Awaken the artist in you at Village en Arts!

I wanted to be an artist, like the song. I dream of exploring all kinds of mediums. Right now it’s photography, but I’d love to take it further. I seem to be waiting for a flash of genius, exploring. My daughters love art too. The beautiful thing about being a child is that it seems you’re more easily proud of what you create. You don’t ask yourself too many questions, you just go with the flow and find it beautiful. At least, that’s what I see when I watch my daughters create.

From July 2 to 27, 2025, free Village en Arts activities will take place at L’Espace culturel du Quartier Saint-Nicolas (ECQSN). Two years ago, I brought my children along and we celebrated art in a number of activities. In the next few lines, I’ll tell you about our day at the 2023 edition of Village en Arts.

The event offers two very interesting aspects of the ECQSN’s mission: to awaken young people to the arts and to create meeting places.

We began by admiring the young artists at work in a youth mural mentoring program. This program is offered to local teenagers aged 12 to 17. Supervised by professional artists, they each create a mural on a hot-air balloon-shaped structure, which will be proudly displayed in the family area of La Cour arrière at the Festibière de Lévis during the month of August. We were very impressed by the talent involved, and the girls are already thinking of taking part, perhaps when they’re old enough!

What’s more, every weekend, activities are offered free of charge, without reservation and open to the public. On-site artists present a variety of introductory workshops. During our visit, there was a silkscreen workshop and another on embroidery. The girls loved creating their own bandana from an illustration by artists Catherine Baril and Félix Tremblay, on hand to explain the process.