Artisan / Crafts

• École d’ébénisterie d’art de Montréal is offering a Woodworking Workshop: Introduction to cabinetmaking power-tools. Discover the main tools used in a cabinetmaker’s workshop: table saw, jointer, planer, band saw, press-drill, and mitre saw. This course will be taking place on SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 from 6 PM – 10 PM and SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Deadline to register: SEPTEMBER 20, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• École d’ébénisterie d’art de Montréal is offering a Woodworking Workshop: Introduction to traditional cabinet making. Explore the basics of traditional cabinet making by creating a small chest. Learn about back saws, wood chisels through tenons and dovetails. This course will be taking place on NOVEMBER 15, 22, and 29, 2018 from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Deadline to register: NOVEMBER 8, 2018. Click here for details.

Literature / Writing

• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents True Tales: The Art of Personal Storytelling with Nisha Coleman and Taylor Tower on OCTOBER 1 – NOVEMBER 20, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents How Does a Pear Taste? Writing About Food Using Your Senses with Susan Semenak on OCTOBER 2 – NOVEMBER 20, 2018.  Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Contemplating the Poetic: Responsibility, Hatred, and Meaning with Shannon Webb Campbell on OCTOBER 2 – NOVEMBER 20, 2018.  Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Crime Fiction: The Eclectic Platform with Peter Kirby on OCTOBER 3 – NOVEMBER 28, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Crafting Stories with Style and Substance: A Short Fiction Master Class with Dimitri Nasrallah on OCTOBER 3 – NOVEMBER 28, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Why Small is Big: Approaching Literary Magazines with Susan Scott on OCTOBER 13, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Writing from a Defining Moment: A Sensory Approach to Creative Writing with Oonya Kempadoo on OCTOBER 20, 2018. Click here for details.
  

• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Break into Freelance Lifestyle Writing: A Guide for the Digital Age with Lindsay Burgess on OCTOBER 27, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters with Jo Walton on NOVEMBER 10, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Quebec Writers’ Federation presents Jump-Start Your Prose: How to Think Critically About Your Writing and Making it Shine with Cora Siré on NOVEMBER 17, 2018.  Click here for details.

Multidisciplinary / Interdisciplinary / General

• The Space Between: Embodying Relationship in Performance with Gabriela Petrov and Daphne Lorian is a workshop for artists who want to investigate and awaken an embodied awareness of relationship to themselves, to others, and to the spaces they inhabit using somatic and improvisational practices and compassionate communication. SEPTEMBER 8, 9, 2018 from 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM at the MAI. Click here for details.
  
• YES Montreal presents Jump-Start Your Art & Financing Options (also available online). Learn how to make money through your art. After the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to have a 15 minutes 1-on-1 session with a YES Artist Coach. SEPTEMBER 10, OCTOBER 1, OCTOBER 22, NOVEMBER 12, AND DECEMBER 3, 2018, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM. This workshop is free, however handouts are $2.00. Click here for details.
  
• YES Montreal presents French for Job Seekers. Improve your French-language skills and gain confidence! Price is $75.00. WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Click here for details.
  
• YES Montreal presents Quickbooks 101: Understanding the Basics. Price is $20.00. SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Click here for details.
  
• École d’art Pointe St-Charles Art School is offering a Mandala and Yoga Workshop – combining yoga with art therapy, led by Yoga Instructor Kat Teller and Art Therapist Catherine Wells. SEPTEMBER 23, 2018. Click here for details.

Music

• YES Montreal presents How to Release Music Independently with NJ Taylor (also available online). Learn how to successfully launch your next music project and how to find publicists, radio trackers, and social media managers. Price is $20.00. SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Click here for details.

Theatre

• MTL Acting Classes for Children & Teens 2018-19 Program with Julia Ainsworth offered on Saturdays 10:30 AM – 12 PM starting SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 at 6889 Blvd. St Laurent for children. Classes for teenagers run Thursday 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM starting SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 at 1208 avenue Van Horne. Click here for details.

