Published November 14, 2025 | Saint-Malo, Eastern Townships
The Malvina Creation and Presentation Centre (Malvina CPC) located in Saint-Malo in the Eastern Townships is proud to announce its nomination as a finalist for the Cultural Development Award at the 2025 Eastern Townships Arts and Culture Awards. This recognition, presented in partnership with Entreprendre Sherbrooke and the Société nationale de l’Estrie, honors cultural organizations that contribute to the influence of Eastern Townships culture.
The winners of the Eastern Townships Arts and Culture Awards, presented by the Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie, will be announced on December 8, 2025 at 5 p.m. during the Cultural Happy Hour at Cégep de Sherbrooke.
Recognition of our transdisciplinary mission rooted in the Eastern Townships
Since its permanent installation in 2024 at 309 chemin de Malvina in Saint-Malo, Malvina CPC has established itself as a unique cultural creation venue in the Eastern Townships where the following converge:
- Transdisciplinary art: dance, science, cutting-edge technologies, and humanities
- Regional heritage: human and environmental heritage of the Eastern Townships
- International reach: welcoming artists and visitors from Montreal, Quebec City, the United States, Europe, Ontario, and the rest of Canada
This nomination for the Cultural Development Award in the Eastern Townships recognizes our commitment to democratizing access to contemporary culture while maintaining the artistic excellence that has characterized VGCS creations (Van Grimde Corps Secrets) since 1992.
VGCS and Malvina CPC: over 30 years of innovative contemporary arts creation
A pioneering transdisciplinary company in Quebec
Well before its establishment at Malvina in 2022, VGCS distinguished itself through its unique transdisciplinary approach in Canada. Rather than simply multidisciplinary, VGCS integrates into its artistic creation processes:
- Science and cutting-edge technologies
- Humanities as a framework for artistic reflection
- The body as a medium for contemporary exploration
Over the years, VGCS (Van Grimde Corps Secrets) has developed unique expertise in artist residencies and transdisciplinary research-creation, positioning the company as a pioneer in Canada in integrating visual arts and emerging technologies into contemporary choreographic creation.
Territorial anchoring as a source of artistic creation in the Eastern Townships
Since 2022, the human and environmental heritage of the Eastern Townships region has profoundly influenced VGCS’s research and creations. The Malvina Creation and Presentation Centre in Saint-Malo has become:
- An artistic creation laboratory where tradition and innovation meet
- A cultural sharing space with the local and regional community of the Eastern Townships
- A cultural bridge between Saint-Malo and the world
Cultural impact and regional influence of Malvina CPC
An innovative cultural centre in rural Eastern Townships
The Malvina Creation and Presentation Centre contributes to the cultural development of the Eastern Townships through its creation, presentation, and mediation activities:
Transdisciplinary artistic creation
- Creation residencies for professional artists
- Artistic research at the intersection of art, science, and technology
- Production of contemporary works in situ, rooted in the Eastern Townships territory
The centre regularly hosts interdisciplinary artist residencies, creating a fertile ecosystem for regional artistic innovation.
Accessible and free cultural programming
- Cultural programming accessible to the local community of Saint-Malo and the Eastern Townships
- Welcoming cultural visitors from throughout the Eastern Townships, Quebec, and internationally
- Artistic events in rural Quebec
Cultural mediation and democratization with Sylvain Dodier
- Sharing creation processes with the Eastern Townships public
- Democratization of contemporary art in the region
- Contribution to the regional cultural vitality of the Eastern Townships
Transdisciplinary creation residencies
Malvina CPC offers artist residencies that welcome creators working at the intersection of disciplines. These residencies allow artists to develop in-depth research in a unique environment, rooted in the natural and cultural heritage of the Eastern Townships.
The 2025 Eastern Townships Arts and Culture Awards: celebrating Eastern Townships culture
Cultural Development Award: the three finalists
Malvina CPC is a finalist for the Cultural Development Award alongside two other remarkable Eastern Townships cultural organizations:
These three organizations represent the diversity of artist residencies, presentation venues, and cultural mediation initiatives that enrich the landscape of visual arts and performing arts in the Eastern Townships.
Other categories of the Eastern Townships Arts and Culture Awards
The 2025 Eastern Townships Arts and Culture Awards, organized by the Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie, also recognize artistic excellence in three other categories:
- Emerging Artist Award (in partnership with Cégep de Sherbrooke)
- Art + Environment Award (in partnership with RURART, Université de Sherbrooke, and Théâtre des Petites Lanternes)
- CALQ Award – Eastern Townships Artist of the Year (in partnership with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and La Fabrique culturelle de Télé-Québec)
Cultural Happy Hour 2025 at Cégep de Sherbrooke: December 8
The cultural event of the year in the Eastern Townships will take place:
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Time: 5 p.m., cocktail reception format
Location: Hall of Salle Alfred-DesRochers, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Pavilion 3
200 rue Terrill, Sherbrooke
This recognition event for artists and cultural organizations of the Eastern Townships brings together arts professionals and culture lovers from the Eastern Townships to celebrate regional artistic vitality.
Reserve your seat for the Cultural Happy Hour here
About the Malvina Creation and Presentation Centre (Malvina CPC)
Malvina CPC is a transdisciplinary artistic creation and presentation centre located in Saint-Malo in the Eastern Townships. Home to the company VGCS (Van Grimde Corps Secrets), the centre welcomes contemporary artistic creators at the intersection of the body, sciences, technologies, and humanities, while being deeply rooted in the human and environmental heritage of the Eastern Townships region.
Since 2022, the Malvina Centre has contributed to the cultural influence of the Eastern Townships by offering creation residencies, free presentation programming, and cultural mediation activities for the local community and visitors from across Quebec and internationally.
As an active member of the regional cultural network supported by the Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie, Malvina CPC contributes to the vitality of visual arts and contemporary creation in the Eastern Townships, while developing partnerships with Quebec and international cultural institutions.