Call for projects

Immersions 2027

Deadline: October 30, 2026, midnight

Adélard is pleased to launch the call for projects for its Immersions 2027 residency program on the theme of Awakening. The immersion residencies of Adélard are open to professional artists of all visual arts disciplines, regardless of their place of residence or nationality. Lasting six weeks, they take place between early May and mid-September each year in a heritage barn in the heart of the village of Frelighsburg.

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  • For this new call for projects, the Immersion program of the center Adélard adopts a common theme to foster dialogue between artists' research and deepen their exchanges with the community. The residency projects presented at the barn in 2027 will be on the theme of "Awakening." We offer some points for reflection to applicants in the text below. 

    Is simply opening our eyes enough to see things differently? Waking up can be conceived as a threshold, a liminal state where our perception of reality remains inhabited by the possibilities of dreams. In this interstice between sleep and wakefulness, Jacques Derrida invited us to "cultivate vigilance and alertness, while remaining attentive to meaning, faithful to the teachings and lucidity of a dream."*

    Awakening is experienced in the body. Through sight, listening to sensations, or contemplation, certain artistic approaches invite us to rekindle our attention to what habit renders imperceptible and to make ourselves available to others and to the world.

    What dreams of progress must we awaken from? In dialogue with today's world or science fiction, art questions technological promises, invents speculative narratives and reveals images to propose other horizons.

    Awakening can also cause disorientation. Following the work of Sara Ahmed**, it invites us to question assigned roles, conventions, expected trajectories, and ways of being and loving taken for granted. Art can challenge norms and open up other ways of building community.

    Awakening compels us to act. What does it mean to be awake to injustice? How does art shape our vigilance and transform what seemed inevitable? How can art foster resistance or spark collective action?

    We invite artists to explore liminal spaces, to disrupt the ordinary course of things, and to make awakening an experience to be shared with the community Adélard.

    —

    * Derrida, J. (2002). Fichus . Ed. Galilée
    ** Ahmed, S. (2022). Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects and Others . Éditions de la rue Dorion. (original published in 2006).

Adélard

Adélard is a non-profit organization dedicated to contemporary art and located in Frelighsburg in Québec. It offers residencies, exhibitions, events and cultural activities that connect artists with the community through meetings and exchanges. During the summer season, Adélard offers artists the opportunity to participate in the Immersion residency program.

Immersion Residences

Adélard offers 6-week immersion residencies for professional visual artists. This residency program is based on two main pillars: providing time and space to develop a project on the one hand, and creating links with the local community on the other.

Depending on the needs of their project, the artist will have the opportunity to collaborate with local artists, craftsmen or partners to exchange specific know-how, to explore or to invest in the territory. 

 

An open residence

During the week, the barn of Adélard, the space where the studio is located is reserved for artists, with a few exceptions. On Saturdays and Sundays, artists can continue their work, while the barn is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The public is invited to visit the barn, meet the artist, see an exhibition, and/or participate in cultural outreach activities. 

Cultural mediation

In accordance with the mission of Adélard, the artist in residence commits to participating in at least one cultural mediation activity with a school or community organization. These activities, related to the artist's project, are developed in consultation with the educational activities coordinator Adélard. 

 

The barn

The immersion residencies take place in a heritage barn located in the heart of the village of Frelighsburg. The space is welcoming and warm, relatively large and well-lit. It is informally divided into three zones: a workshop area, an exhibition area, and a mediation area. The large table, located in the heart of the barn, invites discussion, exchange, work, and reflection. Artists can use different parts of the space to develop their projects. Some equipment and services are available to artists, including a refrigerator, a sink, internet access, and a few tools.

Presentation of works

Upstairs in the barn, Adélard offers artists an exhibition space to present their previous work and engage in dialogue with the public (Saturday and Sunday).

A system of display panels and lighting is provided. The selection of artworks will be subject to prior discussion with the organization's management. 

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  • A private apartment, located a short walk from the barn, is available for artists. It includes a bedroom with a double bed and all necessary amenities, including Wi-Fi. A washing machine and dryer are also available in the building. The renovated apartment, located on the first floor of a century-old house, is accessible by stairs.

    Thanks to the support of our partners and patrons, this accommodation is offered free of charge to the artist for the six weeks of his stay.

  • Located in the Eastern Townships, Frelighsburg is part of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Québec A border village with Vermont, it provides fertile ground for creation, with its rich nature, vibrant cultural environment, emerging organic production, commitment to ecology, sustainable development, heritage and education. Frelighsburg This is an ideal place to conduct these immersive residencies in a spirit of openness and development, beneficial to both the community and contemporary artists. The project, based on dialogue and exchange, reflects the openness to the world possible within this diverse and welcoming community.

 

An immersion-residency includes

  • A workshop

  • A space for displaying the artworks on the upper floor of the barn

  • Private accommodation for the artist

  • A fee of $2,250, including:
    A public assessment at the end of the residency

  • A fee of $300 will be offered for each cultural mediation activity

  • A payment of $550 in exhibition fees for the works displayed on the upper floor of the barn

  • Access to resource people, among other things to facilitate links with the community and to organize cultural mediation activities

Please note : the cost of materials needed for the mediation will be approved and covered by Adélard . Travel and living expenses, as well as specialized materials and equipment, are not covered by Adélard . Artists from outside France are responsible for their administrative procedures and obtaining their entry documents to France (visa, etc.).

    • To be present on site for the entire duration of the residency period; 

    • Be available to meet and engage in dialogue with the community, particularly during the opening of Adélard to the public on weekends 

    • Presenting one's project to the public during a final residency review meeting; 

    • Participate in at least one paid cultural mediation activity. 

  • The artistic committee of Adélard It is composed of peers and individuals known for their expertise in the field. Gender, generation, and diversity are represented within the committee.

    • The artistic quality of the submitted projects, particularly with regard to the mandate and values ​​of Adélard  

    • What the immersion-residency will bring to the artist in their process; 

    • The way in which the proposed project responds to the programming theme

    • Overall considerations regarding the artistic programming and the representativeness of the diversity of the selected artists. 

 

Submit your application

Applications are received via an online form. Before starting your application, please prepare the following:

  • a text of 250 words maximum describing your artistic approach

  • a text of 250 words maximum describing your project

  • a text of 150 words maximum describing the link between the project and the theme Awakening 

  • a text of no more than 150 words describing how the project resonates with the rural context and the mission of Adélard

  • a text of 150 words maximum on ideas for a creative workshop

  • A visual portfolio in PDF format containing a maximum of 15 images, accompanied by a descriptive list. The images presented could be, for example, images of artworks, exhibition views, and studio work views. All of this must be compiled into a single PDF file with a maximum size of 10 MB.

  • a CV of no more than 2 pages in PDF format

For any questions, please contact us by email at tania@adelard.org

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