Opening Friday, December 18, New York Responds: The First Six Months looks at the still-unfolding events of 2020 through the eyes of over 100 New Yorkers. This crowd-sourced exhibition presents objects, photographs, videos, and other artworks that document and interpret the COVID pandemic, the racial justice uprisings, and the responses of New Yorkers as they fought to cope, survive, and forge a better future. A jury of a dozen New Yorkers representing many walks of life helped to make the selection from among tens of thousands of submissions received from individual artists and from partner institutions.

Fabio Esteban’s plywood mural/painting is featured in the show and it is tittled HOPE - Esperanza and was inspired by the BLM movement during the summer of 2020 as New Yorkers struggled to find hope in times of crisis and uncertainty.