A painting a day keeps COVID-19 away

Author: Carli Williams

Though travel is not currently possible due to the global pandemic, Professor of Architecture at the Rome Global Gateway Ettore Mazzola has found a unique and beautiful way to transport his students across Italy during the quarantine. He initiated a personal challenge to create one work of art each day and has been posting his artwork on Instagram to share with others. Most of his recent sketches and watercolor paintings are dedicated to his students and feature locations of field trips and site visits the class would have taken together.

Mazzola is one of three professors of Architecture at the Rome Global Gateway who have been coping with the pandemic and expressing their sentiments through art.

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A Painting a Day Keeps COVID-19 Away