immersion 2026

Adélard is excited to announce the call for projects for the Summer season 2026. Artists are invited to submit a proposal for our residency program. Our Immersive-residency program is addressed to professional artists, emerging or established, practising all forms of visual arts, and with no restriction as to place of residence or nationality. The immersive residencies, each lasting six weeks, will take place between May and September in our heritage barn in Frelighsburg.

Immersive residencies

Adélard offer six-week immersive residencies, each to one artist. The immersive residency is based on two mainstays: that of giving artists time and space to develop a project and that of creating connections with the local community.

Depending on their project, artists in residency will have an opportunity to collaborate with local artists, artisans, and partners to discuss particular areas of expertise, or to explore or become involved with the territory.

An open residency

During weekdays, the Adélard barn, where the studio is located, is reserved exclusively for the artist. On Saturdays and Sundays, the artist may keep working and the barn will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to visit the barn, meet the artist, visit an exhibition, and/or participate in cultural mediation activities.

Cultural mediation

Given Adélard’s mission, which is to bring artists and people together, artists in immersive residency agree to participate in at least one cultural mediation activity related to their project. These activities are formulated in consultation with the manager of Adélard’s educational activities.

The barn

Adélard is situated in a heritage barn in the heart of the village of Frelighsburg. The site is warm and welcoming, relatively large, and well lit. The space is informally divided into three areas: a studio space, an exhibition space, and a mediation space. The table is situated in the centre of the barn and offers an invitation to discuss, converse, work, or think. Artists may occupy different parts of the space to develop their projects. Some equipment and services are made available to the artists, including a fridge, a sink, Internet access, tools, etc.

Presentation of artworks

On the upper floor of the barn, Adélard offers artists an exhibition space so that they can exhibit their previous production and undertake a dialogue with the public (Saturdays and Sundays).

A hanging and lighting system is available to artists for presentation of their selection of works or for an exhibition that will have been discussed beforehand with the organization’s management.