Infectious Compassion

Monica Moore creates heart collages in memory of Covid victims

Recently I went on a magazine assignment to write about Arkansas artist Monica Moore’s "Hearts Project.” The full article is in the hard-copy edition of The Idle Class magazine this month.

“The Hearts Project: A Covid-19 Memorial” is a remembrance of approximately 13,000 Arkansans who died from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project comprises 2,700 hand-cut paper hearts, each symbolizing a life lost, arranged in multi-colored geometric patterns. Three six-foot wooden frames contain the hearts.

Shown here is Monica Moore with one of the three large collages. (Photo copyright 2025 Mickey Mercier).