First-of-its-kind mask exhibit chronicles pandemic, protests

When the coronavirus created a shortage of face masks for frontline workers, volunteer community artisans stitched up handmade creations of all fabrics, designs and colors. As mask-making snowballed, Sara Vance Waddell had an idea: Start a collection. “Collecting is something I’ve been doing ever since I was born. It’s an obsession,” said Vance Waddell, an art collector, philanthropist and entrepreneur. “I started seeing on social media artists and folks making masks for the frontline.…