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Conversations: theme of the 12th edition of Rencontres

June 8, 2021

Conversations: theme of the 12th edition of Rencontres

The 12th edition of Rencontres will take place on the theme “Conversations” from July 15 to September 30, 2021, in different locations all over the Gaspé Peninsula. “When this choreography, life, that we face day in and day out, changes dramatically. When...

Photo mission in Charlevoix: Chun Hua Catherine Dong selected

May 31, 2021

Photo mission in Charlevoix: Chun Hua Catherine Dong selected

Musée de Charlevoix and Rencontres, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, announce the selection of Chun Hua Catherine Dong to carry out a photography mission that will document the contemporary Charlevoix landscape in 2021-2022. A Montreal visual artist of Chinese origin, Chun...

Tracadigash in augmented reality

May 18, 2021

Tracadigash in augmented reality

Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec), who created the permanent mural Tracadigash for the 250th of Carleton-sur-Mer, in 2017, are currently preparing a complementary work in augmented reality, which will be unveiled for the 12th edition of Rencontres,...

“L’édition comme finalité” under way in Nantes

May 17, 2021

“L’édition comme finalité” under way in Nantes

Pratiques et Usages de l’Image (Nantes, France), in collaboration with Rencontres, is staging the 2nd edition of the project “L’édition comme finalité” (The Publication as Objective). Presented in Nantes until May 31, 2021, this project on the subject of the...

Launch of the book Empreintes… “10 ans de Rencontres”

March 14, 2021

Launch of the book Empreintes… “10 ans de Rencontres”

The book Empreintes… 10 ans de Rencontres (Footprints: 10 Years of Rencontres) was published today by Éditions Escuminac. The lavishly illustrated volume grew out of a desire to leave a tangible trace of ten years of compelling encounters, and...

Call for projects: creation residency Photographic mission in Charlevoix

March 2, 2021

Call for projects: creation residency Photographic mission in Charlevoix

The Musée de Charlevoix (La Malbaie) and Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, launch a call for projects. Between now and May 14, 2021, professional Québec artists are invited to submit a project proposal to...

Exhibitions by Québec artists in France

September 16, 2020

Exhibitions by Québec artists in France

In the framework of Rencontres’ international partnerships, three exhibits featuring the work of Québec photographers are being presented in France this fall. Fragments & Trans, by Serge Clément (Montreal, Québec), is continuing until November 15, 2020, at the Institut pour...

“Ces lieux qui nous habitent” by Chloé Beaulac at Val-David

September 10, 2020

“Ces lieux qui nous habitent” by Chloé Beaulac at Val-David

The artist Chloé Beaulac, who was selected as part of the Photographic Missions to immortalize the Laurentian landscape, will be presenting the results of her explorations, “Ces lieux qui nous habitent,” (These Places That Inhabit Us) at the Centre...

Photographic Mission in the Outaouais presenting the selected artist : Aislinn Leggett

June 3, 2020

Photographic Mission in the Outaouais presenting the selected artist : Aislinn Leggett

The L’Imagier Art Centre, Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie and Loto-Québec are very pleased to announce the selection of Aislinn Leggett to carry out the Photographic Mission in the Outaouais region in 2020-2021. A native of the small community of Namur, in the Outaouais, the artist will be called on to document one or more aspects of the contemporary landscape in the...

Virtual launch of Maryse Goudreau’s book La conquête du béluga

June 1, 2020

Virtual launch of Maryse Goudreau’s book La conquête du béluga

Rencontres is pleased to invite the public to the virtual release of artist Maryse Goudreau’s book La conquête du béluga (Conquest of the Beluga; Éditions Escuminac, the Gaspé). The book will be launched during an exchange with the artist accessible live on Facebook on June 9, 2020, at 12:30 p.m. Since 2012, Maryse Goudreau has been creating an archive devoted to the beluga for which she assembles multiple...