{"id":8963,"date":"2025-04-24T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/feminist-writing-retreat-at-salon58-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:30:48","slug":"feminist-writing-retreat-at-salon58-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/feminist-writing-retreat-at-salon58-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Writing Retreat at Salon58 (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lf8p3nrf-bab53afc5429865c2c275b0fcdae7459\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lf8p3nrf-bab53afc5429865c2c275b0fcdae7459{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lf8p3nrf-bab53afc5429865c2c275b0fcdae7459 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lf8p3nrf-bab53afc5429865c2c275b0fcdae7459 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  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av-cyhw9i-a208a19aace9c178795a356125b6fc39 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-97qn7a-17bdb511ec0c595d4199897bf3cb3f51 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;\">On Saturday, May 10, 2025, starting at 7 p.m., the 5th edition of our highly acclaimed Feminist Cabaret will be held at the Marsoui Recreation Center!<br \/>\nYear after year, Salon58&#8217;s writing retreat brings together writers and the public to share the texts and ideas generated by the week&#8217;s writing. On the menu: readings, performances and discussions!<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-m9sxypah-2f0f82a71d4e6d89f826a8aee81649b8-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9sxypah-2f0f82a71d4e6d89f826a8aee81649b8\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-m9sxypah-2f0f82a71d4e6d89f826a8aee81649b8{\nbackground-color:#1d2728;\nborder-color:#1d2728;\ncolor:#f6c9c7;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/ticketing\/cabaret-feministe-5e-edition' class='avia-button av-m9sxypah-2f0f82a71d4e6d89f826a8aee81649b8 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-center' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Buy tickets<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-22bxz6-9c29e49d9df2a828ee02e545e1c83c99 hr-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_button  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9szmxub-1d64b4020341a105766de57d12763a9b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m9szmxub-1d64b4020341a105766de57d12763a9b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m9szmxub-1d64b4020341a105766de57d12763a9b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m9szmxub-1d64b4020341a105766de57d12763a9b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m9szmxub-1d64b4020341a105766de57d12763a9b av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Feminist Writing Retreat<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9syc7jb-4144fc7243ecc2ef8b1c22aa40e498ed '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>For this anniversary edition, at the invitation of the Retreat team, 17 of the 38 people who took part in previous editions will gather at Salon58 to contribute to a special formula inspired by the concept of the exquisite corpse. In a nod to the 100th anniversary of Surrealism (1924-2024), we pose the following question: what can feminist thought and practice do to shake up or question this artistic movement? Over the course of a week, the authors will work on individual texts with their own trajectories, tonalities and themes, but which will be linked: the last sentence of one text will always be the first of the next, in the manner of an exquisite cadaver.<\/p>\n<p>The result of this conceptual and collective work will be presented as a performative reading on Saturday, May 10, 2025, then printed as an artisanal zine by Noeuds \u00c9ditions and widely distributed by Mandoline Hybride and its partners.<\/p>\n<p>17 authors from Caplan, Douglastown, Eastman, Gasp\u00e9, La Martre, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Maria, Matane, Mont-Louis, Mont-Saint-Pierre, Montr\u00e9al, Rimouski and Sainte-Anne-des-Monts will benefit from the support of 4 facilitators working professionally in the fields of literature, dance, visual arts and communications: Karla Etienne (Montr\u00e9al), \u00c9lise Ross-Nadi\u00e9 (Montr\u00e9al), Emma Desgens (Mont-Saint-Pierre) and Priscilla Guy (Marsoui).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9szn79y-b233be757a527fea786c40bf2bd4755f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m9szn79y-b233be757a527fea786c40bf2bd4755f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m9szn79y-b233be757a527fea786c40bf2bd4755f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m9szn79y-b233be757a527fea786c40bf2bd4755f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m9szn79y-b233be757a527fea786c40bf2bd4755f av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >THE CABARET<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9szohxj-ab8d19440ddbc39999d6aea0682ce7de '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Saturday, May 10, 2025 7 to 10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the Marsoui Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>Tickets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular rate: $20 (taxes and fees included)<\/li>\n<li>Solidarity rate: $35 (taxes and fees included)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bar will be available on site.