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The English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) is a not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec. We share expertise and resources for career advancement, funding opportunities, employment opportunities, and calls for participation in the arts. We advocate for our members’ interests, and make common cause with the Francophone arts community.

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Events Calendar

We host a number of networking events throughout the year, such as our regular Schmoozers, to connect artists across communities and provide learning opportunities. Browse the calendar for great performances, exhibitions, workshops, and community gatherings for English-speaking artists in Quebec.

Upcoming Events

EXPO ART of the Artistes Hudson Artists (AHA)

April 26 - April 28Free

Echoes of the heart: Harmonies of the Sarod & the Tabla in Montreal

April 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm$30

Contracts 101 For Artists [Online]

May 1 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm$20.00

Lights, Camera, Action: How to Grow Your Career as an Emerging Filmmaker [Online]

May 15 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm$20

Approach and Reframe the Challenges of Diversifying Your Income as an Artist [Online]

June 5 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmFree
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Arts Community in the News

Check out recent headlines about artists and the the arts community in local media.

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Member Directory

ELAN is an arts network comprised of artists and organizations in a broad variety of artistic disciplines across Quebec. Get to know your peers, find collaborators, and discover the members of the ELAN community.

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Projects

Through our diverse projects, we create opportunities for artists to connect with industry leaders, explore unique partnerships, and connect the arts with community wellbeing.

ArtEd’s Mental Health Initiatives

ArtEd’s Mental Health Initiative aims to better equip Teaching Artists in meeting student needs. The project offers Teaching Artists professional development in Mental Health through learning communities targeting children and pre-teens ages 5-14, youth ages 15-29 and seniors ages 65+. This project is funded by the Community Health And Social Services Network (CHSSN).

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Québec Relations

To ensure that English-speaking artists can thrive in Quebec and contribute to the vitality of English-speaking communities, there is a need for better communication and relationship-building with decision-makers and program managers in Quebec. The Québec Relations project now seeks to develop better working relationships with relevant agencies and ministries of the provincial government.

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Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH Studios)

The Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH) project was an initiative of the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Co-leaders and ELAN. It offers artists and arts & heritage organizations across disciplines access to a professional studio space outfitted with photo, video, sound recording and editing technology at affordable rates.

CDAH offers technical support to individuals and organizations in producing high quality digital media as well as training opportunities and equipment rentals.

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Follow us on social platforms. ELAN shares members’ work and events, as well as info about upcoming workshops, webinars, and resources via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — over 6,200 followers.

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Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.

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