The pandemic has highlighted the need for accessibility within arts by presenting us with a rather large barrier to overcome. These barriers existed pre-pandemic, just not for all of us. For a myriad of reasons, many people were never able to get exposure to the arts. We’ve learned many of these accommodations were always feasible, as solutions were found once necessity demanded invention. As we come out of Covid, we have to ask  the question: what other roadblocks to accessibility remain?

One group that has been working to close this gap is Boulevard Arts, a New York-based immersive art and culture technology company that develops experiences via virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. Co-founder Elizabeth L. Reede joins us to speak on their newly-launched collaboration with Lighthouse Immersive to develop an app that equalizes arts accessibility for the public.