
Project News Updates June 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.
What We Choose…

Creative Care for Ourselves and Our Communities:
A workshop series with CHSSN to support artists' mental health
The Creative Care project aims to support the mental health and well-being of artists in Quebec through a series of workshops and events offered by health professionals…

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…

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…

Year in Review: Community Digital Arts Hub
The Community Digital Arts Hub officially opened its doors in November! These studio spaces in Montreal offer artists and arts, culture & heritage organizations access to affordably-priced studio spaces. Within their first few weeks of…

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…

What We Choose To Remember – Updates
The National Film Board, as part of its Filmmaker Assistance Program, has provided additional on-line editing, colour correction and audio mixing over the summer for ELAN’s feature-length documentary What We Choose To Remember. …

Is Supporting Youth (ages 15-29) Important to You? Paid PD Opportunity for Teaching Artists!
ELAN’s ArtEd team is excited to announce our participation in year 2 of a 3-year Youth Mental Health Initiative! The goal of the project is:
“ to improve access to mental health resources and services for young English-speaking Quebecers…

ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grants: Help Us Spread The Word!
“I’ve been teaching drama for twenty years. I was in a funk. And so I thought, I need something new, something fresh. I was very, very, very pleased [with ArtistsInspire] . It got me motivated again. It was so dynamic, I wanted to participate,…