Filter 2020 Archive
NTLM helped set up an ofrenda and memorial slideshow for Día de Muertos at Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Created by the Martha Nora Zarate & others. Photographed by Elena Martinez on November 4, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.0247.A)
NTLM helped set up an ofrenda and memorial slideshow for Día de Muertos at Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Created by the Martha Nora Zarate & others. Photographed by Elena Martinez on November 4, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.0265.A)
Jenny Romaine working on the October 2020 memorial at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, New York, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Created by the NTLM team. Photographed by Nicky Conti. (SP_MEM_IM.0167.A)
The team hung memorial artwork on the trees inside the Church cemetery at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, New York, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Photographed by Nicky Conti. (SP_MEM_IM.0208.A)
Pedestrians at the memorial created by the NTLM team at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, New York, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Photographed by Nicky Conti. (SP_MEM_IM.0218.A)
The memorial hung on the fence of St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, New York, NY, up from October 30–November 15, 2020. Created by the NTLM team. Photographed by Nicky Conti. (SP_MEM_IM.0216.A)
Isabella Center Memorial created by the Jenny Romain & NTLM team, Washington Heights, NY, on August 10, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.3731.A)
Installation team included Jenny Romaine, Elena Martinez, Hanna Griff-Slevin, Angela Fernandez, and Megan Paradis Hanley at Isabella Center, Washington Heights, NY, on August 10, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.3724.A)
The installation team built the memorial in a nearby park and then walked over to the Isabella Center to install it. In 2020, we usually did not seek official permisison for our memorials. Memorial created by the Jenny Romaine & NTLM team at Isabella Center, Washington Heights, NY, on August 10, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.3728.A)
In September 2020, we planned a distributed action and invited mourners around the country to create their own shrines and memorials between September 7-11, 2020. Created by the NTLM team. (SP_MEM_IM.1392.A)
In September 2020, we planned a distributed action and invited mourners around the country to create their own shrines and memorials between September 7-11, 2020. Flyer in Chinese, created by the NTLM team. (SP_MEM_IM.1393.A)
In September 2020, we planned a distributed action and invited mourners around the country to create their own shrines and memorials between September 7-11, 2020. Flyer in Spanish, created by the NTLM team. (SP_MEM_IM.3681.A)
Memorial Day action: Manhattan install team. Memorial created by Jenny Romaine and others at Seward Park Extension, Ridge St. & Broome St., New York, NY, on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1660.A)
Leigh Hendrix created a memorial in at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Indiana, PA, between September 7-11, 2020. Photographed by Leigh Hendrix. (SP_MEM_IM.1163.A)
Memorial Day Action: Manhattan. Memorial created by Jenny Romaine and others at Seward Park Extension, Ridge St. & Broome St., New York, NY. Photographed by Erik McGregor on May 20, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1661.A)
Emily Socolov sent photos of flags for the dead in Austin, Texas, between September 7-11, 2020. Photographed by Emily Socolov. (SP_MEM_IM.0355.A)
Memorial Day Action: Staten Island memorial outside Verrazano Nursing Home. Memorial created by Mary Feaster, Rachel McCullough, and Megan Paradis Hanley at Verrazano Nursing Home, Staten Island, NY, on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.1352.A)
Erica Ryland created a shrine with the New York Times front page naming the dead. Created in Washington, CT, between September 7-11, 2020. Photographed by Erica Ryland. (SP_MEM_IM.1173.A)
Rachel McCullough and Mary Feaster installing the memorial outside Verrazano Nursing Home Verrazano Nursing Home, Staten Island, NY, on May 20, 2020. Memorial created by Mary Feaster, Rachel McCullough, and Megan Paradis Hanley. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.1347.A)
Jenny Romaine created a memorial honoring transit workers in New York, at Jackie Gleason Bus Depot, Sunset Park, NY, between September 7-11, 2020. Photographed by Jenny Romaine. (SP_MEM_IM.0341.A)
Memorial Day Action: Queens installation with Make the Road New York. Memorial created by Make the Road New York at Corona Plaza, Queens, NY on May 21, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.0064.A)
Memorial Day Action: The Queens memorial installation was part of a larger action by Make the Road New York, calling for rent cancellation, including excluded workers in the recovery bill, and freeing incarcerated people who were particularly susceptible to COVID-19. Make the Road also projected names of the dead onto a building near Corona Plaza. Memorial created by Make the Road New York at Corona Plaza, Queens, NY on May 21, 2020. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.0378.A)
24 hour vigil online, from May 20-21, 2020, planned by NYC organizers to read the names of those lost to COVID-19. Created by the Naming the Lost coalition. Photographed by Megan Paradis Hanley. (SP_MEM_IM.3721.A)
