Artistic Connections – Creating Intergenerational Bonds
Held from March 2025 to January 2026, the Artistic Connections – Creating Intergenerational Bonds project invited people from different backgrounds to come together and enjoy shared artistic experiences through a variety of visual and performing arts workshops.
Designed to foster connection and collaboration between community members of all ages, this project highlighted different approaches to creative expression influenced and motivated by the tendencies of artistic disciplines through the ages. Learning more about these distinct approaches enables one to develop techniques and to appreciate the artistic works of different generations.
Project Activities
Choral Singing Workshop
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Choral singing workshop with Katharina Urbschat. Katharina has been singing and exploring the art of choral singing since her early youth, conducting choirs in Germany and in Quebec for over thirty years. In her work, she is guided by the ideas of the Orff method and its principles of Elementary Music Education.
Visual Storytelling in Contemporary Photography
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Roundtable on Tuesday, June 17, 2025
A workshop on staged photography, its narrative power, and its impact on contemporary art with Sandra Tomaylla. Sandra is a Peruvian artist based in Québec City. Entirely self-taught, she works at the intersection of analog photography and cinema.
ABC de Foil: An Introduction to Performance Art
Monday, July 7, 2025
Roundtable on Monday, August 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
This introductory workshop with Luc Murray Mercier and Darwin Drolet was an opportunity to engage and experiment with performance art. Participants experienced a short performance by the presenters and learned about the history of performance as well as of various performance practices.
Calligraphy Workshop
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
This workshop introduced participants to the basics and history of calligraphy. The experienced artist Sandhya Mylabathula hosted this activity, where participants could practice calligraphy in a fun and casual setting!
STAGES: The Theatre of Life
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Stage actor and director Michael Bourguignon hosted a theatre workshop and invited participants to explore how acting and improvisation play an essential role in our everyday interactions!
Breathing Life into Packaging with 3D
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Hands-on workshop with Maïmouna Traore, exploring how 3D and texturing can bring packaging design to life. Participants learned the basics of Blender, discovered how textures enhance digital objects, and experimented with turning hand-drawn ideas into digital materials.
Fearless Fabric Fun
Monday, January 26
A fabric painting workshop with painter Dianna Burns, where participants learned how to paint on almost anything and made a table runner that was truly their own.
Crafting Personal Stories
Monday, February 9
A storytelling workshop with workshop facilitator Michèle Thibeau to craft and refine a personal story or two in a relaxed and safe setting.
This project is made possible thanks to the support from the Government of Canada.