<\/p>\n<p>Payment by credit card or cash will be accepted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7vbpu-641b3ba0bb0bcd9027b3ef417e8d2167 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><div  class='togglecontainer av-lf2y8mex-394169fa497bcd00194c17c35431f464 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-lf2y8515-98e8e6f08ebfa23f5983c27a1e957ad2'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1'>Participants 2025<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Alexandra Dion-Fortin, <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, \u00celes-de-la-Madeleine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gabrielle-D.-Fortin-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the observation of natural, architectural, poetic and living life, Alexandra Dion-Fortin explores by hand the colors and grays of the world around her. As a visual artist, illustrator, cartoonist, architectural designer, author and sometimes poet or filmmaker, she wears many hats to anchor herself in just as many projects. She studied architecture between 2012 and 2020 in Montreal (Tio&#8217;tia:ke). She now devotes herself to her artistic projects, dividing her time between the wave-swept island (Menagoesenog) and the Haute-Gasp\u00e9sie (7th district of Gespe&#8217;gewa&#8217;gi). Watercolor, lead and colored pencil are her favorite tools. Her left hand and face are often covered in color when she draws the living. She hopes one day to witness a social and environmental revolution, and intends to fill her eyes with as many rivers as possible. (Photo: \u00a9 Gabrielle D. Fortin)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Camille Montagne, Mont-Louis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8853 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/annie-ethier-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Camille Montagne is a poet, storyteller and actress. A 2017 graduate in performance from UQAM&#8217;s \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, she now lives in the Mont-Louis valley. She strives to care for her community, support indigenous resurgences and weave queer feminist imaginaries. Camille seeks out stories and poems as one collects pebbles, to drag to the bottom of a pocket or place on a windowsill. She is co-artistic director of Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des petits paradigmes poreux alongside her great accomplice, director Wina Forget. She is currently working on a dramatic text set on a barricade defending a territory. (Photo: \u00a9 Annie Ethier)<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Camille Tremblay Fournier, Gasp\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-1-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Camille Tremblay-Fournier always does a bit too much (teacher, social worker, doula, queer feminist activist, community organizer), one buttock between the Gasp\u00e9, Montreal, the Magdalen Islands and Northern Quebec. While she&#8217;s most passionate about poems that hurt or make you laugh, it&#8217;s political essays on social reproduction and feminized labor that have fueled her creative existence in recent years. Her ambition, in the distant future, is to let go of her prefrontal cortex in favor of sensations, in order to pick up the ideas that have been nagging at her (Photo: \u00a9 Courtesy of the author).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Vaidye-Bourgault, Douglastown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45-_-charlotte-Guillaume-Boulay-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Charlotte Vaidye-Bourgault composes poetry and music between Gasp\u00e9 and Montreal. Her musical project <em>Char<\/em> is an invitation into a dreamlike, unusual universe. Char plays on various Quebec cultural stages, including Ges\u00f9, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Vieille Forge, La Pointe Sec and Verre Bouteille. Her music, both introspective and contemplative, aims to redefine song in its own way and create an encounter with everyone\u2e31e sensibility. She&#8217;s releasing a pop-flavored, quirky and buoyant album in 2022, as well as an experimental microalbum in 2023. Her poetic texts have appeared at the Festival d&#8217;arts litt\u00e9raires de Gasp\u00e9 (2022 and 2024) and the Retraite d&#8217;\u00e9criture f\u00e9ministe \u00e0 Salon58 (2023). Charlotte believes in ghosts, in the infinite power of community gathering and in poetry as our greatest opportunity. (Photo: \u00a9 Guillaume Boulay)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Claire Moeder, Maria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Nomade-photographie-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Claire Moeder is an author. Based in Gasp\u00e9sie since 2017, she initiates literary projects in the form of experimental walks, writing workshops and microeditions where human narratives and singular territories are linked. As a creator and walker in motion, she is also open to new feminist approaches to