NTLM installed a memorial space as part of the Fast to Fund Excluded Workers, led by the Recovery4All coalition. Created by the NTLM team & protest attendees at Madison Square Park, Midtown, NY on July 16, 2020. Photographed by Mary Feaster. (SP_MEM_IM.0077.A)
Fund Excluded Workers memorial altar created by the NTLM team & protest attendees at Madison Square Park, Midtown, NY on July 16, 2020. Photographed by Lyra Monteiro. (SP_MEM_IM.0075.A)
Names of those who died in nursing homes were hard to find in 2020, so this memorial cited the number of people lost in nursing homes around the country. Created by the Jenny Romaine & NTLM team for installation at Isabella Center, Washington Heights, NY on August 10, 2020. Photographed by Elena Martinez. (SP_MEM_IM.1358.A)
Artwork added to the 2020 Green-Wood Memorial by an unknown contributor at on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Alexa Aviles on May 24, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1429.A)
Artwork added to the 2020 Green-Wood Memorial by an unknown contributor on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Alexa Aviles on May 25, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1407.A)
Banners for the first Naming the Lost installation in Arabic, Spanish, English, Mandarin, and Yiddish. Created by Jenny Romaine & artists at Building Stories in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Jenny Romaine in May 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.3676.A)
Artwork added to the 2020 Green-Wood Memorial by an unknown contributor on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Alexa Aviles on May 25, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1408.A)
Memorial Day Action: Bronx Memorial installed at the EMS Station at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY, created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, and others on May 19, 2020. Filmed and Photographed by Carla Rice. (SP_MEM_MI.1344.A)
Artwork added to the 2020 Green-Wood Memorial by an unknown contributor on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Alexa Aviles on May 30, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1398.A)
Bronx team installing the first memorial at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY. Memorial created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, Bobby Sanabria, and others on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1616.A)
Artwork added to the 2020 Green-Wood Memorial by an unknown contributor on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Photographed by Alexa Aviles on June 10, 2020. (SP_MEM_IM.1470.A)
Handmade butterfly nameplates honoring individuals who had died of COVID-19. Memorial created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, Bobby Sanabria, and others at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1618.A)
Memorial Day action: Jenny Romaine and memorial maker install the Manhattan memorial at NYC Housing Authority’s Seward Park Extension on the Lower East Side, New York, NY on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1638.A)
Martha Zarate installing the memorial at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY. Memorial created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, Bobby Sanabria, and others on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1619.A)
Memorial-makers wrote names of the dead on paper masks. Memorial created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, Bobby Sanabria, and others at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1627.A)
“My friend who used to be the head of the EMS union talked to the head of the EMS station to make sure we were okay. The police still stopped by and said it was Jacobi property, not EMS property—but they were nice and said they would just touch base with Jacobi—hopefully all will be okay.” – email from Elena Martinez to the NTLM team. Memorial created by Elena Martinez, Leenda Bonilla, Luis Pagan, Martha Zarate, Ed Alvarez, Bobby Sanabria, and others at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1630.A)
Bronx memorial installation team: Elena Martinez, Bobby Sanabria, Luis Pagan, Leenda Bonilla, Ed Alvarez, & Martha Zarate. Memorial created at Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY on May 19, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1631.A)
Alexa Avilés installs the first memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery, 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1665.A)
Brooklyn memorial installation. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community at Green-Wood, 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1669.A)
Memorials included materials for passers-by to add the names of their loved ones. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community at Green-Wood, 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1671.A)
An adult, a young person, and a dog pass the 2020 Green-Wood memorial on 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 2020. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1672.A)
Butterfly template honoring Abraham and Eva Candelaria, who both died of COVID-19. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community at Green-Wood, 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1673.A)
Memorial Day Action: Brooklyn installation team. Memorial created by Alexa Avilés and community at Green-Wood, 25th St. & 5th ave., Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 2020. Photographed by Erik McGregor. (SP_MEM_IM.1674.A)
