How is the coronavirus pandemic inspiring Utah artists? In at least 21 different ways.

Utah artists are just like the rest of us: Stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

But they also have their imaginations and their talent, so they have been able to channel the experience into images. That’s what 21 artists did, and I got the honor of curating their images into a “virtual art gallery” for The Salt Lake Tribune.

Click here to see the gallery.

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Here are more stories I’ve written in the last week as part of the Tribune’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic:

• Crowds flocked to the Utah State Capitol for Easter weekend, to the dismay of officials worried about the virus spreading.

• The Utah Shakespeare Festival announced its plans to carry on for 2020, with a shortened season.

• A “bold experiment” to get Utah visitors to fill out surveys about their travels hit a glitch: Texts aimed at drivers entering the state went far afield.

• The Gunnison Valley Gazette, a small-town paper in southwest Utah, announced it was folding after 15 years — in part because of the economic hit dealt by the pandemic.

• The Sundance Institute is pledging $1 million to artists who have been hurt economically by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Project Protect, an effort to get 10,000 people a week to sew medical-grade masks, launched this week — in what’s being called the biggest volunteer effort in Utah since the 2002 Winter Olympics.

• I had a small piece of Friday’s coverage of Gov. Gary Herbert’s announcement of the state of Utah’s plans to reopen the economy.

I highly recommend you all to read the Tribune’s coronavirus coverage.