
Letter from the Executive Director – March 2023
Hello all!Our Artist Capacity Building Clinics are well on their way and I encourage you to take a minute to see if any of them interest you, you can book time with an accountant, a lawyer, and other experts in various fields and pay 12$ for…

Project News Updates March 2023
ELAN's projects are working hard all year round to bring important services, creations, and resources to the Quebec Arts community. Once a quarter, we do a round-up of project news so you can take a peek at what's on the go.
ArtistsInspire…

Québec Relations: Culture in the Schools Repertoire – Submit Your Application with Our Help! (Deadline: Feb. 16, 2023)
We’re pleased to announce that the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications’ Culture in the Schools Repertoire is once again accepting new applications from artists and writers until February 16th!
The Repertoire includes the profiles…

Call for Participants for State of the Arts: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Are you a Black, Indigenous, and/or person of colour (BIPOC) who considers yourself an artist?
Do you work in the arts, culture, or heritage sector in Quebec?
The State of the Arts on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion project is looking…

Letter from the Executive Director February 2023
February is a great time of year to turn your attention to your creative practice.The shorter days and cold weather lend well to time spent contemplating your art. Keep in mind, we are here to help. The Artist Capacity Building…

Year in Review: Thank You to our Funders!
As we look back on this year at ELAN, we want to take a moment to thank our funders who make everything we do possible. Thank you to Canada Council for the Arts, CHSSN, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal,…

Year in Review: What We Choose to Remember
The Waves of Change docu-series was a 200-year (1820-2020) oral history of Quebec’s English-speaking communities recorded on the 50th anniversary of the FLQ crisis. What We Choose to Remember is the feature-length documentary that grew out…

Year in Review: State of the Arts on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The State of the Arts (SOTA on EDI) project launched this year to begin a conversation about the present state of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion practices in Quebec English-speaking arts, culture, and heritage. The team personally engaged…

ELAN’s ArtEd Mental Health Initiative
The ArtEd Mental Health Initiative started in 2021 and is currently in its second year. In order to better equip Teaching Artists in meeting student needs, ELAN ArtEd offers Teaching Artists professional development in Mental Health through…

Year in Review: ArtistsInspire Grants
ArtistsInspire Grants have continued this year to bring arts projects from a broad range of disciplines into Quebec's schools. In the 2021-22 year, 78 Teaching Artists facilitated 248 creative projects reaching a total of 24,000 students. Workshops…

Year in Review: Advocacy
Vanessa Herrick joined ELAN as the Executive Director in February of 2022. She got down to business quickly, taking the lead on ELAN’s advocacy initiatives. In August of this year, she led the team in our first in-person Annual General Meeting…
