Bringing together stories of strength, innovation, and hope from our community in Washington State during the COVID-19 pandemic, this online experience creates a forum for connection, empathy, and healing.
Exploring the challenges, inequities, creativity, and community spirit arising during the pandemic, the experience highlights stories under five main themes: Fighting and Treating COVID-19, Spreading Joy and Healing, Sharing Critical Information, Meeting the Needs of Communities, and Essential Workers Meeting Everyday Needs.
Explore the experience online now, and in the Gates Foundation Discovery Center’s galleries when it reopens to the public (TBD).
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? STORIES FROM A WORLD TRANSFORMED
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? STORIES FROM A WORLD TRANSFORMED
Building on the virtual exhibition Enduring COVID-19: Stories from our Transforming World, this physical exhibition will spotlight first-person stories of individuals contributing to the community good. Hear from essential workers, community leaders, scientists, Gates Foundation staff, grantees, and youth about their hope for the future, scientific innovations, and lessons learned locally and globally from COVID-19.
Image: ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Alex Garland
REFLECTIONS – 20 YEARS OF THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
REFLECTIONS – 20 YEARS OF THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
This special exhibition highlights the work of six Seattle area artists with over 20 artistic interpretations of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s work with partners over the last 20 years. These artworks are organized into four themes that are key to the foundation’s work.
- Ensuring more children and young people survive and thrive
- Empowering the poorest, especially women and girls
- Combating infectious diseases that particularly affect the poorest
- Inspiring people to take action to change the world
Artists began creating their artworks for this exhibition in January 2020 just as COVID-19 was spreading throughout the world. This had a strong influence on their work.
Image: SURVIVE & THRIVE: A Stronger Existence by Maya Milton