writing about the place of the living, motherhood and the sovereignty of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Claire has collaborated on several magazines (Ciel variable, Vie des arts, Le Sabord), creations and residencies (DARE DARE, AdMare, Jardins de M\u00e9tis, Centre SAGAMIE) linking writing to the visual arts. In 2024, she published the poetry collection <em>le ventre des roches<\/em> (\u00c9ditions du Noro\u00eet) and the micro-publication les marcheuses. In 2025, she will publish <em>les eaux<\/em>, a book created six-handed with artists Alphiya Joncas and Anne-Marie Proulx in the Magdalen Islands (Les \u00e9ditions de la Morue verte &amp; AdMare). (Photo: \u00a9 La Nomade photographie)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Gabrielle Huot-Foch, Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-Deschenes-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>A lifelong literary artist who has worked in a variety of contexts and jobs, Gabrielle has made the reinvention of the self an ongoing object of interest. In addition to being inhabited by (almost) constant self-doubt, she has completed a Master&#8217;s degree in research-creation focusing on the relationship between care, space and self-narratives. She has also published two zines in collaboration with Atelier universel and texts in the magazines Les \u00c9crits, M\u0153bius and Libert\u00e9. At present, she is trying to rediscover writing in her new daily life as a teacher (Photo: \u00a9 \u00c9lise Desch\u00eanes).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jess Roy, Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-4-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jess Roy is no stranger to wandering, jumping from rooster to donkey and cracking jokes. She&#8217;s one of the people behind Coup d&#8217;Griffe, l&#8217;Attaque, Hochelaga Mon Amour, Zine de zines and a host of other projects. Founder of N\u0153uds \u00c9ditions, she&#8217;s busy bringing to the world stories and voices she&#8217;s been searching for too long &#8211; so you don&#8217;t have to. She mixes genres in her own way, always using art and literature as unifying and transformative tools. (Photo: \u00a9 Courtesy of the author)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jo\u00e9\u00b7e Dufresne, Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Camille-Gravel-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>A bimbo camouflaged in a teenage body and parent to a toddler raised in a proto-commune, Jo\u00e9-e Dufresne is also co-founder of the feminist bookshop L&#8217;Eugu\u00e9lionne, and has worked there since it opened in 2016. From 2012 to 2023, she worked with the micro-publishing and printmaking collective Possibles \u00e9ditions. Her writing veins meander along the lines of autotheory, subversive maternity and the archaeology of hidden queer histories of female icons in popular culture. Jo\u00e9-e lives in Montr\u00e9al\/Tiohti\u00e0:ke\/Mooniyang, with her queer family of five adults, one child and a German shepherd. (Photo: \u00a9 Camille Gravel)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jo\u00eblle Gauvin-Racine, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-2-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/>Jo\u00eblle Gauvin-Racine lives in the L&#8217;Islet region, on Wolastokuk, the ancestral territory of the Wolastoqey nation. She is a poet and anthropologist. Her poems have appeared in the magazines Exit and Caminando, on the Fabrique culturelle and on the poetry bulletin board at Quebec City&#8217;s Maison de la litt\u00e9rature. Through her poetic writing, she seeks ways to stand firm in the midst of the multiple griefs that are part of our existence, without giving up and without abandoning joy. In 2023, Jo\u00eblle was a finalist for the Prix Rel\u00e8ve professionnelle in Chaudi\u00e8re-Appalaches. She likes to write by a window, read by her lover and live by the trees (Photo: \u00a9 Courtesy of the author).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Katy Collet, Douglastown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isabelle-Huard-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/>Katy Collet, also known as Trace d&#8217;encre, is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who lives and loves the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula. A community and cultural worker, her artistic approach is inseparable from her collective and social commitment. With the intention of creating art that connects, she is interested in the links of belonging and interdependence between communities, territory, nature and living together. She is co-founder of La Griffe (2022), an independent publication with a social flavor in the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula, as well as Ateliers \u00c0 Travers in Perc\u00e9 (2023), a space dedicated to printed art by and for artists and the general public. At the same time, she has embarked on a co-writing project on living in an intentional community in a remote region, where she reflects on the inconsistencies that run through us and the difficulties to be overcome, because of the choice of such a lifestyle. Her studio door is always open for a peek or a chat (Photo: \u00a9 Isabelle Huard).