Culture in Lockdown

Lockdown

We have seen culture and creativity playing an even greater part in many peoples’ lives during the covid-19 pandemic. Artists and organisations have responded to the crisis with collective and community spirit; launching initiatives online and on social media, and through public participation. Here are just a few examples:

York Civic Trust created a gallery of Blue Badges to honour key workers.

York Museums Trust created the viral sensation, the #CuratorBattle on Twitter. They also invited people to explore their vast collections from home with their Museums from home online collections.

York Theatre Royal created Collective Acts, a programme of activities and digital events, to help their community stay connected. They also worked in collaboration with BBC Radio York to bring the York Mystery Plays to life on radio.

York Creatives’ Facebook page – York’s grassroots creative community. (including Mick Liversidge’s Outdoor Poem series)

REACH and IVE ran the Bags of Creativity programme, which supported vulnerable and disadvantaged young people’s learning in York.

York Dance Space have created a video for #REFRESH21 with some wonderful young people in lockdown (who created everything from the movement to the poetry).

Culture

Post-lockdown, the culture sector innovated, to create socially distanced events that people could enjoy safely in the city. Find out more:

York Theatre Royal’s Pop-Up on the Patio.

Park Bench Theatre’s Rowntrees Park performances.

National Centre for Early Music and Music Venue Alliance’s Songs Under the Skies.

made digital

Find out more about the incredible digital activities and virtual content created by the cultural and creative sector, to help people stay connected to the arts and heritage during the pandemic:

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