There has been an explosion of people making things during pandemic-driven isolation. Whether it is learning to cook and bake, upcycling goods to save money, developing craft projects to support home schooling endeavors, or simply focusing on hobby crafts that are meditative stress relievers or because they create implied connections to communities of other artists/designers doing similar things, the pandemic has shown a light on the ways that creativity and productivity serve to enhance the human experience. Join our creative panel as they share lessons learned from making.

• Artist, writer, architect, and design researcher Hemu thought art was a ‘hobby’ until a couple of years ago. Now, these visual, artistic narratives (coupled with research rooted in the socio-cultural fabric of things) are her connections to her ‘glocal’ community and her own self. In a world of extreme polarization and isolation, she will be talking about how visual art-making has played and continues to play an integral and defining role in her life—both academic and in its manifestation of contributing to the society through art-making for different socio-cultural settings.

https://uas.osu.edu/events/making-lemonade-lessons-making-2020