How will Canada’s local arts scene trans­form in the Post-COVID-19 world? How will we engage with local arts in that future? Will we still go to shows or the the­atre in the way we did before or with the same fre­quen­cy? Addi­tion­al­ly, will new trends and inno­va­tions pro­duced dur­ing the pan­dem­ic help the arts scene evolve for the bet­ter after immunity?

On today’s episode we explore Canada’s local arts scene after immu­ni­ty. Join us as we talk with Deb­bie Wern­er, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Toron­to Jew­ish Film Fes­ti­val and Faye Thom­son, Co-Direc­tor and Co-Founder of the Pro­fes­sion­al Pro­gram for the School of Con­tem­po­rary Dancers in Winnipeg.

The intro­duc­to­ry state­ment starts at 0:40

Deb­bie Werner’s inter­view starts at 3:26 (Inter­view Tran­script)

Faye Thomson’s inter­view starts at 27:42 (Inter­view Tran­script)

Our inter­mis­sion music comes cour­tesy of Vir­go Ris­ing. The track is ​“Mol­ly Ring­wald Dances in the Front Row” from their 2021 album, ​“Six­teenth Sap­phire”. Be sure to check out more of their tunes at their Band­camp: https://​vir​goris​ing​band​.band​camp​.com

If you have any thoughts or com­ments on the episode, please email us at after.​immunity@​umfm.​com