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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Merlyn Holmes
Description
After Covid starkly stop all community activities Merlyn is helping people see the silver lining in life by showing people that they can still living meaningful lives and produce meaningful work by ensuring that the Boulder high school seniors could still display their work in a physical way and disruptive it around their town.
A
B
Covet
19.
it
initially
it
completely
derailed
everything
we
were
doing
we're
as
a
local
community
based
organization
that
was
designed
to
bring
people
together
in
fairly
intimate
ways
it
completely
derailed
everything
we
were
doing
so
we
cancelled
all
of
our
events,
workshops
classes,
performances
at
every
level,
from
little
10
person
classes
to
150
percent.
We
were
going
to
be
hosting
the
first
gumberro
arts
festival
this
spring
completely.
B
This
this
particular
grant
was
really
instrumental
in
serving
as
that
little
reminder
that
little
nudge
that
little
wake-up
call
of
hello
both
to
us
artists
as
and
we
need
you
and
also
that
reminder
of
our
community
needs
us
to
so
I
was
very
helpful.
Little
reminder:
that's
like
okay.
What
can
we
do
to
actually
contain
this
body
of
work
and
continue
this
mission
of
inspiring
creativity
and
building
community
within
this
new,
this
new
realm?
B
A
That
is
wonderful,
I'm
I'm
sorry
to
hear
about
all
the
cancellations.
Hopefully
those
can
be
fully
fleshed
out
next
year,
but
yeah
it's
been.
It's
been
really
inspiring
for
me
to
interview
all
of
the
grant
recipients
and
hear
about
all
the
silver
linings
that
people
are
finding
and
creating.
So
yeah
really
really
happy
to
hear
that
so
you've
obviously
been
awarded
a
coven
19
work
project.
Stipend.
Would
you
mind
just
briefly
telling
me
about
your
project
and
how
it
can
promote
connectivity
in
your
neighborhood.
B
Then
we
will
have
a
skill
set
that
to
last
a
lifetime
and
collectively
a
skill
set
to
affect
real
transformation
and
evolution,
so
social
evolution,
and
so
when
we
set
our
sights
on
that
with
this
body
of
work,
that
it
makes
it
much
clearer
of
okay.
How
can
we
do
this?
How
can
we
develop
that
skill
set
that
will
really
serve
us
well
through
all
of
them.
B
B
But
this
grant
allowed
us
to
not
just
pivot
to
put
everything
online,
as
everybody
was
doing
at
that
time,
and
that
was
the
only
way
we
could
see
to
get
get
that
artwork
out
there
and
the
artwork
is
the
title
of
it
is
20
20
vision
new
eyes,
so
it
was
really.
It
was
so
appropriate.
So
suddenly,
this
work
was
even
more
important
than
you
know.
Here
we
are
in
a
new
world.
B
We
changed
the
title
to
become
20,
20
vision,
new
eyes,
new
world,
so
that
the
artwork
could
feed
right
in
to
exactly
what
we
were
experiencing.
As
as
this
pandemic
unfolded
and
the
the
work
project,
monies
gave
us
the
ability
to
print
up
the
artwork
and
distribute
it
around
town.
So
we
had
we
put
artwork
of
different
sizes
and
all
of
the
little
libraries
in
north
boulder.
B
There
are
all
kinds
of
different
eyes
and
vision
and
ways
of
seeing
the
world
that
they
were
able
to
then
share
in
this
way.
Instead
of
inviting
people
into
an
art
dance
that
we
were
going
to
hold
initially
to
launch
this
whole
series,
we
were
able
to
send
that
artwork
out
into
the
world,
so
that
was
hugely
hugely
important
and
then
it
also
provided
for
all
of
our
neighbors
that
surprised
the
aha
moment
of
opening
up
their
little
library
and
finding
artwork
and
artwork.
B
So
I
I
hope
that
it
continues
to
ripple
through,
as
people
continue
to
discover
and
rediscover
these
little
pieces
of
artwork
that
are
spread
all
over
town
and
and
to
remember
it's
like
oh
yeah,
oh
yeah,
20,
20
vision.
How
do
we
define
that?
That's
not
just
seeing
whatever
the
average
is
at
a
distance
of
20
feet.
It
really
is
looking
through
this
lens
of
the
year
2020.
B
B
Necessarily,
although,
although
we
are
committed,
we
are
going
to
work
with
weather
as
a
wardrobe
challenge,
and
I'm
already
talking
to
the
musicians
about
okay,
which
instruments
can
we
use
in
this
in
the
cold
which
one's
in
the
rain
which
one's
in
the
snow?
How
can
we
continue
to
offer
these
things?
So
we
have
this
series
of
music
in
the
park
art
in
the
park
dance
in
the
park
that
we're
doing
every
week
right
now
and
sometimes
more
than
once
once
a
week.
B
Invitations
of
the
weather
is
gorgeous
today,
we're
going
to
have
70
degree
weather
in
the
middle
of
the
of
the
winter
with
snowstorms,
and
so
let's
do
something
now
so
so
definitely
signing
onto
our
newsletter
will
be
the
best
way
to
stay
in
the
loop
throughout
this
pandemic
and
then
the
other
thing
that's
come
through.
This
is
one-on-one
individual
work
to
really
help
cultivate
creativity
in
individuals
who
are
seeking
to
deepen
into
that
as
a
way
of
navigating
these
times.