Digital Arts and
Culture Collections

March 15, 2020. As COVID-19 threatens more and more of our sense of normalcy, it also creates a sense of fear and panic that is slowly eroding away at reason, common decency, and humanity. The pandemic has required social distancing, which is necessary to flatten the curve and reduce the risk to those who are more likely to be seriously affected by the virus. But through that social distancing has also come mental isolation, which is not good for a community, a country, or an entire population that needs to support one another in crisis. Beyond that, the economic impact of this pandemic is putting arts companies, arts education programs, and artists at risk of losing their audiences long-term, their funding, and/or their livelihoods. At a time when we need arts and culture the most, we are losing it. BUT there is a way to reclaim it and continue to support arts and culture even if we can't physically be in these artistic spaces. It won't be the same collective experience of attending a performance, but nonetheless, it will keep arts and artists closer to the forefront of our minds so that they do not get lost altogether.

Below is a list of organizations, services, and movements that offer streaming of various arts and culture programming. I will continue to update this list as I find new content. Please share this. Please enjoy and explore these sites and their collections. This is important.

~Alison Bowie, Dramaturg, Arts Educator, PhD Candidate (Montréal, Québec, Canada)