Céline Bureau Presents: So You Want to Start an Arts Space?

Elise Boudreau Graham and Hugo Dufour are the co-directors of Céline Bureau (CB), an artist residency and advocacy space which has been around the Mile End neighbourhood of Montréal since 2016. CB hosts studio and writing residencies and offers programming for our members.

Elise and Hugo will present on their experience of founding and running an independent, non-profit arts space. They will offer practical advice for those looking to start their own projects in the range of independent, non-profit, community-centred arts spaces. Topics will include defining your project’s purpose, growing sustainably, budgeting effectively, finding or building your community, and fostering collaboration. Elise and Hugo will answer audience questions about the practical or strategic challenges involved in starting and running a non-profit arts space.

Do you have burning questions you would like to see addressed as part of this presentation due to an already powerful interest in starting a community arts organization yourself? You may email these advanced Qs to Tricia Middleton at tricia.middleton@concordia.ca and she will be sure Elise and Hugo see them prior to preparing their presentation.

This event is happening online.

Céline Bureau is a non-profit artist residency in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal which fosters exchanges between local, national, and international artists of different ages, backgrounds, mediums, and identities. Find them on Instagram here!

This event has been organized by Tricia Middleton, Coordinator of Student Relations for the Faculty of Fine Arts and is generously funded by the Dean's Discretionary Fund, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts.