A Summer of Artistic Discovery in a Magical Setting!
Activities Calendar 2025
Now entering its fourth season, this exceptional venue invites you to enjoy a rich and varied cultural program — all free of charge. In 2025, let yourself be surprised by three unique outdoor exhibitions (Primal Body / Future Body, Malvina in the Old Days, and Essential Connections: The Body and the Environment) interactive digital tour, participatory workshops, vibrant performances, open-air concerts, and inspiring talks.
Come discover how nature and creativity meet at Malvina — a magical place where art comes to life in new and unexpected ways, for visitors of all ages!
Visit the Malvina Creation and Presentation Center
309, chemin de Malvina, Saint-Malo (Québec) Open in Google Maps
1 hour from Sherbrooke, 2h15 from Montreal
Season novelties
- Art, Technology and Territory, a brand-new project created entirely this summer at Malvina by eight internationally renowned artists (in collaboration with Professors from the University of Alberta)
- The full short film series EVE 2050, enriching the Primal Body / Future Body exhibition with a bold artistic, aesthetic, and ethical reflection on the future of humanity and the body in the age of digital technologies, biomedical advances, and artificial intelligence
- New content for the Malvina in the Old Days exhibition
Explore the hybrid world of art, heritage, and technology through guided exhibition tours led by Geneviève Crête, Sylvain Dodier, and Isabelle Van Grimde
Saturday, July 5 from 1 to 4 PM
Live music by the Malvina Jazz Trio
Welcome remarks with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
Season Highlights Presentation
Excerpt from the webseries EVE 2050
Saturday, July 12 from 1 to 4 PM
Art, Technology and Territory
- Presentation of an installation by Ana Rewakowicz, featuring audience participation
- A performance by Emmanuelle Martin, integrated into a sound installation by Thom Gossage
- The event concludes with an artist talk moderated by Sylvain Dodier
Family Workshop / Talk: How to Promote Biodiversity in Our Gardens (in French)
On Saturday, July 13, 2025, Malvina CPC (Creation and Presentation Center) will host an engaging and accessible talk on biodiversity in the garden. Led by Dr. Mirella Aoun and Jennifer Downing, researchers from Bishop’s University Faculty of Environment, Agriculture and Geography, this free public event will explore practical strategies to support pollinators, healthy soil life, and plant diversity in home gardens.
Participants will learn about the essential relationships between plants, insects, and microorganisms, and how these interactions contribute to resilient, living ecosystems. The session will include hands-on advice to help individuals design and maintain environmentally friendly gardens that support local biodiversity.
Following the talk, the presenters will offer a berry propagation workshop, open to all skill levels.
Guided tours of all exhibitions
Saturday, August 2 from 1 to 4 PM
Focus on Eve 2050, the webseries
To begin, an artistic conversation on the EVE 2050 project led by Sylvain Dodier, Isabelle Van Grimde, and Thom Gossage. This will be followed by a collective screening of the short films, inviting participants into a sensory and reflective experience.
Guided tours of all exhibitions
Saturday, August 16 from 1 to 4.30 PM
Art, Technology and Territory
Experience an immersive journey through an installation of sculptures by Sean Caulfield, a soundscape by Thom Gossage, and a live performance by Emmanuelle Martin, choreographed by Isabelle Van Grimde.
Followed by a discussion with the artists, hosted by Sylvain Dodier
🖋️ Anatomical Drawing Workshop with Sean Caulfield (Click to expand)
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025 — 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Centre de création et de diffusion Malvina, 309 chemin de Malvina, Saint-Malo (Québec)
Join Canadian artist Sean Caulfield for a unique participatory workshop that blends visual arts, medical history, philosophical reflection, and collective creativity.
Over the course of short guided drawing sessions, participants will explore representations of the human body through time — from ancient depictions to Renaissance anatomical engravings, all the way to contemporary visions of hybrid and technologically altered bodies.
Each “act” of the workshop will be introduced by artistic or literary excerpts and open group discussion on the intersections of art, science, and territory. All drawing materials are provided, and no previous drawing experience is required — just curiosity and a willingness to experiment.
This outdoor activity takes place in the natural surroundings of Malvina and is accessible to all.
🌱 Topics explored:
– The body, medicine, and anatomical illustration
– Artistic heritage and printmaking
– Landscapes, memory, and collective transformation
– Surrealism, mythology, and the power of the imagination
This public workshop is part of the CCD Malvina summer cultural program and complements the immersive installation Art, Technology and Territory, presented the same day.
Guided tours of all exhibitions
Saturday, August 23 from 1 to 5 PM
Art, Technology and Territory
Discover new works by Sean Caulfield, Liz Ingram, and Bernd Hildebrandt, created during their residencies at Malvina.
Talk and Roundtable
Territory as a Concept, a talk by Domingo Cisneros, followed by a roundtable with the artist and fellow Art, Technology and Territory participants, hosted by Sylvain Dodier.
Book Launch at 4 PM
Launch of La Coyota by Domingo Cisneros (Éditions Mémoire d’encrier), hosted by Jean-François Létourneau, followed by a reception with refreshments.
In collaboration with Les amis du patrimoine de Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
Guided tours of all exhibitions
Saturday, September 27 from 1 to 5 PM
Celebrate Journées de la culture at Malvina with an afternoon full of discoveries!
Enjoy guided exhibition tours, attend a compelling conference on Abenaki history in the region with historian Léon Robichaud, and close the season with music and dance during a traditional “set carré” led by caller Robert Goulet. A wonderful way to wrap up the season in an inspiring and festive atmosphere.
Talk: The Abenaki Presence in the Eastern Townships
With Professor Léon Robichaud, Department of History, Université de Sherbrooke
Late Afternoon Set Carré
With musicians Bill Gossage, Mike Bleho, Glenn Royand, and caller Robert Goulet
