Registration deadline
February 26, 2026
Maximum participants
8
Cost
Subsidized rate: $49.50
Actual value: $328.00
When?
March 3, 2026
10 AM – 5 PM
Where?
En Piste Office
How can an artwork or an artistic practice be rooted in a local ecosystem? This workshop addresses the connections between the arts community and the solidarity economy to open new perspectives for production and creation. By exploring the connections to be forged between artists, the social economy, and the community, Claire Renaud approaches creation with an eco-beneficial and solidarity-based approach. The workshop will focus on mediation, audience development, partnerships, and local funding opportunities, but above all, on the search for meaning and coherence in artistic creation. Participants will also be able to discuss the social impact and intangible legacies of their works on their community, and ways to build connections with citizens and organizations in alignment with their ongoing projects.
Format: Theoretical Training + Exchange and Co-development Activity
Topics Covered:
1. Art and Solidarity Economy: Shared Values
2. Finding Allies for Our Creations
3. Rooting Our Works in an Ecosystem
4. Life Cycle: How to Impact Our Communities at Each Stage of a Project
5. Developing Collaborations and Opening New Funding Opportunities
+ Group Co-development Activity:
Defining the points of contact between a project (or an artistic practice) and its ecosystem to discover new opportunities for partnership, audience development, and/or funding, and visualize its positive impact on the community.
Instructor
Claire Renaud
Claire Renaud is a set designer, author, and theater director. Her approach, focused on societal issues, explores interdisciplinarity, collective practices, unconventional stage devices, and the relationship between creators and spectators. Her career includes extensive experience in theater (TNM, Espace GO, Duceppe, Prospero, etc.), event management (XP MTL 45 Degrés), museology (Mon coeur est Montréal, 2016, Du disque à l’oeuvre, 2022), and cinema (La Claque, 2020).
Alongside her career as a set and props designer, she founded the company Les précieuses fissures, where she develops her own stage writing approach, blending design, writing, and direction.