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,…
What We Choose To Remember – Exclusive Offer for ELAN Members and ELANews Subscribers
For the past two years ELAN has partnered on a project about identity and belonging with five other community organizations: Black Community Resource Centre, LEARN, Seniors Action Quebec, Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network and…
Québec Relations Webinar: Anti-Oppressive and Non-Hierarchical Practices for Arts Organizations
Are you interested in implementing anti-oppressive practices within your arts organization? Our next Québec Relations webinar is for you! Join us on May 26th from 5 to 7 PM as we welcome representatives from articule, an open-access artist-run…
ELAN ArtEd’s Youth Mental Health Initiative
Supporting Students Through Supporting Teaching Artists
As Teaching Artists, we are often alone, carrying deep emotional experiences the youth share with us or dealing with conflicts or complicated group dynamics. This is a very meaningful…
Teaching Artists As Art Educators, Community Members And Role Models
Teaching Artists hold a special place in schools as guests who bring new and exciting ways of relating with students. When a Teaching Artist returns to the same school for multiple projects, they become members of the school community, developing…
What We Choose to Remember to Open Hudson Film Festival
ELAN’s feature length documentary What We Choose To Remember will be launched as the opening film of the Hudson Film Festival on May 13. Director Guy Rex Rodgers will participate in a Q & A after the afternoon and evening screenings. Keep…
ArtistsInspire School Grants: Deadline Extension!
“How do we Stay Connected in a world pandemic? Bringing teachers, students and artists together virtually or in-person allows us to create unique and meaningful projects. These experiences connect, revive and inspire us!" Teaching Artist…
Participate in Post Pandemic Action Research, Issues and Ways Forward
The ARTSCAST Post Pandemic Action Plan, Issues and ways forward, Artist and Producer survey is gathering responses with regard to the relaunch of live events along with additional opportunities to include digital value added options…
Waves of Change & What We Choose to Remember
Waves of Change
The final pair of extended Waves of Change videos is now available on ELAN’s YouTube channel. You can read an article about Waves of Change by Deborah Rankin in Montreal Times. Next, the team turns to creating a…
ArtistsInspire School Grants: Supporting Youth Mental Health Through The Arts
"[Spoken Word Artist Rachel McCrum] brought us each agency, by helping students discover the power of words to be able to shape one’s experience of struggle… [M]any students cite Rachel’s virtual visits and lessons as the most…