ART: Stoop Sessions – A Look at Local Families During Covid

Michelle Johnsen and Josh Graupera
November 5 through 26

Opening reception Friday, November 5, 2021 | 6-8 P.M.

Throughout Spring 2020, photographer Michelle Johnsen travelled the streets of Lancaster taking pandemic porch portraits of families from a safe social distance. Multi-disciplinary artist Josh Graupera then interviewed some of these families to explore their feelings about living through the Covid-19 crisis.

Stoop Sessions is a donation-based portrait project that documents Lancaster’s experiences during COVID-19 quarantine, while also generating much needed funding to non-profits. Recipients included Crispus Attucks Community Center, Rebel Cause Day Shelter, Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition, and Meals on Wheels Lancaster.