Resilience: Learning and healing during COVID-19

Jessica M. Fagerstrom¹

¹Northwest Medical Physics Center, Lynnwood, WA 

Practical Radiation Oncology, 11, 6 (2021).

A community education art project was undertaken as a partnership between Northwest Medical Physics Center and student artists at Franklin High School in Seattle, Washington, to celebrate community resilience in the face of challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Franklin students used discarded radiation therapy masks as a unique outlet to explore resilience in all forms and to express hope in the face of a difficult year. The collection, titled “Resilience: Learning and Healing During COVID-19,” was available free to the public during the summer of 2021 at Columbia City Gallery. Photographs of example artwork are included.