DIGITAL LITERACY
Building digital-ready organizations and practices.
THRIVE Digital
From 2020 – 2023 Arts BC facilitated the THRIVE Digital program. This program was designed to support the digital journey of arts and culture workers, by providing skills and knowledge building opportunities, such as workshops, virtual residencies and more!
Since the close of the THRIVE program, we have integrated the learning opportunities and support into our regular programs including our Resource Library, Insight Team, and Community Cultural Forums.
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Digital Literacy Approach
Our approach to digital literacy is designed to be a multi-year initiative to support cultural workers and artists gain the skills and tools they need to successfully navigate the digital world. The first phase of this project, DigistARTS, focused on community consultation and research to better understand the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in the Arts & Culture sector.
Phase 2 THRIVE Digital. Stage two of the program (2020-2023) was designed as a focused initiative to transform our findings into learning opportunities in the form of workshops, peer learning groups, and more.
For us, building digital literacy means getting comfortable with digital. More importantly, it’s about thinking strategically about the role digital tools play in our everyday work and creativity. In addition to how we respond to digital trends that drive key areas in our work such as audience engagement, marketing communications, content development, collaboration and fundraising.
DigistARTS
Our initiative’s phase 1 program, DigistARTS, was developed in partnership with Nordicity. This program emerged in response to the challenges among artists and cultural workers with integrating digital tools into their practices.
Over the course of 2019, we conducted a needs assessment around digital literacy with local community artists and cultural workers. In response to our findings, we’ve compiled a list of essential tools in the form of a Resource Guide to act as a key starting point.
Generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Have Questions?
Are you interested in learning more or have questions about DigistARTS? Email us at [email protected] or give us a call at +1-778-410-5104.
