"Cuerpo y Esprit brings together reflections that began when I was diagnosed with cancer at twenty-nine, just as I was finishing my studies and eager to reconnect professionally with the visual arts."
Programming
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To Embody: Joyful Militancy and Irresistible Activism
2026-2027 programRead moreRaquel Cruz Crespo
Cuerpo y EspritRead moreCall for Proposals
Residency
CONFLUENCES ResidencyRead moreThis residency program runs continuously for 8 weeks. DARE-DARE seeks to foster a deeper, close-knit relationship between a professional artist (who does not reside in the metropolitan area) and the Saint-Henri and Petite-Bourgogne neighbourhoods, and provides dedicated support throughout the residency.
Call for proposals 2026
Residency
research micro-residency at La HALTERead moreThis summer, DARE-DARE invites you to experience a research blitz in the public space. The micro-residencies aim to question and (re)animate our relationship to reading, archives and exchange.
Guillaume Dufour Morin
FAAS8Read moreDARE-DARE has invited Guillaume Dufour-Morin to present a performance at the eighth edition of the Sudbury Alternative Art Fair (FAAS).
Caroline Gagné
Peupleraie - Corps social et corps sonoreRead morePeupleraie invites us to explore the soundscape of a community of trees, poplars, in the urban fabric of the Petite-Bourgogne neighborhood and the Lachine Canal, as a metaphor for the “living environment” and the social body. Anyone passing through the South-West neighborhood with an internet-connected device and a pair of headphones can experience the project. Various connectors are available at the HALTE or at the DARE-DARE offices.
Job offer
Projects and Special Events CoordinatorRead moreDARE-DARE is looking for a dynamic, autonomous individual to fill the position of Projects and Special Events Coordinator.
Job Offer
Cultural Mediator and Programming Assistant (Funded by: Canada Summer Jobs)Read moreDARE-DARE is seeking a dynamic, creative, and self-directed individual to fill the position of Cultural Mediator and Programming Assistant
Elsy Zavarce and Denise A. Olivares
Echoes of Burgundy: Exploring Urban Presence Through Multisensory ArchivesRead moreThe duo of Elsy Zavarce and Denise A. Olivares, who were in residence for an independent research project during the 2025–2026 programming year, will present the results of their work at La HALTE in late May.
Archives
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DARE-DARE Dépôt 2003
fundraising eventRead moreShannon Cochrane and Jacob Wren
Five Important BooksRead moreThe academic community and the general public often debate the criteria for recognition of literary work. The importance given to a book reflects the values of a society. The Five Important Books project takes these issues out of the realm of normative discourse and places them in the hands of readers who still appreciate a good book.
Adrienne Spier
Waiting Rooms and OfficesRead moreThe installation is composed of two generic spaces: a waiting room and an office. These spaces are occupied by institutional furniture.
Denise Hawrysio
In the Full Light of ReasonRead moreDenise Hawrysio's (London, England) project consists of a deconstruction of the architecture of the gallery space.
BUREAU© (Agnès Aubague and Thomas Lanfranchi)
Sieste de BUREAURead more"BUREAU©" presents during the weekends of July a series of five flying tents and BUREAU installations near the Lachine Canal.
Sally Lee Sheeks
Fontaines-CroquisRead moreIn Montreal, Sally Lee Sheeks sketched three fountains: the large fountain in the Lafontaine Park basin, Jocelyne Alloucherie's fountain-sculpture Tables de jours, and the fountain basin at Place des Arts.
Thomas Bégin
ConstructionRead moreThe project consists of the construction of a small building and the development of a gallery space.
Manon De Pauw
Au travailRead moreAu travail is the result of a singular residency: a series of in situ shootings carried out at DARE-DARE with the complicity of its team.
Interstices 4 x 5 à 7
François Quévillon, Lynn Hughes & Simon Laroche, Adad Hannah, Manon de Pauw, Alexandre Castonguay & Mathieu BouchardRead moreInterstices is a research group formed by artists exploring the aesthetic and poetic scope of human-computer interfaces in media arts.
Lance Blomgren, Annika Grill and Yvette Poorter
The Complete Owner's ManualRead moreThis collaborative project is based on the concept of the owner's manual. The gallery intervention consists of a variety of three-dimensional objects scattered throughout the space, images and texts displayed on the walls.