Art and Economic Solidarity: New Perspectives on a Community-Rooted Artistic Practice
Registration deadline
February 26, 2026
Description
How can an artwork or artistic approach become rooted in a local ecosystem? This workshop explores the connections between the arts and the social economy to open new avenues for production and creation.
By examining the relationships between artists, the social economy, and the community sector, Claire Renaud introduces an approach to creation that is both eco-beneficial and community-driven. The workshop will focus on mediation, audience development, partnerships, and local funding opportunities—but above all, on finding meaning and coherence in the artistic process.
Participants will also reflect on the social impact and intangible legacy of their work within their communities, and explore ways to build connections with citizens and local organizations in alignment with their current projects.
Teaching method
- Theoretical training
- Collaborative exchange and co-development activity: define the points of contact between a project (or artistic process) and its ecosystem to discover new partnership, audience development, and/or funding opportunities—and to visualize its positive impact on the community.
Topics covered
- Art and the social economy: shared values.
- Finding allies for our creative work.
- Rooting our work in an ecosystem.
- Life cycle: how to impact our communities at every stage of a project.
- Building collaborations and unlocking new funding opportunities.
Instructor
Claire Renaud is a set designer, author, and theatre director. Her work focuses on social issues and explores interdisciplinarity, collective practices, unconventional stage devices, and the relationship between creators and spectators.
She has worked extensively in theatre (TNM, Espace GO, Duceppe, Prospero, etc.), events (XP MTL 45 Degrés), museology (Mon cœur est Montréal, 2016; Du disque à l’œuvre, 2022), and film (La Claque, 2020).
Alongside her career in set and prop design, she founded the company Les précieuses fissures, where she develops her own unique approach as a stage writer by blending design, writing and directing.
Any questions?
Contactez Mathilde Perahia
Director of Continuing Education & Professional Development
514 529-1183, #2
mperahia@enpiste.qc.ca
This training, offered by En Piste, regroupement national des arts du cirque in collaboration with the Regroupement québécois de la danse, is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Government of Quebec through the Intervention-Compétences program of Compétence Culture.
