5 Years of COVID-19 Memorialization Event
On Tuesday, March 11, 2025 we co-hosted an online event celebrating five years of projects memorializing the COVID-19 pandemic. A full recording is available at the link below.
Panelists included:
COVID-19 Wall of Memories
COVID-19 Wall of Memories memorializes and amplifies the lives of COVID-19 victims while serving as a source of information about the disease, the epidemic, and its impact on the United States.
COVIDCalls
COVIDCalls is a digital archive of daily discussions of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts – hosted by Dr. Scott Gabriel Knowles, a historian of disasters.
covid-calls.com
Naming the Lost Memorials
Since May 2020, a small team of artists, activists, and folklorists has been curating COVID-19 memorial sites in New York City to name victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, NTLM invites up to 30 partner organizations, representing NYC communities most impacted by the ongoing effects of the pandemic, to participate in the project through a series of workshops leading to the creation of annual, public memorials.
Rose River Memorial 2021
Artist Marcos Lutyens co-founded the Rose River Memorial, which brings communities together to create red roses made of felt. These are installed in public spaces to memorialize those whose lives were lost due to COVID-19.