
ACE Lessons Learned: The Impact an ACE Project had on a Student-Journalist
A key component of an ELAN ACE project is to encourage multidirectional learning. Inviting a student-journalist into a project to document its progress is a great way to empower leadership skills in younger people, and have the artist and the…

Hiring! Annual General Meeting Communications Assistant
ELAN is hiring a Communications Assistant for our Annual General Meeting! This position is for an 8-week summer contract, from July 8-August 30, 2019. With the day-to-day supervision of the Communications Coordinator and the Membership Services…

ACE Lessons Learned: Ways to Implement Multidirectional Learning in an ACE Project
Lisan Chng, of MosaicJam International, says that for her, the community atmosphere and self-confidence that grow out of facilitating artistic practices are just as important as the creative practice of mosaic-making itself. Community-building…

ACE Artists in Education: Jessica Houston
Jessica Houston is an multimedia artist and participatory arts facilitator. She facilitated two ELAN ACE Projects this year, the "Magical Garden Window" project at Sunnyside Elementary in Stanstead in the Fall of 2018, and the "Future Landscapes"…

ACE Lessons Learned: The Benefits of Art for Relating and Understanding
This is the first story of a new ELAN series, "Lessons Learned". In this series, we will be highlighting insights of key stakeholders in our ELAN Artists Community Education (ACE) Initiative project on facets of the projects they are engaged…

Director’s Message – May 2019
Guy Rodgers with Rahul Varma (Teesri Duniya), Catherine Cahill (Playwrights Workshop Montréal), Hugh Mitchell (Quebec Drama Federation Board Member), Elsa Bolam (Geordie Theatre). 1989.
As many of you know, I had planned to leave ELAN this…

ACE Artists in Education: Lisan Chng
Lisan Chng is a mosaic artist, facilitator, coordinator and initiator of community mosaic projects and participatory art. She created and coordinated the ELAN Artists Community Education Initiative (ACE) project, “Magic Pots and Talking Mirrors”…

ACE Artists in Education: Louise Campbell
This is the first feature of a new series that we will be sharing on ELAN News of Artists and Arts Facilitators who are working in ELAN’s Arts Community Education (ACE) Initiative. Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional…

ACE Projects Illuminated: Reflecting on the Success of the PETES ACE Project
Two years ago, the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec experienced a devastating flood. A year later, a tornado swept through the region. At the beginning of the school year, project coordinators in schools participating in Arts, Community and…

Organization Spotlight – Black Theatre Workshop
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1977)
As ELAN Organization Member Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) approaches its 50th Anniversary, we spoke with Artistic Director Quincy Armorer about the theatre's evolution, and the programming highlights that…

Hiring! Membership & Communications Assistant
ELAN is hiring a Membership & Communications Assistant for a 10-week summer contract! The Assistant will have the opportunity to assist ELAN with preparations for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and 15th Anniversary on August 26. Interviews…

ELAN15 Booklet: Call for Submissions
This year, ELAN is marking its 15th anniversary, and what better way to do it than by celebrating the work of our members! We are printing a collectors’ edition booklet on ELAN’s history, and we want to feature a few pages of our members’…