Updated: 10:42 AM CST Mar 10, 2021 Troy Frisby Digital Content Producer An arts center in Maryland invited people to decorate face masks to support artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic and raise money for Baltimore Community Foundation’s LGBTQ Fund.Artist Joan Cox created her own steampunk, post-apocalyptic, Edgar Allen Poe-inspired mask-costume combo for the event s virtual silent auction, which was spearheaded by Maryland Art Place.People from around Baltimore were encouraged to pick up a canvas base for their mask, and the rest was up to them! All artists are welcome to create a mask. And even those who don’t think they’re an artist but love to craft and glue and do anything at all are welcome to create a mask, Cox said.For the auction, 40 percent of the proceeds were earmarked for local artists, while the rest was allocated to the fund.The LGBTQ Fund supports a variety of organizations in Baltimore, including peer counseling, suicide prevent
Artists came together to decorate coronavirus masks to be auctioned off and ultimately raised more than $13,000 to be donated to Baltimore's LGBTQ Fund.