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Director’s Message – October, 2020
Left to right: Edmund Nash, Guy Rodgers, and René Marquez at the MainFilm Schmoozer, 2019. Photo by Laurence Ly.
Covid-19 has hit artists with a force that is impossible to fully evaluate. We were taking baby steps toward reopening theatres,…
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Director’s Message – September, 2020
Guy Rodgers speaking at ELAN's 2020 AGM via Zoom.
Photo: Juan Velasquez
ELAN held its 16th Annual General Meeting on August 24. It was our first online AGM and the first AGM not followed by a schmoozer. This is the year of doing things…
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Director’s Message – August, 2020
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)
ELAN…
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Director’s Message – July 2020
ELAN's Executive Director: Guy Rodgers with past Board President: Bettina Forget, past Board Treasurer: Kristelle Holliday, and past Program Manager: Amy Macdonald at ELAN's 2019 AGM and 15th anniversary celebration.
In a normal year,…
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Director’s Message – June 2020
ELAN's Executive Director, Guy Rodgers and Membership Coordinator, Emily Enhorning speaking at the 2019 ELAN x St Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival schmoozer.
Photo by Amy Macdonald.
It is to be expected – after a prolonged period…
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Director’s Message – May 2020
Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. Left to right: 2019 AGM host and professional film actor: Jimmy Blais. Board members: Kakim Goh, Roger Sinha. Past Board President: Bettina Forget. Current Board President : Li Li, and Executive Director: Guy Rodgers.
When…
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Director’s Message – April
Guy Rodgers attending the Creative Resilience Panel event.
Photography by Nasuna Ulin-Stuart
The show must go on... but maybe not in any way that we have ever experienced, or can currently imagine. The COVID-19 pandemic’s ultimate…
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In Response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck with remarkable rapidity and is affecting every aspect of our lives: as artists, cultural workers, quarantined travelers, parents of young children, and caretakers of aging parents. To maintain the safety of…
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Director’s Message – March
Photo from Arts, Culture, and Heritage Working Group on February 11, 2020. Front row: Stephanie Azam (Telefilm), Peggy Lianis (Telefilm), Chuck Childs (Centaur Theatre Company), Guy Rodgers (ELAN Quebec), Danielle Azoulay (Department of Heritage…
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Director’s Message – February 2020
Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin.
ELAN’s Communication Coordinator, Sufia Duez, is returning to us after being away for eight months of maternity leave. This is a milestone moment for ELAN. As for all fledgling arts organizations, staff…
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Director’s Message – January 2020
Guy Rodgers presenting at State of the Arts Activation Conference. Still from video by Daybi.
A new year is always an occasion for self-examination, and the beginning of a decade offers a heightened occasion for new perspectives and beginnings.…
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Director’s Message – December 2019
Guy Rodgers speaking at ELAN's 15th AGM in August.
I don’t know anybody who would argue that the world is in a good place as we exit the second decade of the 21st century. News from every corner of globe is alarming, from raging forest…