For anyone familiar with arts programs, it’s an accepted truism that art can cross boundaries which other types of human interaction can’t; or at least that art can do so more easily. A quick Google search of “art breaking down barriers” yields the following four top results.

• Breaking Down Barriers Through Art | MICA
• Breaking Down Barriers Through Art | FUS
• How art breaks down barriers and builds up communities
• Breaking Down Barriers in the Arts for People with Disabilities | NEA

Each looks at this concept from a different angle, and while 4 search results do not a scientific review make, its something I personally agree exists.

Today, I wanted instead to share a couple of examples of how I’ve seen of art, particularly of the entertainment variety, pulling communities together through the connection of the internet.

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