With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council

In Art of Centricity: COVID-19, my virtual exhibit presented by  Prairie Fusion Arts & Entertainment, I focus on the positive and  negative aspects of COVID-19 — what we’ve come through, and what lies  ahead. 

During the course of the pandemic, my art reflects events unfolding  in this vicious cycle. Initially, this catharsis assuaged anxiety, then  segued into a distinct stimulus in my creative process. The toll of  dealing with myriad emotions in regard to death, contagion,  restrictions, and social distancing is challenging, and sometimes  overwhelming. 

In spite of the gamut of discord, chaos, disconnect and dystopian  aspects of the pandemic, the array of COVID imagery assaulting our  senses daily, creeping into dreams, entrenching awareness — my optimism  remains. 

Prairie Fusion Arts & Entertainment, Portage la Prairie,  Manitoba, Canada, hosted my virtual exhibit as their exclusive  presentation, April 1 - June 30, 2022.

It's now archived here, on my Vimeo channel. 

~ Carmen Hathaway, July, 2022