April 2021 Issue: Breakout Artists architecture Home building had all but

Home building had all but stopped during the Great Depression and World War II

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April 2021 Issue: Breakout Artists architecture Home building had all butBreakout Artists 2021 "While much of the city and the art world within it was on pause this past year, this group of Breakout Artists continued their practices, although perhaps in new and surprising ways. SaraNoa Mark spent a lot of time at the lake, weaving conversations they had there into carved asphalt sculptures. Neireda Patricia donned a mermaids tail and swam around a fish tank turned gallery on Instagram. Nat Pyper serialized a sci fi short