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Laurence Lallier-Roussin, La Martre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audree-Lewka-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Laurence Lallier-Roussin (elle\/il) is a multidisciplinary artist. Her site-specific show <em>La pointe mouill\u00e9e<\/em> will be presented at FURIES &#8211; festival de danse contemporaine in July 2025. Laurence is the author of <em>Conte bright comme une pierre pr\u00e9cieuse<\/em> (2025), a little book that crosses the political potential of wonderful oral tales with queer speculative fiction imaginaries. She is also producer and curator of POST-FURIES and the Post-Pistoles cabaret, initiatives that disseminate performance art and unclassifiable living arts in community and queer contexts. Laurence lives in Haute-Gasp\u00e9sie (Photo: \u00a9 Audr\u00e9e Lewka)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Le\u00efla Sofiane, Caplan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/@lolographer-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"446\">Trained in social theatre and computer science, Le\u00efla Sofiane has become a spoken word artist. Their practice weaves between libraries, their journals, and their journey through the surrounding landscapes. While their thinking is queer and intersectional, their work is a quest for accessibility, beauty, and ecstasy. They share poetic fragments on Quebec stages, through micro-publishing, in printed collections and magazines, as well as online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"649\">In their spare time, they tend to vegetables, their chosen family, and a rebellious spirit, in Gespe\u2019gewa\u2019gi, the unceded Mi\u2019gmaq territory commonly known as the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula. (Photo: \u00a9 Lolographer)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Marie-Pier B\u00e9dard, Mont-Saint-Pierre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GLang-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Originally from Richelieu in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie, Marie-Pier B\u00e9dard moved to Mont-Saint-Pierre in Gasp\u00e9sie in 2016. In 2022, she completed a graduate microprogram in art therapy to bridge the gap between her professional life and her own creative process. This experience decomplexed her relationship with creation and enabled her to take on an autotelic practice; first through painting, then through writing. With a degree in social work, she truncated her career in 2023 for teaching arts and culture in secondary schools. She took part in her first feminist writing retreat in Salon58 in 2023. Since then, she has published texts in the magazines Magazine Gasp\u00e9sie and La Griffe, and in the collection <em>Je garde mes lunettes fum\u00e9es pr\u00e8s de moi<\/em>. Her paintings were exhibited in the village square of Mont-Saint-Pierre in the summer of 2024 and will be in March 2026 at the Chic-Chocs school service center. There&#8217;s no doubt she&#8217;s off to a flying start (Photo: \u00a9 GLang)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Michelle Gauthier, Eastman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtemanche-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her professional career has been marked by many years devoted to teaching. This immersion at the heart of learning not only nourished her mind, but also cultivated a fascination for language and its power.<\/p>\n<p>Her attachment to reading and writing has stayed with her over the years. Exploring a diversity of subjects, constantly learning and seeking to understand the complex world around us through the prism of words are passions that drive her every day.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she pursues this literary exploration with the hope that her creative journey may inspire those around her, revealing to them the beauty of personal expression and the importance of leaving a unique mark. (Photo: \u00a9 Courtemanche)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Nadia Gagn\u00e9, Rimouski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_nadia-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>A multidisciplinary artist based in Rimouski, Nadia Gagn\u00e9 works mainly in performance\/installation, in the visual and living arts. Narrative, speech and writing run through all her creations. Deploying self-reflexive works or the voices of other subject-persons, her work questions determinisms, injunctions, commonplaces and other inducers of social discomfort. More recently, she has taken an interest in the experience of racialization and exoticization of people who are said to be mixed-race, but whose cultural identity is not. Her projects are most often developed in the context of residencies, notably at Clark, Caravans\u00e9rail, Espaces F, Ubchihica, CLAC Mitis and Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Bic (Photo: \u00a9 Laurie Edwidge Cardinal).