Projects
ELAN’s projects create opportunities for Quebec artists working in English to connect with industry leaders, explore unique partnerships, and connect the arts with community wellbeing. Our projects are designed to respond to community needs and to help nurture the English-language arts community in Quebec.
Trellis Micro-grants
The Trellis Micro-grant project, supported by The Department of Canadian Heritage’s Official Languages Support Programs, seeks to highlight English-language Arts and Artists to make them visible to a broader community, and build bridges between Québec’s English-speaking minority and Francophone majority.
ArtistsInspire Grants
ArtistsInspire provides grants and support to English public elementary and secondary schools to provide quality in-person and virtual Arts & Culture Experiences with a professional artist. English public elementary and secondary schools are eligible to apply for a $1500 School Grant to include an optional add-on of a One Day Event, for a total value of $3000.
Québec Relations
The Québec Relations (QR) project seeks to develop better working relationships with relevant agencies and ministries of the provincial government and to connect artists and organizations to the information and funding they need. The QR project provides Quebec funding and grant-writing consultations. As well, the project has developed a search engine which allows users to search Quebec funding programs and information in English. [NOTE: This project is currently on pause and will be returning shortly].
Waves of Change & What We Choose to Remember
Waves of Change is ELAN’s documentary series (6 x 30 mins) about identity and belonging in Quebec’s English-Speaking Communities. Click the button to watch the series.
What We Choose To Remember is ELAN’s feature-length documentary that takes a deep dive into the thorny history of identity and belonging in Quebec. Produced with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada. Click below to see the documentary.
Youth Mental Health Initiative
The Youth Mental Health Initiative supports Artists in their professional practices, with a special focus on equipping Teaching Artists in meeting student needs. This initiative offers workshops and materials on mental health as it applies to artists and professional development for Teaching Artists on mental health as it applies to their work with children and pre-teens ages 5-14 and youth ages 15-29.
State of the Arts: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
The State of the Arts: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SOTA on EDI) is a project to capture the current landscape of the English-speaking Quebec arts, heritage, and culture sector. By exploring what equity, diversity, and inclusion means and looks like within our vibrant milieu, we wish to reflect on the specific ways these principles and practices show up on an individual, organizational, and communal level.
ArtEd Initiatives
Arts and Education are natural partners. The benefits for people of all ages in developing identity, creativity, and self-expression are well documented. ELAN’s ArtEd Initiatives include the ArtistsInspire Grants, the Mental Health Initiative and the ACE Initiative. Click below for an overview and links to resources.
