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Guy Rodgers with Anne-Marie Jean\u00a0 CEO of CALQ at ELAN 2019 AGM.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nPhoto by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin<\/em><\/p>\n

Artists are remarkably resilient people and quick to create solutions in difficult situations. That is an admirable strength in normal times. The situation we are currently confronting is totally abnormal and unpredictable. Trying to figure out too many things on your own, and in isolation, becomes exhausting and overwhelming, which is why it is important that we work through this together.<\/p>\n

All levels of government and all of the arts funders responded to the pandemic with unprecedented urgency, making the first six months of the Covid-19 crisis, assisted by mild summer weather, bearable. As we enter a new phase, we are hearing calls of distress from artists uncertain where to turn for help, or who is eligible for new forms of assistance and under what conditions. ELAN\u2019s Covid-19 page<\/a><\/strong><\/span> attempts to aggregate the most useful and up-to-date information. We invite all artists and cultural workers to contact us \u00a0if you can\u2019t find an answer, if you feel like you\u2019ve fallen through the cracks of a program, and\/or if you just feel lost. We can help dig for answers and push for solutions.<\/p>\n

ELAN is offering a variety of information sessions <\/a><\/strong><\/span>and networking activities<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. These have been designed in response to conversations with members.\u00a0 Let us know if you have other needs and also keep us informed about support groups that are helping you and that others might want to join. ELAN is a community linked to many other communities. If we can\u2019t help you directly, we may know someone else who can. \u00a0It is going to be a long winter,\u00a0but new ideas and experiments are happening all around us. Let\u2019s share these resources and information so that we all weather this storm.<\/p>\n

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Guy Rodgers<\/p>\n

Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guy Rodgers with Anne-Marie Jean\u00a0 CEO of CALQ at ELAN 2019 AGM.\u00a0 Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin Artists are remarkably resilient people and quick to create solutions in difficult situations. That is an admirable strength in normal times. The situation we are currently confronting is totally abnormal and unpredictable. 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