Visual Arts

• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier is offering Modèle vivant, pose longue (live model, long poses) courses on SEPTEMBER 4 to DECEMBER 11, 2018. Price is $15.00 for 4 hours. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier is offering Portrait painting courses from SEPTEMBER 17 to DECEMBER 10, 2018. Price is $5.00 for 3 hours. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier presents: Dessin académique, pastel sex ou portrait – with Céline Bélec  on SEPTEMBER 18 to DECEMBER 4, 2018. Price is $240.30 for all 12 courses. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier presents: Peinture à l’huile académique ou pastel sec – with Céline Bélec on SEPTEMBER 20 to DECEMBER 6, 2018. Price is $166.71 for all six courses. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier presents: Trouvez votre langage pictural – Peinture acrylique – with Anne-Laure Bixquert on SEPTEMBER 24 to NOVEMBER 5, 2018. Price is $166.71 for all six courses. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Atelier de Brésoles is offering a landscape oil painting workshop with Allana Benham at Mt. Rigaud on SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 from 10 AM – 4:30 PM (rain date: SEPTEMBER 28, 2018). Price is $125.00 (taxes included). Click here for details.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier is presents: Exploration artistique et impression textile for children ages 4 – 8 years old (parents present) with Anne-Laure Bixquert on SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 from 10 AM – 12:30 PM. Price is $35.00. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier presents: Initiation à la création de motifs et sérigraphie for children ages 8 – 12 years old with Anne-Laure Bixquert on OCTOBER 13 and 20, 2018 from 10 AM – 12:30 PM. Price for two workshops is $58.00. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.
  
• Centre Culturel Georges Vanier presents: Initation à la création de motifs et sérigraphie for adults with Anne-Laure Bixquert on OCTOBER 27 and NOVEMBER 3, 2018 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. Price is $82.78. Click here for details. Please note that details are only available in French.

Circus Arts

• TOHU is hiring various positions. Click here for details. 

Film/Media

• Porte Parole is hiring an Administrative Assistant. Deadline is not listed but position will be begin as soon as possible. Click here for details.
  
• Porte Parole is hiring a Producer (full-time, maternity leave contract.) Deadline is not listed but position will begin in SEPTEMBER, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Wapikoni Mobile is hiring a Youth Outreach Worker for a four-week contract between MAY – OCTOBER, 2019. Click here for details. 
  
• Wapikoni Mobile is hiring Filmmaker Mentors for a four-weekend contract between MAY – OCTOBER, 2019. Click here for details.

Multidisciplinary / General

• Folie / Culture is hiring an Administrative Assistant. Deadline is AUGUST 3, 2018. Click here for details. Please note that this posting is only available in French.
  
• Mikw Chiyâm is hiring a Materials Coordinator. DEADLINE is AUGUST 8, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Mikw Chiyâm is hiring a Communications Coordinator. DEADLINE is AUGUST 8, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• OBORO is hiring an Administrative Assistant. Deadline is AUGUST 10, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• OBORO is seeking a candidate to fill in a Front Desk position. Deadline is AUGUST 15, 2018. Click here for details.

Music

• Pop Montreal is hiring a Financial Manager. Deadline is not listed but paid training begins SEPTEMBER 17 – 30, 2018. The position begins officially JANUARY 7, 2019. Click here for details.

Theatre

• Centaur Theatre is hiring a  Seasonal Assistant Box Office Manager. Deadline is not listed but applications will be reviewed mid August. Click here for details.
  
• Centaur Theare is hiring an Administrative Assistant. Deadline is AUGUST 8, 2018. Click here for details.

Visual Arts

• Articule is hiring a Communications and Events Assistant. Deadline is AUGUST 6, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Atelier Circulaire is hiring a Gallery and Administrative Assistant. Deadline is AUGUST 13, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• McCord Museum is hiring a Curator, Textile Archives. Deadline is AUGUST 26, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• McCord Museum is hiring Head of Client Development and Partnerships. Deadline and start date are not listed. Click here for details.
  
• SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art is hiring a Head of Public Programmes and Outreach. Deadline is AUGUST 31, 2018. Click here for details.

Looking for grant writing help? Check out ELAN’S grant writing resources and notes from our CALQ information session!

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ)

Funding for individuals:

• Acquisition and Marketing – Rolling
• Commissioned Works – Rolling
• Commissioned Works & Residences –  Rolling
• Literary shows or storytelling and hypermedia literary works – Rolling
• Professional Development – Rolling
• Promotion – Rolling
• Research & Creation – Rolling
• Research, Creation & Exploration — Rolling
• Travel – Rolling
• Specific Programming Support (Description in FR only) – Rolling

SODEC (Info in FR only)

SODEC provides funding primarly to organizations. Please check your discipline for specific deadlines.

