Announcing Year 5 of ArtistsInspire!

“[T]he Quebec Education Program provides students with fundamental arts, with an emphasis on creating, producing, interpreting and appreciating. ELAN ArtistsInspire Artists acting as cultural agents in the school will help make a program complete… I’ve seen exchanges between ELAN artists and some of our students. The exchanges and collaborations are priceless. They’re essential.” Nic Doyon, EMSB Arts Consultant

ELAN’s ArtEd team is thrilled to announce that our funding has been extended by one year! This funding will allow us to build on the services we have developed in the past four years, including: 

  • $1500 ArtistsInspire School grants to English public elementary and secondary schools in Quebec, providing students and teachers across the province with quality in-person and virtual arts & culture experiences with professional artists;
  • 100+ Teaching Artist roster that is searchable by:
    • Artistic discipline
    • Participation in the CHSSN Mental Health Initiative
    • Inclusion in the Culture in the Schools repertoire
  • Support from the ArtEd team for schools through matchmaking and help applying for ArtistsInspire grants;
  • Support from the ArtEd team for Teaching Artists in their career paths, providing opportunities to learn and grow through:
    • Professional development opportunities such as the CHSSN-funded Mental Health Initiative
    • Individual coaching sessions on topics such as classroom management, bullying, and facilitating in special needs classrooms
    • Assistance in planning workshop experiences when travel is involved
    • Leading discipline-specific learning communities
    • Providing feedback from schools
    • Fairly-remunerated work
  • Advocacy and visibility for arts in schools through: 
    • Attendance at key stakeholder events
    • Relationship-building with schools, teachers and organizational stakeholders
    • Cultivation of an active social media presence
  • Communications with the funder to ensure transparency and efficiency of the program.

Helping You Help Students Through The Arts

Who better to ask what ArtistsInspire brings to schools than the people most integral to the education system? Read on for teachers’ and arts consultants’ views on the value of Art in Schools and ArtistsInspire as a program: 

For these reasons and more, we are thrilled to continue to serve teachers’ and students’ needs in the 2023-24 school year. 

Sincerely,

The ELAN ArtEd Team