Created August 17, 2020

Let us not forget all those working through this pandemic to feed our nation. Farmworkers are among those at highest risk for Covid-19 due to work and living conditions that make physical distancing virtually impossible. True heroes.

From exhibition America Disrupted, featuring a series of watercolors painted during the Covid-19 quarantine. At once a record of the artist’s emotional response to our current era, it is also a time Jay Samit found himself conflicted about his nation’s history. Part therapeutic, part social commentary, Samit’s palette reveals the fissures in American society further exposed by this unsettling period.