The coronavirus pandemic – now having consumed the last two years of our lives – has been the longest, shortest, weirdest time to be alive. Despite the ever-present challenges, we are slowly marching into the new normal, whatever that is. In endless attempts to rekindle social lives and creative livelihood, a new culture is in the making. How that culture will flesh out, only time will tell.

In the meantime, it’s important to recognize artists who have persevered in the face of every imaginable limitation,…