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Nathalie Bernier, Matane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Courtoisie-3-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Trained as an actress, Nathalie Bernier has been active in her region&#8217;s cultural milieu for nearly 20 years. A versatile, neurodivergent artist, she writes, directs and acts both on stage and for the camera. Various grants have enabled her to distribute her short films in Canada and Europe. She has been seen on many stages as a light-hearted yet intense actress, as well as in every edition of<em> La Soir\u00e9e des doublures<\/em> as a performer-improviser. Nathalie lives in Matane and also coordinates a feminist organization in the Lower Laurentians that works to defend collective rights. (Photo: \u00a9 Courtesy of the author)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Rayla Corbeil, Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla-824x1030.png 824w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portrait-Auteurices-45_rayla-564x705.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>At 9:28 p.m. sharp, April 7, 2025, Ra\u00ffla remembers that she has to send in her biography by midnight tonight, along with a 12-page assignment. As usual, she surprises herself by forgetting one assignment, but will certainly forget the next. Ra\u00ffla&#8217;s nature is sparse, jovial and sensitive. She loves life with her roommates, bike trips and the La Noce festival party bus more than anything. She hates moving appliances, the anti-choice sandwich man who hangs out in front of her university and, while we&#8217;re at it, the current political climate. Ra\u00ffla is currently studying sexology and dreams of a world where she could write more poetry and less essays. She has published in a number of literary magazines and hopes one day to bring out a collection. A project was born at last year&#8217;s retreat (2024). Who knows, maybe this edition will give her the space she needs to pursue her mission! (Photo: \u00a9 R\u00e9mi Ouellette)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-lf2y4ji4-cf16717345ddef20ee4ee735835a881f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2'>Facilitators 2025<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><hr \/>\n<p><b>\u00c9lise Ross-Nadi\u00e9, Montr\u00e9al<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3.png 417w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elise-R-N-Selena-Phillips-Boyle-3-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\u00c9lise Ross-Nadi\u00e9 is passionate about the links, nodes and intersections between digital cultures, power and dreams. She also has a keen interest in free software, the decolonization of knowledge and Afrofuturism. She has had the privilege of taking her stories and hybrid projects to over fifteen countries. Her adventures have produced all kinds of artifacts: Wikipedia articles, a guide to identifying wild roses, great friendships, an extraordinary literary tour, a collective work between Canada and Cuba, a collection of feminist texts and numerous dance sessions. In 2023, she received the Alliance grant from the Montr\u00e9al Art Interculturels organization. She works for Libert\u00e9 magazine, the Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al and participates in the Retraite d&#8217;\u00e9criture f\u00e9ministe for the 3rd time.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Emma Desgen, Mont-Saint-Pierre<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emma-Desgens-_-portrait-705x705.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Emma Desgens is an artist who works in social intervention in schools and with the elderly. Her creations, both literary and visual, echo the everyday and the ordinary, combining the fractures that forge human beings with the gentleness it takes to repair them. Inspired by the intimate, she seeks to transcribe the dialogue between what inhabits us and what surrounds us. She is currently working on a collection of poems dealing with grief, filiation and writing through her own cultural and family heritage. She is also the instigator of the Feminist Writing Retreat at Salon58 and co-editor of the 2023 retreat collection <em>Je garde mes lunettes fum\u00e9es pr\u00e8s de moi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr av-l9yn45ag-f6f4d975f5c83eed9c2d129e8c95b718 hr-invisible avia-builder-el-20 el_after_av_textblock el_before_av_textblock \"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Karla Etienne, Montr\u00e9al<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981.png 314w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/karla-etienne-mathieu-gaudreault-e1667408405981-180x180.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Of Haitian origin, living in Tiohti\u00e0:ke, Montreal, Karla Etienne is a dance artist and cultural manager. She has worked with Zab Maboungou and collaborated as a dancer on projects by George Stamos, Katya Montaignac, Sophie Corriveau, Kimberley de Jong and Priscilla Guy. She is interested in the persistence of the body in space as an act of resistance and self-sublimation. She wrote a text on Bill Robinson&#8217;s emancipatory dance in <em>Lo: Tech: Pop: Cult: Screendance Remixed<\/em>, to be published by Routledge in 2024, edited by Priscilla Guy and Alanna Thain. She continues to contribute as a mentor and advisor to artists and arts organizations. Karla Etienne is Executive Director of the Canadian Dance Assembly and guest artist-curator at Mandoline Hybride. In 2021, Karla receives the Prix Stellaire de Nyata Nyata for service to the greater dance community.