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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...

Resistance: theme of the 11th Rencontres

May 6, 2020

Resistance: theme of the 11th Rencontres

The 11th edition of Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie will have “Resistance” as its theme and run from July 15 to September 30, 2020, in ten or so settings throughout the Gaspé Peninsula. “Resistance” is just the right...

EXTENSION - CALL FOR PROJECTS : Creation residency | Photographic mission in the Outaouais

April 20, 2020

EXTENSION - CALL FOR PROJECTS : Creation residency | Photographic mission in the Outaouais

The L’Imagier Art Centre and Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie invite professional Québec artists to submit a project proposal between February 19 and May 15, 2020. The artist selected will carry out a photography mission that documents...

Jacynthe Carrier in residence in Bonaventure

May 17, 2019

Jacynthe Carrier in residence in Bonaventure

Rencontres is issuing a call for participation as part of Jacynthe Carrier’s residence in Bonaventure. To mark the 10th Rencontres, the artist is looking for 30 people to be part of a living work on August 16 and 17, 2019....

2018, a year of success of a new experience of photography in the Gaspé Peninsula

October 29, 2018

2018, a year of success of a new experience of photography in the Gaspé Peninsula

The 9th Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie are winding up after a hectic season of activities and exhibits. With the idea of a new experience of photography in the open air, dozens of initiatives brought together photography,...