ELAN Archive
Quebec Arts Summit
AGENDA
November 25—27, 2004
Holiday Inn—Montreal Midtown
(420 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal)
DAY 1: ARTISTS' FORUM
- 8:00—9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
- (Up the escalator one floor from main entrance)
- 9:00—9:30 a.m. INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS
- Guy Rodgers, QAS Honorary Chair
- 9:30—10:30 a.m. PLANNING WORKSHOP 1
- Dance & Music — "Ambassadeur A"
- Film and Television — "Les Verrières"
- Theatre — "Penthouse" Suite
- Visual Arts — "Executif"
- Writing & Publishing — "Senateur"
The artist delegates will assemble in workshops according to their discipline. Each workshop will be led by a professional facilitator and will have a minute-taker and an appointed reporter (one of the artist delegates).
Discussion Question #1: What are the challenges and barriers you face as an English-speaking artist in Quebec?
Discussion Question #2: What are the priority needs for developing your artistic sector now and into the future?
- 10:30—10:45 a.m. BREAK
- 10:45—12:30 p.m. PLANNING WORKSHOP 2
- The delegates return to their discipline-based workshops.
Discussion Question #3: What needs to be in place to develop your artistic sector over the next five years? (e.g. services, programs, structure)
During the lunch period, the workshop facilitators, minute-takers and reporters will meet to prepare summary points for the afternoon plenary.
- 12:30—1:45 p.m. LUNCH
- (provided)
- 1:45—3:00 p.m. PLENARY
- (facilitated by Susan Grundy, QAS Consultant)
The reporters will present the summary workshop findings for each artistic sector. The facilitator will summarize this presentation with an overview of the workshop findings — common and unique elements.
Discussion Question #4: Based on the workshop findings, what needs to be in place to develop the English-speaking arts community as a whole over the next five years? Is there anything that was not raised in the workshops?
Discussion Question #5: How do we move together to develop the English-speaking arts community? What are the next steps?
- 3:00—3:15 p.m. BREAK
- 3:15—4:00 p.m. INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOPS
- (facilitated)
The plenary will break out into three mixed-discipline groups (determined during the morning session) to discuss strategies for development with the community partners invited for Day 2.
Each group will focus on one of the following themes:
- Building Partnerships with the Education Sector
- Working with the Media
- Promoting & Presenting the Arts
- 4:00—4:30 p.m. PLENARY — WRAP-UP OF DAY 1, LOOKING AHEAD TO DAY 2
- Guy Rodgers, QAS Honorary Chair, with Susan Grundy, QAS Consultant
The entire group will reassemble to share and compare notes and questions for the community partners.
- 5:00—7:00 p.m. Cinq-à-sept
- hors d'œuvres and cash bar in the "Foyer," just outside the meeting rooms.
DAY 2: COMMUNITY PARTNERS
There will be three plenary discussions on Day 2. Each discussion will be led by a moderator, who will pose key discussion questions to a panel of community partners. The moderator will also call for questions and comments from the artist delegates and other community partners in attendance.
- 9:00—9:15 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
- Guy Rodgers, QAS Honorary Chair
- Jean-Pierre Blais, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs
- 9:15—10:45 a.m. PLENARY: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE EDUCATION SECTOR
- Moderator:
- Susan Grundy, QAS Consultant
- Panelists:
- To be confirmed
- 10:45—11:00 a.m. BREAK
- 11:00—12:30 p.m. PLENARY: WORKING WITH THE MEDIA
- Moderator:
- Philip Szporer
- Panelists:
- Carolyn Warren, Executive Producer, CBC
- Andrew Phillips, Editor in Chief, The Montreal Gazette
- Penny Lee Colbourne, CFCF 12, Take 1
- Hugh Maynard, QUANGLO Communications
- Derek Webster, Editor in Chief and Publisher, Maisonneuve Magazine
- 12:30—2:00 p.m. LUNCH
- (provided)
- 2:00—3:30 p.m. PLENARY: PROMOTING & PRESENTING THE ARTS
- Moderator:
- Jeanette Kelly, CBC Arts Reporter
- Panelists:
- Ian Ferrier, President, Quebec Writers' Federation
- Élise Ménard, Executive Director, Quebec Drama Federation
- Gaètane Verna, Director/Curator, Art Gallery of Bishop's University
- Heidi Fleming, Fleming Artists Management
- Paul Casky, Co-artistic Director, Studio 303
- 3:30—3:45 p.m. BREAK
- 3:45—4:30 p.m. PLENARY: WRAP-UP OF DAY 2, LOOKING TOWARD DAY 3 AND BEYOND
- Guy Rodgers with Susan Grundy
- The discussion will also focus on development questions for the government partners (Day 3).
DAY 3: GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
- 10:00—10:15 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
- Guy Rodgers, QAS Honorary Chair
- Hubert Lussier, Director General, Official Languages, Canadian Heritage
- 10:15—10:45 a.m. PRESENTATION OF SUMMIT FINDINGS: DAY 1 and DAY 2
- Susan Grundy, QAS Consultant
- 10:45—12:00 p.m. DISCUSSION WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
This discussion will be led by a moderator, who will pose key discussion questions to a panel of government partners. The moderator will also call for questions and comments from the artist delegates and other government partners in attendance.
- Moderator:
- Susan Grundy
- Panelists:
- Michel Lemay, Director, Arts Development and Programs, Canadian Heritage
- André Courchesne, Theatre Section, Canada Council
- Michel Pradier, Telefilm
- Michel Dozois, National Arts Centre
- Nicole Doucet, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec
Discussion Question #1: What is your department's current position regarding the immediate and long-term development of the arts sector as it impacts English-speaking artists living in Quebec?
Discussion Question #2: Based on the Summit findings presented to you this morning, where and how can your department assist in developing the English-speaking arts community over the next five years? Will this assistance require modifying existing programs or developing new ones?
Discussion Question #3: What can the artistic community do in order to bring about effective development of the sector in partnership with your department?
- 12:00—12:15 p.m CLOSING REMARKS
- Guy Rodgers, QAS Honorary Chair
- 12:15—1:00 p.m. INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS (kiosks)
- Government representatives will be available to meet individual artists to discuss specific programs.
