Arts and Culture
From Portraits of English Speaking Quebec
According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec:
- There are 16, 578 annual performances, including theater, dance, song, music, and variety shows in 2007.
According to CROP/CHSSN Survey of Community Vitality 2005:
- 28,4% of Anglophones have knowledge of community activities promoting the interests of the English-speaking community in the sector of arts and culture.
- Despite the high proportion of people employed in the arts and cultural sector in English-speaking communities in some administrative regions of Quebec, government funding for the arts is concentrated in urban settings.
- In the areas where English-speaking artists are few in number, and where distance, isolation or financial need are extreme, respondents identified even more basic needs to develop the cultural vitality.
- In rural areas, the needs identified were to increase the presence of arts in schools, to increase financial support, obtain information in English, and to encourage the participation of professional arts mentors or development agents to develop local talent in rural areas.
- The lack of knowledge among rural artists about where to obtain funding for professional support programs, affects their capacity to grow and sustain a vibrant art scene.
- The Montreal arts scene in contrast is also vibrant with different trends. The immigrant population and numerous ethno-cultural communities have shaped and transformed Montreal’s cultural scene.
For more information:
- The Vitality of the English-speaking Communities of Quebec : From Community Decline to Revival
- Published by Centre d’étude ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM) and Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities (CIRLM) 2008
- Edited by : Richard Y. Bourhis
- http://www.ceetum.umontreal.ca/pdf/Rodgers%20et%20al.pdf
- Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.
