{"id":34063,"date":"2020-07-29T15:41:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=34063"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:41:48","slug":"directors-message-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; August, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Screenshot of Guy Rodgers meeting with ELAN staff via Zoom<\/strong><br \/>\n<em> (Top left to right: Deborah Forde, Guy Rodgers, Nick Maturo. Centre left to right: Aysha White, Sufia Duez, Juan Velasquez. Bottom left to right: Emily Enhorning and Swati Khanna)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELAN staff are busy preparing our 16th Annual General Meeting on August 24. The financial year ending March 31, 2020 was a period of exceptional activity, so we have much to report. Christie Huff and the ArtEd team launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/art-ed\/\"><span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong>ArtistsInspire Grants<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, designed to connect a diverse group of highly experienced artists with the 300 English-language public schools in Quebec. Dan Webster led the innovative<span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/arts2u\/\"> ARTS2U<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>project into phase III. Nick Maturo launched ELAN\u2019s <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/funding.quebec-elan.org\/\">Qu\u00e9bec Relations<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>funding page and began offering informative funding webinars and one-on-one consultation, with support from June Park.<\/p>\n<p>All of ELAN\u2019s projects were thrown into turmoil when schools and performance spaces shut down in mid-March. ELAN was able to continue employing all of its staff and we temporarily \u2018pivoted\u2019 our priority to aggregating and sharing information about special <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/covid-19\/\">Covid-19 support<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>for artists and arts organization, and new funding opportunities created in response to the pandemic. For ELAN, as for all of you, Covid-19 will have far-reaching impacts. We will share our vision of the future at the AGM. See post below for AGM invitation and a call for nomination of board members.\u00a0 Three seats are open this year: music, film &amp; video, and corporate.\u00a0 If you have friends or colleagues who would make excellent board members, please nominate them.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 AGM is personally significant for me.\u00a0 It will be my 16<sup>th<\/sup> and final AGM as Executive Director. \u00a0Last year we celebrated ELAN\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary with a <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/QCELAN\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2667193970000062\">big party<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the Rialto Theatre. This year will be different: on-line and focussed on figuring out how to respond to the new world that is emerging. It is a major time of transition for us all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot of Guy Rodgers meeting with ELAN staff via Zoom (Top left to right: Deborah Forde, Guy Rodgers, Nick Maturo. Centre left to right: Aysha White, Sufia Duez, Juan Velasquez. Bottom left to right: Emily Enhorning and Swati Khanna) &nbsp; ELAN staff are busy preparing our 16th Annual General Meeting on August 24. 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