Learning and Planning Together to Connect with Youth
Good Shepherd ACE Team with project design template. Photo by Paula Knowles.
By ArtEd Lead Consultant, Christie Huff.
ELAN’s ArtEd program had a very busy October as we connected with hundreds of Artists and Educators.…
Artists Illuminated – Venus Lukic
Venus Lukic was born in Toronto and lived in South Korea following her BFA at OCAD in 2010. She has been living in Montreal since 2017. She is an interdisciplinary artist who is mainly focused in painting and conceptual art practice. Her work…
Performative Discussion: burn-out
Image courtesy of Studio 303.
What is burn-out?
We are beginning Creative Resilience, our new mini-series on arts and health, with an open discussion on burn-out. Burn-out, a word increasingly familiar in creative industries, is not just…
ELAN 15: 2008
ELAN's 5th AGM.
What do official language minority-language artists need in Quebec?
In ELAN’s foundational years, this essential question guided our efforts to better understand and serve our members (and potential members), and shape…
Organization Spotlight – Studio 303
ELAN staff Camille Horrocks-Denis sat down with Kim-Sanh Châu and Miriam Ginestier, co-directors of Studio 303. Miriam Ginestier has been involved with Studio 303 since 1990 whereas Kim-Sanh Châu joined the team in 2013, and became co-director…
Director’s Message – October 2019
Photo from State of the Arts "TEXTURES" by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin.
ELAN’s ArtistsInspire Grants project is in full delivery mode this month, after months of promoting the new opportunity to schools, registering experienced artists, developing…
ArtEd Initiatives Begin the 2019-20 “Connect” Phase
In 2016, ELAN developed a project to explore how the organization could support its network of Artists in connecting with schools across the province. Funding from the Government of Canada enabled ELAN to design, test, and scale strategies…
Press Release: 15 Years of ELAN
On Monday, August 26, ELAN (English Language Arts Network) will be celebrating 15 years of serving the English-speaking arts community of Québec!
“ELAN is an organization for artists, by artists, and as a result, our projects and advocacy…
ARTS2U @ IETF Hackathon
Image from IETF Hackathon, by Dan Webster.
Working to improve the discovery and circulation of arts events on the internet, ARTS2U took part in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Hackathon 105, held in Montreal on July 20-21.…
Director’s Message – August 2019
Image from ELAN's 2016 AGM: Front row, centre: Bettina Forget; second from left: Kristelle Holliday. Back row, second from left: Amy Macdonald; fourth from right: Fortner Anderson.
This month ELAN is saying farewell to Amy Macdonald,…
Official Language Community Media Consortium meets with Minister Mélanie Joly
The Official Language Community Media Consortium has been working for the last two years to raise awareness of the urgent necessity for government support for media in a minority language situation.
Through the…
Bill 21 Discriminates Against Quebecers: Statement from ELAN
As an organization serving the minority-language community of English-speaking Quebecers, ELAN strongly condemns the implementation of Bill 21 and Justice Michel Yergeau’s decision last week to reject an appeal from civil rights organizations…