoughts for our friends and family who have died. https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/d92aa9c06a91d0c4f7004e19d7cd7c80.pdf d33caf6106110b8f40b8e9fe62de0790 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Segue Institute for Learning Description What is it all about? Humanities teachers John Rosenbaum, Joshua Chevalier, and Caely Flynn, asked students from Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls to choose from several different projects in order to document their experiences and reflect on life during the Spring of 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 quarantine. Central Falls was especially hard hit by the Covid-19 outbreak Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Letter to My Future Self and Photo Documentary Creator Who created this item? Derek Elgar Date When was this item created? 6/5/20 Description What is it all about? A 7th grader's response to write a letter to your future self from before the quarentine all about COVID and civil unrest in 2020 and a photo documentary on google docs showing common quarentine items Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Central Falls Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Segue Institute for Learning Language A language of the resource English Cleaning Quarantines Racism https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/857d253c15f234a0a90e1f92dea22454.pdf 9c3994af3e60ac189f4df464cc03eefc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Segue Institute for Learning Description What is it all about? Humanities teachers John Rosenbaum, Joshua Chevalier, and Caely Flynn, asked students from Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls to choose from several different projects in order to document their experiences and reflect on life during the Spring of 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 quarantine. Central Falls was especially hard hit by the Covid-19 outbreak Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Letter to my Older Self Creator Who created this item? Giancarlo Ortega-Aleman Date When was this item created? 6/5/20 Description What is it all about? A 7th grader's response to write a letter to your future self to be read a year from now Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Central Falls Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Segue Institute for Learning Language A language of the resource English Distance education Future Students https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/f48575f22fd2b9241172251926f66b3c.pdf a4885064d249212d8c27cb5d79269626 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Segue Institute for Learning Description What is it all about? Humanities teachers John Rosenbaum, Joshua Chevalier, and Caely Flynn, asked students from Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls to choose from several different projects in order to document their experiences and reflect on life during the Spring of 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 quarantine. Central Falls was especially hard hit by the Covid-19 outbreak Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? A Letter to my Older Self and A Letter to my Younger Self Creator Who created this item? Lizmell Marte Date When was this item created? 6/5/20 Description What is it all about? A 7th grader's response to write a letter to your past self from before the quarentine and a letter to your future self from next year Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Central Falls Publisher Are you submitting this on behalf of someone else? Segue Institute for Learning Language A language of the resource English Celebrations Future Loss Quarantines Young adults