Digital Arts Resource Centre (formerly SAW Video) is a not-for-profit, artist-run media art centre in Ottawa, Ontario that fosters the growth and development of artists through access to equipment, training, mentorship, and programming. Our mission is to support a diverse community of media artists empowered by technology, programming and the exchange of ideas.
As a Digital Arts Resource Centre Member, you gain access to equipment, facilities, grants, residencies, workshop discounts, and so much more!
Digital Arts Resource Centre (formerly SAW Video) is a not-for-profit, artist-run media art centre in Ottawa, Ontario that fosters the growth and development of artists through access to equipment, training, mentorship, and programming. Our mission is to support a diverse community of media artists empowered by technology, programming and the exchange of ideas.
As a Digital Arts Resource Centre Member, you gain access to equipment, facilities, grants, residencies, workshop discounts, and so much more!
Starting January 12 and continuing through the end of the month, DARC’s technical department and equipment bookings will be closed for our annual inventory update.
Starting January 12 and continuing through the end of the month, DARC’s technical department and equipment bookings will be closed for our annual inventory update.
DARC will close from December 20 to January 7, 2026, and that means the return of our ever-popular holiday equipment rental deal!
Starting January 12 and continuing through the end of the month, DARC’s technical department and equipment bookings will be closed for our annual inventory update.
Starting January 12 and continuing through the end of the month, DARC’s technical department and equipment bookings will be closed for our annual inventory update.
DARC will close from December 20 to January 7, 2026, and that means the return of our ever-popular holiday equipment rental deal!
DARC and Qu’ART are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting “Meet Us Where We’re At.”
This artist talk traces the evolution of Art as Therapy: In Conversation with Creatives, a video series exploring how artists use creative practice as a form of healing, reflection, and connection. I’ll speak about moving from one-on-one interviews to dialogue-based conversations between artists, the challenges of translating intimacy to short-form
DARC and Qu’ART are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting “Meet Us Where We’re At.”
Join DARC’s Indigenous Residency recipient KJ Edwards in discussion about her latest work in progress Tethers, a mixed media installation conceived via hybrid analogue-digital workflows.
This artist talk traces the evolution of Art as Therapy: In Conversation with Creatives, a video series exploring how artists use creative practice as a form of healing, reflection, and connection. I’ll speak about moving from one-on-one interviews to dialogue-based conversations between artists, the challenges of translating intimacy to short-form
DARC and Qu’ART are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting “Meet Us Where We’re At.”
Join DARC’s Indigenous Residency recipient KJ Edwards in discussion about her latest work in progress Tethers, a mixed media installation conceived via hybrid analogue-digital workflows.
Join DARC’s Expanded Practice Artist-in-Residence, Pixie Cram, as she discusses her research into pixilation technique—a stop-motion animation style that brings live actors to life frame by frame.
DARC offers equipment rentals to Essentials and Extended Access members.
Only active DARC members may access equipment rentals. Equipment may be rented in one-week intervals.
DARC members can book time in our number of high-end production and post-production facilities.
DARC offers equipment rentals to Essentials and Extended Access members.
Only active DARC members may access equipment rentals. Equipment may be rented in one-week intervals.
DARC members can book time in our number of high-end production and post-production facilities.
DARC offers equipment rentals to Essentials and Extended Access members.
Only active DARC members may access equipment rentals. Equipment may be rented in one-week intervals.
DARC members can book time in our number of high-end production and post-production facilities.