We’ve had some great press about our current 1000 Cranes COVID-19 Public Art project. Check out these two great articles:
Artworks Gallery and Forsyth County Department of Public Health collaborate on the Thousand Cranes Project Winston-Salem Journal, Oct 27, 2021, Fran Daniel
In a project aimed at bringing hope during these difficult times, Artworks Gallery and the Forsyth County Department of Public Health have teamed up to display 1,000 origami cranes to honor healthcare workers and people affected by COVID-19.
Members of Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem folded the paper cranes that are now hanging in the public entrance of the health department at 799 Highland Ave. in Winston-Salem. The public art project is called the Thousand Cranes Project.
A statement on the wall near the origami cranes says, “The origami crane represents healing, hope, joy and prosperity. Legend says that if a person folds 1,000 cranes, they get a wish. Therefore, folding the cranes represent our wishes for hope, health and well-being to all healthcare workers and those people who have been affected by COVID.”
Lakecia Owens, coordinator of health services for the Forsyth County Department of Public Health, approached Jessica Tefft, president of Artworks Gallery, on behalf of the health department this past spring to find out if Artworks artists would come together to assemble a paper-based art project.
Owens said the goal was to honor front-line workers and their families, as well as people in the community who had COVID-19, lost their lives to COVID-19 or had a relative who was affected by COVID-19.
Tefft said Owens told her that the health department had COVID-19 fact sheets in different languages that could be used for the project. Read more.
Artworks Gallery honors healthcare workers and loved ones lost to Covid with 1000 cranes
ABC 45 News, Friday October 22nd 2021, Cassie Schirm
More than 500 people in Forsyth County have lost their battle to Covid 19 leaving many families heartbroken. Now a local art group has teamed up with the Forsyth County Health Department hoping to honor the lost loved ones and healthcare workers fighting to keep people alive.
Jessica Tefft, president of Artworks Gallery says it’s those people who deserve to be remembered in a beautiful way.
“I really do believe in the power of art,” said Tefft.
That’s why you’ll see 1000 origami cranes hanging in the Forsyth County Health Department. The origami may be small but artists say they carry a big meaning, the meaning of hope.
Each crane was created with meaning and made with love. Read more
