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ELAN ArtEd: Connecting & Creating with Artists, Youth & Families to Support Mental Health
By Christie Huff, Lead Learner at ELAN ArtEd
We've been through many weeks of "The Things We Didn’t Choose", although Rob Lutes didn't write the song for COVID-19, it's been helpful to me as I struggled with my roles and the uncertainty…
ELAN ArtEd: Connecting through the Arts
Carylye Elementary school’s World Globe, a vision of our earth,
created with the guidance of artist Emily Read.
Photo by Christina Mallozzi.
“Art gives us the opportunity to be kind, respectful and collaborative, and gives…
ELAN’s ArtEd Program: March Magic – The Power of the Word
"The first thing I learned was about artists' stories, and the second thing I learned was to never give up.”
- Student: hip-hop music workshop participant at Jimmy Sandy Memorial School
The ACE Board at Jimmy Sandy Memorial…
ArtEd Initiatives Celebrate New School Partnerships this Winter
“I wish I’d been affiliated with an Artist’s organization like [ELAN ArtEd] 20 years ago.”
cj feury, ArtistsInspire Artist, CityLife interview with host Linton Garner
2019 was an incredible year of growth and learning for ELAN’s…
ACE Artist Louise Campbell Interviewed on CBC’s Quebec AM
Photo from Louise Campbell's Artist Profile on artistsinspire.ca.
Listen to one of our ACE Artists interviewed on CBC! Click on the Dec. 4 segment to listen: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-87-quebec-am
Louise Campbell is currently…
ELAN’s ArtEd Projects Inspire Schools Across Quebec
"Your dance performance was like an addictive TV show"
- 5th grade student at Lasalle Elementary after an ArtistsInspire experience, facilitated by dancer Sonia StMichel.
Apply for ArtistsInspire Grants!
Applications for ArtistsInspire…
Learning and Planning Together to Connect with Youth
Good Shepherd ACE Team with project design template. Photo by Paula Knowles.
By ArtEd Lead Consultant, Christie Huff.
ELAN’s ArtEd program had a very busy October as we connected with hundreds of Artists and Educators.…
ArtEd Initiatives Begin the 2019-20 “Connect” Phase
In 2016, ELAN developed a project to explore how the organization could support its network of Artists in connecting with schools across the province. Funding from the Government of Canada enabled ELAN to design, test, and scale strategies…
ACE Artists in Education: Jimmy Baptiste
Jimmy Baptiste is an Arts Facilitator, Muralist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Graffiti Artist who facilitated an ELAN Quebec ACE project at Richmond High School, in Richmond, this Spring. Below are his reflections on the project, and on…
ACE Lessons Learned: How ELAN Art Ed Artist-Residencies in Rural Communities Benefit Artists
ELAN Quebec’s ACE Initiative connects artists with schools all over Quebec. Sometimes, artists are paired with schools in regions that are located far away from their hometown. This provides intercultural exposure for both the artist and the…
ArtistsInspire Grants (AIG) launched by ELAN, in partnership with LEARN
ELAN launches ArtistsInspire Grants (AIG), a $2.2 million investment for Quebec official-language minority schools to create arts and cultural opportunities. Visit the new AIG website at artistsinspire.ca.
ELAN Quebec, in partnership with…
ACE Lessons Learned: An Inspiring Intercultural ACE Project in the Cascapedia Bay
When actor, playwright and performance art facilitator Laura Teasdale first came to New Richmond for an ELAN ACE Initiative project, both she, and the teachers, were unsure of what the project would look like. Everyone was instead concerned…