{"id":27134,"date":"2019-04-30T16:34:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=27134"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:44:15","slug":"directors-message-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guy Rodgers with Rahul Varma (Teesri Duniya), Catherine Cahill (Playwrights Workshop Montr\u00e9al), Hugh Mitchell (Quebec Drama Federation Board Member), Elsa Bolam (Geordie Theatre). 1989.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As many of you know, I had planned to leave ELAN this year because the 15th anniversary seemed like a propitious moment for a leadership transition. That plan was put on hold when the Secretariat for Relations with English Speaking Quebecers funded a new project that is dear to my heart. I first became an arts activist, straight out of the National Theatre School, back when it was seriously challenging to be an English-speaking artist in Quebec. There were many reasons for that, ranging from language barriers to a lingering myth that Anglos were wealthy and did not require public funding. Most of those conditions have changed, but surveys confirm that English-speaking artists still feel closer to Canada Council and the Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al than to CALQ. SODEC is perceived to be less welcoming than Telefilm.<\/p>\n<p>This project, which we have named Qu\u00e9bec Relations, will devote the next two years to identifying all provincial sources of funding that could benefit cultural workers, from regular arts programs to support for employment, infrastructure, regional and economic development. In parallel to this, we will document community needs, and then help connect needs to support. I have hired Sophie Croteau (we will introduce Sophie in next month\u2019s ELANews) as Research Coordinator, and have opened a new office for this project.<\/p>\n<p>ELAN\u2019s new neighbours on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> floor at 460 Ste Catherine are QDF and Teesri Duniya Theatre. My first major venture in arts activism was the creation of the Quebec Drama Federation, where I was the founding executive director. Rahal Varma had recently created Teesri, which became a QDF member, and Rahul became a friend. Each time I walk past their offices, I feel a sense of completing a full circle. I am energized to spend my final couple of years with ELAN working on a project that brings decades of arts advocacy to a logical conclusion, and will significantly improve access to funding for Quebec\u2019s English-speaking artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Rodgers with Rahul Varma (Teesri Duniya), Catherine Cahill (Playwrights Workshop Montr\u00e9al), Hugh Mitchell (Quebec Drama Federation Board Member), Elsa Bolam (Geordie Theatre). 1989. As many of you know, I had planned to leave ELAN this year because the 15th anniversary seemed like a propitious moment for a leadership transition. 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