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Priscilla Guy, Marsoui<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Outil-Instagram-Carre_Priscilla-705x705.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Priscilla Guy is an artist, curator and arts researcher based in Marsoui, Gespe&#8217;gewa&#8217;gi (Gasp\u00e9sie). Her stage and film works are presented locally and internationally. She publishes texts in art magazines (Moebius, Moveo, Dance Current, 24images, International Journal of Screendance) and participates in various academic publications as an author or editor (Oxford, Routledge, UDLAP). Holder of a doctorate in feminist and cinematic studies from the Universit\u00e9 de Lille (France), she has directed the cultural organization Mandoline Hybride since 2007, and has initiated several artistic development and dissemination projects (Regards Hybrides, Salon58, FURIES, L&#8217;Hybride \u2014 caf\u00e9 &amp; librairie). She currently sits on the boards of Studio 303, Orange Noy\u00e9e and the Corporation de d\u00e9veloppement de la Haute-Gasp\u00e9sie et des Chic-chocs. Finalist for the Prix Artiste dans la communaut\u00e9 by Les Arts et la ville (2023), she received the Prix Culture from LOJIQ (2012) and the Prix \u00c9tincelle from the Prix de la danse de Montr\u00e9al (2022).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-lf2y8hoc-d19294fae49f9be83304b6dfcc71d9a1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3'>Previous editions<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>4th edition &#8211; May 2024<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Emma Desgens, Priscilla Guy, Karla Etienne &amp; \u00c9lise-Ross Nadi\u00e9<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.832685898897703&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See photos of the Cabaret &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-687x1030.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche-retraite-web-03-2-470x705.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>_______<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd edition &#8211; April 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Catherine Beau-Ferron, Emma Desgens, Priscilla Guy, Karla Etienne &amp; \u00c9lise-Ross Nadi\u00e9<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.600396822126613&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See photos of the Cabaret &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1367\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-688x1030.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-1001x1500.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/337396811_1409752239825290_14117386002179868_n-471x705.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1367px) 100vw, 1367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd edition &#8211; April 2022<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Catherine Beau-Ferron, Emma Desgens, Priscilla Guy, Karla Etienne &amp; \u00c9lise-Ross Nadi\u00e9<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1585254795193387&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See photos of the Cabaret &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light.png 865w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light-687x1030.png 687w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Affiche_light-470x705.png 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st edition &#8211; April 2021<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Catherine Beau-Ferron, Emma Desgens and Priscilla Guy<br \/>\nPhotos: Ren\u00e9 Faulkner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4647-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4659-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4755-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-m9t0btkl-349a1f443357f2d9371edc4ba5e36b90'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4'>Partners<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>This project received financial support from the Programme de partenariat territorial de La Haute-Gasp\u00e9sie. La Retraite is also supported by the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada. Special thanks to the Municipality of Marsoui, Noeuds \u00c9ditions and Po\u00e8me en ao\u00fbt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retraite_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retraite_logo.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retraite_logo-300x24.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retraite_logo-768x61.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/retraite_logo-705x56.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8963"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9002,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions\/9002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandolinehybride.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}