CHUO, COVID-19 creativity: Ottawa Black artists reflect on their work in the pandemic

Published on February 5th, 2021

Excerpt from interview:

“Solitude has become familiar for people all over the world during the pandemic and for artists in Ottawa, COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns have often brought creative slumps.

Ottawa digital painter, Lorgio Nim, said the pandemic did not bring many changes to his own creative process, but he definitely sensed a change in his peers.

“I’ve seen my peers who are very extroverted in their approach to expressing their art form, who do performative arts or paint live, they have been very affected because we can’t gather in crowds,” Nim said.”

Read: https://canada-info.ca/en/covid-19-creativity-ottawa-black-artists-reflect-on-their-work-in-the-pandemic/