Guy Rodgers attending the Creative Resilience Panel event. Photography by Nasuna Ulin-Stuart The show must go on… but maybe not in any way that we have ever experienced, or can currently imagine. The COVID-19 pandemic’s ultimate impact on our personal and professional lives is impossible to estimate. Right now, ELAN is busy collecting and […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck with remarkable rapidity and is affecting every aspect of our lives: as artists, cultural workers, quarantined travelers, parents of young children, and caretakers of aging parents. To maintain the safety of ELAN’s staff, our work will be conducted remotely until further notice. Presently, our main focus will be working closely […]
The 2020-2021 provincial budget was announced last week and offered some much needed good news for artists. Overall, the culture and communications portfolio will receive an additional $1.4 billion in spending, which represents a 12.6% increase compared to 2019-2020 and a jump from 1.22% to 1.31% of total budgetary spending. Of that new spending, an […]
Over the past year, ELAN’s Québec Relations project has identified a wide range of funding sources available within the provincial government that respond to the diverse needs of English-speaking arts organizations. Based on this extensive research, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new searchable funding platform (click here) that presents key information, […]
“The first thing I learned was about artists’ stories, and the second thing I learned was to never give up.” – Student: hip-hop music workshop participant at Jimmy Sandy Memorial School The ACE Board at Jimmy Sandy Memorial School. Photo by Tina Vibert During February, we celebrated ACE – Arts, Community & Education – […]
Photo from Arts, Culture, and Heritage Working Group on February 11, 2020. Front row: Stephanie Azam (Telefilm), Peggy Lianis (Telefilm), Chuck Childs (Centaur Theatre Company), Guy Rodgers (ELAN Quebec), Danielle Azoulay (Department of Heritage Canada), Frédéric Coté (Conseil des arts de Montréal). Back row: Eric Jabbari (Advisor to the Premier of Quebec) Caroline McKinnon (Department […]
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Tony Alfonso from AMI-Quebec. All photos by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. The Access and Alternatives panel brought together the threads of conversations held throughout the Creative Resilience series, addressing the issues of scarcity and access to resources, as well as creative solutions that can inspire collaborations, and foster space for individual and community well-being. This panel was […]
From left to right: Lisa Ndejuru, Courtney Kirkby, Aimee Louw, Emily Enhorning, Lital Khaikin. All photos by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. January 30, 2020. Introduction to Access & Alternatives Creative Resilience was a series of events that took place between November 2019 and January 2020, exploring the intersections between arts and health, and the ways in which […]
Stills from videos by Daybi. On January 22, Lisa Ndejuru and Joliane Allaire facilitated the Resilience Theatre workshop, the third event in the Creative Resilience series. Through this workshop, participants confronted the ways in which physical tension and emotional blockages affect creative work and sense of self, and how techniques borrowed from theatre can provide […]
Sonia Osorio. Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. Throughout the Creative Resilience series, we explored the ways in which stereotypes around artists’ labour normalize harmful practices by creating a sense of inevitability around burn-out, sleep deprivation, and over-work. In turn, neoliberal self-care narratives put the onus on the individual artist to just “be less stressed”. Through the […]
Our free ARTS2U – Developing Connections and Collaborations Among Digital Initiatives (DCCADI) Webinar, took place on January 14 as a moderated web conference. Moderator and theatre creator Johanna Nutter hosted and interviewed an expert panel comprised of the DCCADI project team members. Experts included ARTS2U Project Manager Daniel Webster, ELAN’s Executive Director Guy Rodgers, ELAN […]
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