sustainable development;

An essential value

Since its creation in 2018, Adélard adopted a long-term vision by including sustainable development among its core values. Adélard is rooted in the local area and its traditions, and its actions are carried out with respect for and enhancement of the ecosystem. Every effort is made to ensure our actions are conducted in an environmentally responsible manner. Our six core values ​​also include: dialogue, diversity, innovation, commitment, and respect.

Our 10 commitments

Drawing inspiration from the principles of the Sustainable Development Act of Québec , Adélard Its founders and the artists who bring this place to life aspire to: 

  1. maintain a healthy, high-quality environment, in harmony with nature and the territory; 

  2. buy locally; 

  3. recycle and reuse materials; 

  4. stimulate community and social engagement; 

  5. focus on education, awareness, and access to knowledge; 

  6. consult local resources; 

  7. to promote fairness and solidarity; 

  8. protect heritage, property, places, landscapes, ecosystems; 

  9. be proactive in correcting mistakes and improving our ways of doing things;

  10. offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Our approach

Adélard strives to be exemplary in how it controls its own ecological footprint and follows a consistent environmental approach in all its operations. Here are a few examples:

  • renovation of the art center using recycled materials and objects;

  • Suppliers and professionals are members of the local community (operations manager, cultural mediator, graphic designer, printer, etc.) minimizing car travel while contributing to the economic development of the community;

  • The events and openings were made possible thanks to local producers (wine and beer, DJ, food) and without the use of plastic (glass and returnable cups);

  • carbon offsets:  Adélard will host an artist from Morocco each year (as part of a reciprocal residency agreement between the CALQ and the Moroccan government). The organization commits to offsetting the carbon emissions produced by air travel between Casablanca and Montreal and to offsetting car travel between the invited artists' place of origin and the residency located in Frelighsburg .

Our exhibitions are accompanied by an eco-responsible approach:

  • reduced paper communications and use of recycled paper in order to minimize environmental impact;

  • internet application for smartphones to accompany the visit and cultural mediation around the exhibition;

  • ecological opening (no plastic, only local products and environmental values ​​communicated).

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Here are some examples of our commitment:

  • Exhibition "Nature dwells within us" - guest curator: Laure Waridel (2019)

    In 2019, ecosociologist Laure Waridel enthusiastically accepted to be the guest curator of the exhibition around the works of the Collection Loto-Québec. The chosen theme was "Nature Dwells Within Us." This art exhibition and environmental awareness event attracted nearly 1,000 people and was accompanied by educational activities led by Laure Waridel, involving the local community and schoolchildren. " In our daily lives, we tend to forget that we are the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil that nourishes us thanks to the sun. Our body mass is made up of 60% water. In its great cycle, this water has been and will be that of the oceans, rivers, and streams. The atoms present in the air we breathe have already been part of other living beings: from bees to the great blue whale, including small flowers and immense maple trees. Of the 37.2 trillion cells that make up our bodies, one in two is a bacterium, a virus, or a fungus. Thus, nature dwells within us as much as we dwell within it. Literally, we are the environment." " - LAURE WARIDEL

  • Artists in Residence (2019)

    From its very first year of existence; Adélard invited two artists in residence whose work included environmental issues. Loren Williams explored and represented, through cyanotypes, the diversity of vegetation in cemeteries. Frelighsburg while drawing parallels between plants and the community's history. Valérie Potvin, for her part, focused on the degradation of nature and the fires in the Amazon. It should be noted that both artists organized several outreach activities, including workshops with schoolchildren, highlighting the importance of vegetation.

  • Artists in Residence (2020)

    Alain Lefort was immersed in… Adélard From June 9 to July 19, 2020. A photographer, he is interested in the photographic representation of the territory and the various natural phenomena found there. Recent research has led him to focus on the transformation and disappearance of the territory caused either by human activity or by specific natural cycles and phenomena. Frelighsburg He wanted to raise public awareness of landscape transformations and the passage of time.

    Emilie Bernard was immersed in Adélard From July 21 to August 30, 2020. She is particularly interested in nature and landscape as research subjects. Frelighsburg She was able to continue her nature research, searching for natural objects (branches, conifer cones, wild plants and flowers, rocks, etc.) of aesthetic interest. This was an exercise she was able to share with visiting locals. Adélard .