March 2025 marks five years since the Covid-19 coronavirus impacted the world with lockdowns, shutdowns, and unprecedented times. People all over the world were faced with challenges of public health, economic setback, and tragic events that shed light on institutional inequality.

Wanting to support the global community of artists and supporters in those unstable moments, The Center’s Art for Uncertain Times grant program awarded fifty artists with honorariums to support their creative processes. With lockdowns and stay-home measures, many artists found themselves with isolated time to create. And like lots of things during the pandemic season, some of them may not have gotten their day in the sun. So this week, we’re looking back on five years since Art for Uncertain Times with 10 works you should know.

1

Erin Ebert (South Jordan, Utah)
Coming Together on Shaky Ground
9x 12 inches, acrylic on canvas

2

Laura Lee S. Bradshaw (Sarasota Springs, Utah)
Gleaner
Sculpture, cast in bronze

3

Keely Song (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Covenant Keepers
Dance film

4

Drew Rane (New York, New York)
Abstract Red (After Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled NRA)
Cyanotype on Paper, 34 x 23 inches (2020)

5

Maggie Golightly Haslam (New York, New York)
Bench Friends, children’s book written by Eleanor Golightly
Digital collage

read or watch it read aloud

6

Leslie Graff (Sutton, Massachusetts)
Light Inside
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

7

Colby Sanford (Provo, Utah)
(galleries of pairs)

The Way Our Youngest Looks Out The Window
Acrylic in walnut frame, 8 x 8 inches

The Way Our Oldest Looks Out The Window
Acrylic in walnut frame, 8 x 8 inches

8

Julián Mansilla (Bahía Blanca, Argentina)
Y la Verdad os Hará Libres or ...And the Truth Shall Make You Free
Musical Composition

9

Maddison Colvin (Eugene, Oregon)
Threshold (After Sonatine)
Gouache, acrylic ink, and gesso on paper, 22 x 15 inches

10

Sarah Robinson (Provo, Utah)
The Signs of the Times
Video take, shot in 15-second intervals that can be watched as individual vignettes or on a loop.