• Film & Television
• Books & Publishing
• Fine Craft & Visual Art
• Music & Other Performing Arts

Canada Council for the Arts

Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples components

• Travel – Rolling
• Small-Scale Activities – Rolling
• Short-Term Projects –  SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Supporting Artistic Practice components

• Professional Development for Arts Professionals – Rolling
• Literary Publishing Projects –  SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Arts Across Canada components

• Travel – Rolling
• Representation and Promotion – Rolling

Arts Abroad components

• Travel – Rolling
• Representation and Promotion – Rolling
• Translation – Rolling
• Circulation and Touring –  SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
• Residencies – Rolling

Frankfurt 2020 (purchasing translation rights and publishing in Germany)

• Translation – anytime translation is completed

Conseil des arts de Montréal

General Funding Programs

• Festivals and Events – SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
• Creation and Production – SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
• Professional and associations, groups and service organizations (visual arts) – SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
• Specialized presenter (film & video) – SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Cultural Exchanges and Special Projects (for organizations receiving operating grants only)

• Cultural Exchanges and Special projects (all disciplines) – rolling

Fiscal Sponsorship

• Fiscal sponsorship (all disciplines) – rolling

Mécènes Investis Pour Les Arts (Patrons Invested in the Arts)

• Sixth edition of Mécènes Investis Pour Les Arts grant (individuals under 40-years-old, and organizations incorporated for no more than 7 years.) – AUGUST 23, 2018

Artisan / Crafts

• ELAN Member Marilynn Vanderstaay is seeking jewellery artisans who work with silver to create unique pins / brooches for an exciting new cottage industry community project to be launched in SEPTEMBER. Contact Marilynn Vanderstaay (marilynn@regardsmarilynn.com). Click here for details.

Film / Media

• fliQs queer film night is seeking submissions of short videos, films, animations, and experimental shorts. Deadline is JUNE 13, 2018. Click here for details.

Multidisciplinary / General

• North Media Arts Centre (NAISA) seeks submissions for Off the Beat(en) Track. Artists of all ages and nationalities are encouraged to submit works on the theme Off the Beat(en) Track. Deadline is JUNE 4, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Studio 303 are seeking submissions for their third Curator-in-Residence program 2018/2019. The residency aims to provide a framework for developing ideas through research, discussion, and practice. Studio 303 will help the resident curator with many aspects of programming, including: artistic direction, budget, fee policy, communications, funders, venues, etc. Emerging curators have the opportunity to imagine and program a live performance event to be held at Studio 303 on APRIL 13 or 14, 2019.  Deadline is JUNE 20, 2018. Click here for details.

Music

• Founded by ELAN member Aaron Saloman, aaronmusic productions is a new music publishing company focusing on sync licensing. Aaron is seeking submissions from all artists in all styles, who have existing music (new or old) and lack time or insight in sync placements. Submissions should be professionally recorded. Send them to MusicForTV@gmail.com.

Visual Arts

• Diagonale is accepting open submissions from artists and curators. Deadline is OCTOBER 15, 2018. Click here for details.

Writing / Literature

• The Quebec Writers’ Federation is accepting submissions for their QWF Literary Prize for Young Writers. This prize will be awarded to an emerging writer residing in Québec and is between the ages of 16 – 24. Short stories, poetry, and non-fiction are all accepted! Deadline is JUNE 15, 2018. Click here for details.
  
• Vallum Magazine is seeking submissions for The Vallum Award for Poetry 2018. Submit to win $750.00 and a publication in an upcoming issue of Vallum. Second prize is $250.00 and publication in Vallum. Click here for details.
  
• This summer 9 Montréalers from 9 different cultural communities will participate in the creation of Montréal’s first Poesie dans la cité event. Local poets, Fortner Anderson and Geneviève Létarte, are looking for 9 participants of all ages and backgrounds (who are not artists) to spend an afternoon this summer observing the events that occur around them in one of nine iconic locations in Montréal. In OCTOBER, 2018, the 9 participants will present a public reading of their lists, in a choir directed by Kathy Kennedy. ELAN is happy to partner with Poesie dans la cité in this unique cultural event celebrating English culture in Montréal. Click here for details.