Multidisciplinary

In 2021, the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, in partnership with SFU post-doctoral fellow Carolyne Clare and Global Public Affairs, started a conversation with British Columbians — about creativity. We sought to answer two key questions:

In Art and the World After This, Metcalf Innovation Fellow David Maggs outlines four interrelated disruptions faced by Canada’s non-profit arts sector and identifies the unique value art brings to society. As an artist, academic, and sustainability scholar, Maggs brings a unique perspective to the subject of disruption and transformation. The report is informed by consultations and conversations with numerous arts workers, funders, and academics from across the country and beyond.

Initiated prior to the pandemic in 2019, the study was designed to reflect the ongoing status within provincial education systems. The report is being hailed as a significant expert resource for those who develop educational policy and rebuild consistent and valued music programming into core curriculum.

The Soulful Colour brand has vibrant colouring books that provide an uncomplicated, creative and fun way to support and deliver powerful messages of financial wellbeing, mental wellbeing, representation, diversity, inclusion, selfcare, community, legacy, just to name a few areas. The books achieve this through the positive illustrations that are partnered with powerful affirmations, quotes and mantras.

Brainstream is an interactive animated film created by the National Film Board of Canada and Studio AATOAA. The viewer "massages" the thoughts of a teenage girl, supporting her during a difficult time. The accompanying lesson helps students develop skills in mental health advocacy, empathy, and arts appreciation.