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DigitalASO: Indigenous Circle
Explore what a positive digital future looks like for Indigenous communities in the arts and culture with Brit Johnston on Nov 4, 2020.
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2020 Brief: Year In Review (Video)
A variety of resources providing an overview of our actions and insights for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2020 are available now. Check them out!
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Digital Show and Tell
On Oct 19, 2020, share and learn from other digital leaders in free Show and Tell hosted by Digital Innovation Council and DigitalASO.
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Digital Transformation and GLAMS
ArtsPond is featured in a new international report by Culture24 on the digital transformation agenda and GLAMs in the time of COVID-19.
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Plugging in (The Power Plant)
On Oct 15, 2020, join The Power Plant's Plugging in, an online forum for youth considering a career in the arts, including ArtsPond's Jessa Agilo.
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This Space: Lessons from the landscape
On Oct 27, 2020, explore how to build access to affordable artistic communities for the public good with lessons from Canada, USA, and Europe.
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DigitalASO: Mobilizing Digital Unification
Explore "digital justice" for Black, Indigenous, Brown and people of colour in the arts, with Nasma Ahmed of Digital Justice Lab on Oct 15, 2020.
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Essential Digital Tools (Pandemic Edition)
A whirlwind introduction to essential digital tools for managing time, money, people, building creative programming, and engaging community.
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Crip Culture and Digital Experiments
Critical Distance presents, Crip Culture and Digital Experiments, with Jessa Agilo, Aimi Hamraie, Yo-Yo Lin, and Lindsay Fisher on Sep 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm Eastern.
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Justice More
Previews are now available for two upcoming reports on spatial precarity and digital justice for equity-seeking groups in arts and culture.
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DigitalASO Roundtables: Making Art!
Do not miss the next DigitalASO roundtables with a creative twist on Sep 23 (Ontario + Northern Canada) and Sep 24 (Western Canada).
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A spotlight on our current resources, events, and activities
I Lost My Gig
I Lost My Gig Canada is a shared space for arts and other vulnerable freelance and gig workers in Canada and beyond to share stories and resources addressing the impacts of COVID-19.
COVID19 Response
Inviting Canadian leaders to join a collaborative research task force designing shared strategies to evaluate the impacts of COVID19 on the arts, culture, tourism, and heritage organizations.
What Space
What Space is a major resource investigating the roots, ripples, and responses to spatial precarity and gentrification in the arts. Early previews available now prior to final publication in Fall 2020.
Research Insights
Research Insights is a series of reports on designing a cooperative digital future for managing the arts. Early previews are available now prior to final publication in Fall 2020 to Spring 2021.
Actions
Introducing our core creative actions on-the-ground and in-the-cloud
Digital Shift
Launched in 2016, DigitalASO is a cross-sectoral effort to empower the digital transformation of Canadian arts services through digital literacy research, training, platform and alliance-building.
De-gentrify Ontario
Founded in 2017, Groundstory is a collective impact effort with a mandate to uproot the adverse effects of gentrification on the arts and other vulnerable, low-income groups in Ontario.
Hatch Open
Initiated in 2019, Hatch Open is an open source Arts Resource Planning software solution that serves as the core technology for Artse United. Early-stage prototyping includes financial and project management and business intelligence analytics.
Go Artsy
Artse United is an emerging digital arts management platform cooperative serving individual creators and producers and larger organizations across all disciplines in Canada.