DigitalASO

Digital Shift

Initiated in 2016, DigitalASO / OSANumériques is a cross-sectoral effort with a five-year mandate to empower the digital transformation of Canadian arts services through digital literacy research, training, alliance- and platform-building. Activities include:

• Digital Arts Services Symposium
  Semi-annual, three-day digital literacy conference in 2019 (Toronto) and 2017 (Toronto & Ottawa)
• Managing Creativity in a Digital World 
  Digital arts services needs survey disseminated across Canada in 2017 and 2020 (pending)
• Hatch Open
  Development of open source arts management software solution for small creators and producers
• Artse United
  Research and planning for emerging arts management platform cooperative
• Digital Arts Services Alliance
  Research, planning, and sector outreach to establish a multidisciplinary national network for stewarding the growth of digital arts services platforms, skills, and knowledge

Note: A major update is coming in Spring 2023 on DigitalASO activities funded by the Canada Council for the Arts’ Digital Strategy Fund. This includes a major research report outlining steps to positive digital future called “So Far” that is based on insights gathered during national DigitalASO roundtables from 2020 to 2022. It also includes updates on the development of an open source software module of Hatch Open that supports sharing knowledge and mapping ecosystems in the emerging digital arts services sector and other industries across Canada and internationally.