• Music
    Susie Arioli

    These days she’s considered one of Montreal’s most successful jazz-and-blues vocalists, but back in the nineties, Susie Arioli was singing in the backrooms of the city’s many jazz clubs, trying to catch a break. That break came when Arioli met guitar player J...

  • Visual Arts
    Jeanie Riddle

    Director and curator of the Parisian Laundry Gallery since 2005 Jeanie Riddle has steered this fledgling cultural venture, found along the northernmost reaches of St. Henri, into one of the city’s top hubs for daring creativity that pushes the boundaries of contemporary ...

  • Theatre
    Lorne Elliot

    The Montreal Mirror called Lorne Elliott a “national treasure.” For 11 seasons (1995–2006) he hosted CBC radio’s Madly Off in all Directions, which criss-crossed Canada showcasing local comic and music talent in every corner of the country. Eac...

  • Film and Television
    Ezra Soiferman

    Filmmaker Ezra Soiferman finds iconic street-level subjects and tells their stories in humorous documentaries. After looking at the mythologized Montreal diner, Cosmos, in Man of Grease (2000), a documentary film nominated for a Jutra Award for Best Documentary in 200...

 
 
 
 

The vision behind ELAN’s Recognizing Artists: Enfin Visibles ! project was simple: Artists need to be part of a community, and communities need artists. Quebec is not simple. It is a complex mix of linguistic, geographic and cultural communities. Most of Quebec’s “English-speaking” artists are bilingual, trilingual or multilingual. Many were born in Quebec where their families have lived for generations, while others immigrated here as children or were drawn as adults for a wide variety of reasons. RAEV reveals a surprising diversity of stories.

PROFILES
Peers and fans proposed more than 1,700 artists for ELAN's RAEV project. The 154 artists selected for this “group portrait” represent multiple artistic disciplines, regions and career stages: from internationally renowned icons to emerging artists creating a buzz in the local scene. These short bios are a snapshot of a much larger artistic community.*

VIDEOS
The videoclips show 24 artists at work and ask questions about what it means to be part of a minority community that is also connected to an international linguistic majority. Being a minority/majority within a majority/minority creates unpredictable identities.

HISTORIES
These essays place the current artistic renaissance in a historical context, outlining major characters, events and previously undocumented stories. The interactive format invites readers to enrich the content by adding their own anecdotes and personal memories.

MAP
Culturealacarte.ca is an online map that helps you find shows, venues and artists in your neighbourhood and across the province.

*Note: The RAEV project features living artists but in the future we will be adding a section to honour the memory of artists from past generations.