Elan Language Arts Network

Let's create an art book together

Sat 18 May, 2013 - Member News

For the past two years Denise Buisman Pilger has been working on a series of 34 artworks called ‘Discoveries: Montreal’. In this series she explores the boroughs on the island of Montreal, capturing the iconic and quirky details that make every borough unique, turning each into a one-of-a-kind mixed media panel. Now that the series is almost completed the artist wants to give each of you the opportunity to own the entire series in the form of a high quality art book.

To help realize this dream the artist has created an IndieGoGo crowd sourcing campaign to raise funds to help with the costs of creating the book. There are some amazing rewards ranging from personalized cards and high quality prints to acknowledgements in the book and signed copies.

Robyn Sarah: NMA shortlisting, book reissue

Fri 17 May, 2013 - Member News

Robyn Sarah’s long poem, “My Shoes Are Killing Me”, published in The New Quarterly last spring, has been short listed for a National Magazine Award for poetry. The nomination is a timely one, as Sarah's out-of-print collection, Questions About the Stars (Brick Books, 1998), has just been reissued in a limited second printing. 
 

Theatre Wakefield’s Ta Da! Festival

Start Date: Fri 14 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Sun 16 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events

The Ta Da! Festival is a lively new theatre weekend in the village of Wakefield featuring new works and established productions, held June 14-16. Ta Da! is a curated festival with a mix of touring favourites, world premières, and readings of new scripts from Outaouais writers. Fans will see exciting performances and art installations in and around the state-of-the-art Great Hall performance space at the Wakefield La Pêche Community Centre. The Centre has ample free parking, and is located just a short walk from fine the dining strip on Riverside Drive by the lovely Gatineau River.

Website: tadafestival.ca 

Email: info@tadafestival.ca

Learn more about The Beatles, Downtown Montreal Architecture, and Socially engaged photography with McGill's PACE Program

Start Date: Fri 17 May, 2013 - End Date:Fri 17 May, 2013 - Community Events

This summer, check out the plethora of workshops, tours and conferences organized by McGill's Personal And Cultural Enrichment Program's, all related to the arts.

These include: "As Seen From the Sidewalk: The Architecture of Downtown Montreal," a fourt-part walking tour and course on the development of architecture in downtown Montreal; "Humane Exposures: A Photographer’s Workshop for Social Engagement," a workshop that will look at the intersection of personal photography art practices and social engagement; and "The Musical and Cultural Significance of The Beatles," a four-part lecture workshop series on... guess!

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'Pierrot & the Moon' by MetaPhysical Theatre at the Fringe

Start Date: Sat 15 Jun, 2013 - End Date:Sun 23 Jun, 2013 - Artistic Events

As part of the rapidly approaching Festival St. Ambroise Fringe de Montréal, ELAN member MetaPhysical Theatre (a.k.a. Rosy Cheeks Co-op) will present its Honourably Mentioned Best of the Fringe production, 'Pierrot & the Moon' (2012 Toronto Fringe). Presented in a bold visual and physical theatre style that features puppetry, pantomime and commedia dell'arte, 'Pierrot & the Moon' tells the story of the clown Pierrot, newly minted for the 21st century and new to Paris.

The production opens on Saturday, June 15th at 8:15 p.m. and runs throughout the festival at Venue #9, M.A.I. (Montréal Arts Interculturels), 3680 rue Jeanne Mance.