Support the Arts
Since 2006, the Fondation de la Place des Arts has been a key partner in carrying out Place des Arts’ cultural mission.
The benefits of participating in the arts and culture are numerous, and the Fondation makes the arts more accessible to all by contributing to the realization of the many awareness, accessibility and education activities of the L’Art en soi program.
Find out more about the scope of the Fondation's support.
Photo credit: Thibault Carron
Activities for the General Public
Every year, the Fondation’s support makes it possible to present some 200 free workshops, exhibitions, discussions, and public performances in Place des Arts’ public spaces, both inside and outside. The program, which aims to raise public awareness and increase participation in the arts—be they performing, visual, or digital—, reaches tens of thousands of people.
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Family Activities and Shows
Place des Arts presents some fifteen shows each year at affordable prices as part of the Place des Arts junior series for children between 3 and 12. Music, circus, theatre and dance shows are accompanied by participatory awareness-raising activities for kids and families. Numerous free activities are also offered during Les Fêtes famille and during the winter school break.
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Educational Program
There are two components to this program. A school component, intended for teenagers, that offers four cultural mediation projects (in slam poetry, rap, writing and comedy) allowing young people —the majority of whom come from less privileged backgrounds— to develop key knowledge and skills for their academic and social success. The second component is an annual training in aesthetic education for teachers and artist mediators. It allows them to support students throughout the projects which take place over several months.
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Programme Formation Collectivité
This program is intended for young people and adults with functional limitations or who are experiencing social and cultural exclusion. Through a series of workshops led by professional artist mediators, participants discover and explore the performing arts and their creativity in a dynamic way.
Photo credit: Mikael Theimer
Support New Works Program
This program supports professional artists and emerging creators in their research, experimentation and artistic creation through residencies in rehearsal or performance venues. The showcasing of their works in the Place des Arts’ public spaces, such as the exhibition room and the mosaic screens, also makes it possible to promote them to the public.
Remarkable accomplishments each year
In 2018-2019, the Fondation’s support meant:
150,000 peopletake part in the hundreds of free activities and exhibitions presented in Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme and on the Esplanade. |
Over 200 free participative activitiesto create exceptional encounters |
7 free exhibitionsto raise awareness and make the general public |
64 workshopsand public performances allow people with |
150 peoplefrom 16 organizations present the result of their creative process to the public in the Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme. |
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4 projectsbuilt around humor, words, slam poetry, and rap for teenagers from less privileged environments. |
3,345 high school studentsdevelop knowledge and skills essential |
256 workshopsin class and at Place des Arts with artist-mediators to support young people in their creative process. |
14 showsand a total of 22 affordably priced performances |
5,000 spectatorsat the shows presented as part of the |
6 daysof free activities for children, parents, |
3 co-productionsfor the creation and presentation of original works. |
200 artistsand creators benefit from over 150 days of residency in a rehearsal room or a performance venue. |
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