The artist behind the project hopes to inspire a permanent memorial in Washington D.C. More than 320,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and that number is rising by more than a thousand each day. Some local artists have come up with a unique way to honor those who've lost their lives with a memorial wall of roses. The red rose, an eternal symbol of love, is being used to memorialize those who lost their lives to COVID-19. It's called the Rose River Memorial Project, starte

The Kiwanis Family of Clubs in the San Gabriel Valley learned recently about a unique artistic opportunity. Building Bridges Art Exchange, a non-profit art organization in Santa Monica is hosting a unique project with world renowned artist, Marcos Luytens and co-founder Tilly Hinton. Marcos and Tilly have a vision of the need for a collective "grieving" process for all of us experiencing loss due to Covid-19. From this vision, they have created the Rose River Memorial Project