Arts & Culture

The Positivity Project: Staying positive during the pandemic

By Richmond Sentinel

Published 2:19 PDT, Mon May 11, 2020

Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021

Local multidisciplinary artist Rob Fillo is promoting positivity in a unique web-series aimed at providing positive media.

Fillo is the former executive director of the Richmond Arts Coalition and the current director of Counterspace Studio & Gallery (permanently closing operations due to COVID-19.) 

Not to be discouraged during these trying times, he has prepared his work from the past two years into an online interview documentary series aptly named The Positivity Project. Since 2018, Fillo has been asking for volunteers to take the time to deliver their own personal positive messages on camera. With an outpouring of generous souls from all walks of life heeding the call, Fillo has documented a multitude of deeply personal and unscripted messages from some amazing people with stories and thoughts to share.

“The overall goal of this project was to give people a voice to share their sincere heartfelt messages in a public forum. Everyone’s story is unique and everyone’s story is important," said Fillo. This is an overarching theme throughout The Positivity Project and my arts career. It just so happens that the project has completed production and is ready for release during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time when we are in desperate need of positivity.”  

A new video has been released every Monday since the onset of the virus in Canada. All guest speakers featured in the series take part on a voluntary basis and present their own stories with a positive message. 

To view The Positivity Project, you can go directly to the Rob Fillo YouTube channel or follow the link on the front page of his multidisciplinary arts website robfillo.com 

Expect a new video every Monday for the remainder of 2020. 

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