Disrupting "normal" patterns and habits, the novel coronavirus pandemic has created lots of time and space for people around the world. With all that time and the influence of a pandemic, artists must be creating untold amounts of new work, right?

On this episode of This Is Why, we talk with artists from around the country about how this pandemic has affected their lives and their art.

Contact:

Adam Toy - @Adam_Toy on Twitter

Dave McIvor - @d_mac1519 on Twitter

This is Why - @ThisIsWhy on Twitter

Email us - [email protected]

Guests:

Laura Stinson and Ian McFarlane, The North Barn Theatre Collective in Antigonish County, N.S.

Alexander Robinson, an emerging visual artist in Toronto, ON.

Ciele Beau, multidisciplinary visual artist and musician in Vancouver, B.C.