"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
2009 two thousand and nine
Julie Faubert
Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS (volet 1)Read moreJulie Faubert takes a critical look at the words that allow us (or not) to think, the words that we don't abuse enough, the words that, to be truly accurate, should also be constantly invented.
DARE-DARE GALA 5
Fundraising EventRead more5th edition of the legendary DARE-DARE Gala! Party for the benefit of DARE-DARE activities, which brings together about twenty artists during a festive evening where performances, videos and musical performances are presented.
Festival Danse-Mur
Read moreTen days of mural painting on five completely different large walls, all located around the corner of Saint-Denis and Mont-Royal.
Viva! Art Action
2nd editionRead moreDARE-DARE presents a series of long and short performances to take place the urban environment as a means to create a dialogue with the general public.
Emma Waltraud Howes
Subtle ArchitecturesRead moreSeries of actions realised in various dis/location sites.
Mona Sharma
Giving Words to the Ground: the Cabot Square projectRead moreThe rhythmic flow of development and decline in the history of Cabot Square and its surroundings are made use of by Mona Sharma to create her drawings and urban tales.
Iona Fournier-Tombs
chalking / tracés urbainsRead moreThe action of drawing brings new ideas, forges connections. To take a piece of chalk and draw designs on the cement is to make the decision to live in the moment, to be open and available to the contingencies of the terrain, weather and people around us.
Off-Biennale
DARE-DARE invites you to the Off-Biennial, an event that will showcase various unique artistic projects including performances, dance, installations and sculpture.Read more➜ Please note that this event could not be fully realized. The OFF-Biennale team was forced to end activities earlier than planned, for reasons beyond our control. Some activities have been postponed to the following programming season.
Gina Badger Workshops
Making Seed-bombs in french and englishRead moreArtist Gina Badger demonstrates how to turn dirt, clay, water and seeds into gardening bombs.