Montreal diversity artist index
Welcome to the Montreal Diversity Artist Index
Produced in collaboration with the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), the Conseil des relations interculturelles du Québec (CRI), the Conseil interculturel de Montréal (CIM) and with financial support from Canadian Heritage's Canadian Culture Online program, the Montreal Diversity Artist Index is intended for all culturally diverse professional artists and artists in the process of becoming professional.
This index provides these artists with a permanent showcase to help them increase their visibility vis-à-vis the general public and all key artistic and cultural workers, be they programmers, presenters, artists, producers, etc.
Every artist included in the Index will be allocated a space to showcase a full description of their artistic approach, detailed elements of their career path, excerpts from their work, information on their upcoming events, and their contact information.
All artists featured in the Index are professional artists or artists in the process of becoming professional.
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Why an index of artists of diversity?
Over the past few years, Diversité artistique Montréal has conducted an analysis of the systemic barriers to the inclusion of artists from ethnocultural and Aboriginal communities in institutional arts and culture networks. One of the main restrictions in this integration is a lack of awareness of the work of these artists. Research shows that, increasingly, culture is broken down into networks, often established based on common origin or an aesthetic tradition, and hence, they find it difficult to acknowledge or communicate with each other.
The Diversity Artist Index is an ideal tool for promoting a better understanding of these artists and their practices. This showcase fosters closer relations between presenters, broadcasters and artists from ethnocultural communities as well as networking between the various cultural workers.
How to register
To register with the Montreal Diversity Artist Index, please complete the online registration form.
Once you have completed the form, your application will be submitted to our selection committee for evaluation. You will then be notified by e-mail of the final status of your registration and, if approved, you will be assigned a personal profile in the Index.
Offered free of charge to all professional artists of diversity, this project has been produced in collaboration with the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Conseil des relations interculturelles du Québec, and the Conseil interculturel de Montréal, and with the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
