“Arts in general are needed now more than they ever have been. It requires problem solving and thinking out of the box. It teaches technology. It promotes continuous learning. And at the core of it all is teamwork. The sky is the limit in terms of creativity and imagination.” Videographer Chris Alsop ELAN’s ArtEd […]
Zoom screenshot of an ELAN board meeting circa spring, 2020. Left to right / top to bottom: Karen Cho, Guy Rodgers, Blair MacKay, Louise Campbell, Bettina Forget, Paul Bracegirdle, Tim Piper, Kakim Goh, Li Li, Swati Khanna, Deborah Forde, Roger Sinha, Deirdre Potash, and Victoria Sanchez. Here we are in 2021, on the threshold […]
Help us spread the cheer as we reach the end of 2020 (I banish thee!) We know it has been an especially trying year, for some more than others. We want to end the year on an optimistic note — one that serves as a reminder that we are a community and we are here […]
Guy Rodgers with Rob Lutes filming for We’re All In This Together SENIORS Project Photo by: Bobbi-Jo Hart This has been a grindingly tough year, and few of us will be unhappy to see 2020 vanish in the rear-view mirror. Vaccines will become available in the New Year and we will emerge from the […]
The first two episodes of We’re All in This Together were filmed in the last week of November and will soon be on-line at ELAN’s new YouTube channel. The opening episode is about baking holiday cookies and the second episode is a Holiday Concert featuring Susie Arioli, Dawn Tyler Watson, Jennifer Gasoi and virtuoso Celtic […]
ELAN is scheduling six Discussion Groups about the complex identities within Quebec’s English-speaking communities and our sense of belonging. Each Discussion Group brings together people whose families arrived in Quebec during the same period and encountered similar challenges and opportunities. The first two groups brought together people whose families arrived before 1945 and between 1945 […]
Québec Relations has one more exciting webinar to close out 2020, as well as the support you need to apply for funding now and in the year to come! For artists looking to facilitate workshops in schools, there’s big news: the Ministry of Culture and Communications’ Culture in Schools Repertoire (Répertoire culture-éducation) is once […]
“Basically, we human beings, what we do is we tell stories. We tell stories about everything.” Raquel Rivera Literary Arts offer a unique way to engage and express, particularly in times when we are all looking to understand and better articulate our experiences and ways forward. ArtistsInspire’s published Authors, Poets, Screenplay Writers, […]
ARTSCAST is reaching out to the artist community to participate in the next wave of ARTSCAST events. The public wants to see your show, and ARTSCAST wants to host! Fill out the form on Facebook or Instagram to be part of our next series. ARTSCAST is adding new features to benefit the community and to make […]
Québec Relations has more of the resources you need to help you through these uncertain times, and November is no different with two can’t-miss webinars coming up! First, ELAN is pleased to present an online information session with the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CALQ) on November 19th from 2 to 3 PM. […]
Educators are contacting us and applying to use their schools’ $1500 ArtistsInspire Grants! This program connects professional Artists working in every discipline with English public schools across Quebec. Help us ensure every eligible school uses their grant this year by sharing the news with educators you know across Quebec. Click to see and share: ArtistsInspire […]
Guy Rodgers with Anne-Marie Jean CEO of CALQ at ELAN 2019 AGM. Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin Artists are remarkably resilient people and quick to create solutions in difficult situations. That is an admirable strength in normal times. The situation we are currently confronting is totally abnormal and unpredictable. Trying to figure out too many things […]
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