My First Pandemic Projects

2020 - 2021

In November 2020 Tofino Arts Council sent out a call to support projects, creations or performances that reflected this unique moment in Tofino’s history.

Accepted art forms included visual arts, literary arts, dance, drama, sculpture, music and photography. Consideration was given to project ideas that were genuine, thoughtful, innovative and reflective of the pandemic in this community.

Many thanks to the District of Tofino for helping to make this project possible.

Sponsored Projects | Videos

Geoff Johnson, Erin Kostashuk, Myles Beeby and Sophie L’Homme and the Tofino Treble Sparrows:

shIft: My First Pandemic - Tofino Artists Discuss their COVID Experiences Through Stories and Art

Pandemic Sweater

ISOLATION NATION

Tofino Treble Sparrows - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

ABC | Seven Embury

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Publications

My First Pandemic

Ms. Morris and her Grade 7 students at Wickaninnish Community School

Wickaninnish Creative Writing Club:
Grace George, Heather Hendry, Freda Hubert

Creative storytelling through the lives of students in Tofino BC.

A Short Radius of Familiarity

Zoe Guigueno

Zoe Guigueno writes of her experiences in 2020, the first year of the COVID 19 Pandemic.

COVID-19: Learning Across the Ages in Clayoquot Sound

Helen Mavoa

A photo essay engaging with three generations of families who reside in Tofino and surrounding Tla-o-qui-aht lands.

2D Artworks

A Disturbance of Normality

Ana Udovicki

Read the Artist’s Statements here