2020: The Confluence

UNIQUE STORIES FROM THE YEAR THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN

"I enjoyed getting to know the farms around gunpowder (Gunpowder Falls State Park, Maryland)Since it was the only thing I could explore I meet really nice places and enjoy all the food and products from them."

"One thing that happened during 2020 is that I got a lot closer to my Mom, something that did not happen before."

"Yeah. I liked that I had time to read, and for once I felt like things were leaving my shelves not just being piled onto them. And yeah, I’m still super rusty writing and I haven’t tried any short stories or long ones even but the poetry itself have really helped me open up personal doors I didn’t realize I had shut I guess

Mail carrier and 3-year-old girl spread joy through their daily dance party

Missing movie theaters in quarantine? Head to these drive-ins around the country

Lil Nas X’s Roblox concert was attended 33 million times

Barcelona Opera Reopens With An Audience Of Plants

In 2020, Protests Spread Across The Globe With A Similar Message: Black Lives Matter

In West Virginia and beyond, pet adoptions have soared during pandemic

Is This Virtual Wedding The Wave Of The Future?

Supreme Court rules workers can’t be fired for being gay or transgender

The U Experience postpones Tanglewood "bubble" college campus

Billie Eilish’s Virtual Concert Is the Rare Livestream Done Right

Back on track: UK vinyl sales heading for best year in three decades

Baudrillard in the Time of COVID

'It has changed my life': Woman opens candy shop after losing job during the pandemic

This Virtual Exhibition is for everyone. It is an all inclusive, viewer completed virtual installation. A collection of unique stories from our experiences in 2020. Although any types of stories are welcome, we are specifically looking for stories that exemplify how 2020 brought out the best in people, places, events, etc. How has 2020 changed you for the better? This reflection, this collection and this concentration is what we seek in our viewers. Dig deep and help us create and grow this installation.

Below is a google form that will allow viewers to participate in this unique experience collection. These can be personal in nature or links to pages that tell stories of hope, connection, communication, unification and change. Once submitted, Alex and Nick will sift through these anonymous responses. Through this process of collection, classification, and concatenation, Alex and Nick hope to show the positive outlook, resilience and adaptability of the human condition.
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Nick LeJeune received his Bachelors of Art in Art with concentrations in Graphic Design and Drawing from the McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2006. He went on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts in Arts and Design with a concentration in Intermedia from West Virginia University in 2011. Between 2010 and 2018, he served as an instructor and developer of the Studio Art: Cross Media track in the School of Fine Arts at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, WV. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Game Design at the College of Arts and Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY.
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Alexander Paul Henderson received his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art Cross Media from Fairmont State University in 2017. He went on to receive his Master of Fine Arts in Photographic & Electronic Media from The Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020. He is currently a middle school art teacher.