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Select Articles and eBooks: Art During a Pandemic

Art as Therapy in Times of Crisis
Rubin, Judith. “Art as Therapy in Times of Crisis.” Arte Viva Art Therapy Portuguese Magazine, no. 4, October 2014, p. 85.
Crisis Management in Interesting Times.
Clement, Tracey. “Crisis Management in Interesting Times.” Art Guide Australia, no. 125, May 2020, p. 64.
A Good Time to Be a Post-Internet Artist
Halloway, Sophia. “A Good Time to Be a Post-Internet Artist.” Art Monthly Australasia, no. 324, Winter 2020, pp. 44–46.
How Art Movements Tried to Make Sense of the World in the Wake of the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
Kambhampaty, Anna Purna. “How Art Movements Tried to Make Sense of the World in the Wake of the 1918 Flu Pandemic.” Time.com, May 2020, p. N.PAG.
How to Make Art in a Pandemic?
Barokka, Khairani. “How to Make Art in a Pandemic?” Art Monthly, no. 437, June 2020, pp. 41–42.
Shaping the 1.5-Metre Society
Kuitert, Floor. “Shaping the 1.5-Metre Society.” Frame, no. 135, July 2020, pp. 124–129.
Social Practice Art in Turbulent Times : The Revolution Will Be Live
Olson, Kristina, and Eric Jon Schruers. Social Practice Art in Turbulent Times : The Revolution Will Be Live. Routledge, 2019.
When Gallery Doors Close, a Window Opens
Kambhampaty, Anna Purna. “When Gallery Doors Close, a Window Opens.” TIME Magazine, vol. 195, no. 23/24, June 2020, p. 9.

Databases to use for local or Canadian artists

Art & Architecture Source
- Art & Architecture Source features full-text articles—as well as detailed indexing and abstracts—for an international array of journals, books, podcasts, images and more. Content includes over 640 full-text journals and more than 225 full-text books. Includes: Art Index / Abstracts / Full Text / Retrospective (formerly Wilson Databases) plus Art & Architecture Complete (EBSCO Database).
Art, Design & Architecture Collection
- The Art, Design & Architecture collection includes the specialist indexes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design and Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts) and the International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on Western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text journals, Arts and Humanities Full Text.
Art Canada Institute Online Art Books
- The Art Canada Institute is a non-profit research organization based at Massey College, University of Toronto. Founded in 2012, the ACI is the only national institution whose mandate is to promote the study of an inclusive multi-vocal Canadian art history to as broad an audience as possible, in both English and French, within Canada and internationally. The ACI works with more than 50 of Canada’s leading art historians, curators, and visual culture experts who are dedicated to the creation of authoritative original content on the people, themes, and topics that have defined Canadian art history.
Artists in Canada
- Artists in Canada, compiled and maintained by the National Gallery of Canada Library, is a bilingual union list that identifies the location of documentation files on Canadian artists. Twenty-three libraries and art galleries across Canada have contributed biographical information and lists of their documentation files to create this resource which contains information for over 42,700 artists.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Complete
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete is a reference bibliographic database that indexes journals, magazines and newsletters. This collection provides in-depth access to a wide range of Canadian periodicals, from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines.
CBC Curio & News in Review
- Thousands of programs including documentaries from CBC television and radio, news reports, archival footage and more. Commercial free.
e-artexte
- LIBRARY CATALOGUE: e-artexte contains over 26,000 records for contemporary art publications in our collection. These art books, magazines and other published works may be consulted in our reading room during our regular opening hours.
  DIGITAL REPOSITORY: e-artexte is also an open access platform for contemporary Canadian art publishers (museums, artist-run centres, art galleries, etc.), authors and artists to upload digital versions of their publications (or born digital publications) for anyone to download for free. A Creative Commons licence is attached to each digital document, and these licenses will inform users how they may re-use these digital documents.
National Film Board CAMPUS
- The NFB CAMPUS service provides a mix of Public Performance Rights for films freely viewable from the NFB site, access to films not available on the public website, and value added services. Individual authenticated users can create their own logins to take advantage of customizable options such as the custom playlists.

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Select Articles and eBooks: Art During a Pandemic

Databases to use for local or Canadian artists