ELAN Seeks Arts Jury Members

ELAN is looking for your help to build a jury for a new micro-grant project

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The Trellis Micro-grant (TMG) 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.

ELAN’s TMG project will distribute micro grants to, predominantly, English- language artists and arts organizations over the next 4 years. Read more about the project here

To ensure an equitable and fair application process, ELAN has set up an easy application form and funding recommendations will be made by a blind jury of peers. Each jury will consist of representation from all arts disciplines, and an arts administrator. ELAN staff will vet applications for eligibility, then remove identifying information before sharing the applications with jury members. ELAN staff will support the jury process but will not have a vote on funding recommendations.

Jury duty will involve:

  • Logging initial impressions through a form shared online
  • Attending a jury meeting to finalize recommendations
  • All jury members will receive an honorarium for their time

There will be two application calls to be juried this year; one jury for projects spanning August 2024-March 31st 2025 and a second for projects running from April 1, 2025- March 31, 2026.

Jury 1 will meet the week of January 13th, 2025 Jury 2 will meet the week of February 10th, 2025.

If you would like to be considered as a juror, please send a letter of interest including a short bio, details of previous jury experience if any, and your contact information to trellismicrogrants [at] gmail.com *

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