Programming and Outreach Events
Deprogramming & Outreach — Fall 2026
articule is pleased to introduce a DEPROGRAMMING approach for Fall 2026. The center is at a pivotal moment in its history, as we will be moving in October after five years at the Plaza Saint-Hubert gallery space. At this crossroads, and in anticipation of major changes to the schedule and programming logistics, the articule team will present proposals that view uncertainty as an opportunity.
All of our events are free and open to the public.
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Montreal Monochrome XI — TRANSIENT
September 2-5, 2026.
Montréal Monochrome is an annual conference series for Indigenous, Black, and artists and cultural workers of color, organized by articule's Fabulous Committe.
This 11th edition, which will take place from September 2-6, 2026, will expand to welcome guests from across Canada to explore our theme: TRANSIENT.
The objective of Montreal Monochrome is to build new, long-lasting solidarity networks among BIPOC arts workers across the country and promote discussion and awareness of systemic racism in the arts milieu. The conference will be an opportunity to share organizing strategies for better labour conditions among BIPOC arts workers.
Montreal Monochrome is an annual conference organized by articule's Fabulous Committee (anti-oppression). It addresses the misrepresentation and under-representation of Indigenous and racialized people in the current Montreal arts scene. The event aims to imagine and nurture new and existing connections, solidarities and friendships between Indigenous artists, thinkers, cultural workers and racialized allies. Artists, cultural workers, researchers, community organizers and others are invited to apply. The selected projects may take the form of workshops, round tables, debates, collective works, actions in the public space, interventions, performances, demonstrations, lightning gatherings, among others.
Deprogramming
From our Call for Submissions
For its 2026-2027 programming year, articule has chosen DEPROGRAMMING as its theme. Following a move in the middle of the pandemic, staff turnover, burnout, and financial uncertainty, articule is scheduling some time to recalibrate. We invite you to transform and adapt our space, to try out fresh ideas, and to make old ideas new again.
Taking a break from 6-week exhibitions, we are seeking proposals that may not fit neatly into a white cube, such as public interventions, live art projects, happenings, new artistic practices, public talks, workshops, screenings–any and all sort of undisciplinary activities. We invite local, national and international artists, collectives, art institutions and curators to submit proposals that respond to this theme in whatever way they see fit.
very abstract and a little bit harsh
— Lily Jue Sheng
Screening at La Lumière
September 24, 2026 from 6:30 to 8 PM.
very abstract and a little bit harsh traces the political consciousness of Lily Jue Sheng’s practice through a decade of their experience around unstable cinema economies. The program will be accompanied by a reading from their upcoming chapbook Wage Theft, a mix of poetic and agitprop thinking that draws from class struggles across various fronts and fissures.
Lily Jue Sheng is an artist-filmmaker and cinema worker working across the moving image, collage, and poetry. They have screened or read at Anthology Film Archives, The Cinematheque, the Emily Harvey Foundation, Mono No Aware, and The Poetry Project. Recent film festival presentations include Light Field Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, True/False Film Fest, and Kabayitos Microcinema. They have received awards from Creatives Rebuild NY, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Anderson Center at Tower View, and various local arts councils. Their work develops from places and paradigms relative to being a neuro-atypical minority settler (b. Shanghai, China) in labor struggles on unceded Lenape lands where they grew up and are based (New Jersey and New York).
Modular Kitchen
— Madison Strizic
Ongoing, starting September 2026. The dates will be announced shortly.
Modular Kitchen is a compact cabinet on wheels that opens up and transforms into an unconventional—mostly functional—kitchenette. It will be installed at articule for the year—transforming and adapting to reflect the changing exhibition space.
The kitchen will be activated through food-based interventions developed in concert with the other artists at the gallery. Visitors are invited to help cook, pull up a chair and chat, or simply grab a cup of tea and enjoy the on-going exhibitions.
Madison Strizic(b.1996) is an artist, researcher, and baker whose work offers participatory and experimental methods of coming together and (be)coming a/part (of) through conversation, cooking, and play. They are a grateful, uninvited guest born on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (Toronto). Currently based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), they graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University in 2024.
Drawing from a decade of experience in the hospitality and restaurant industry, their practice combines food traditions with unconventional exhibition models to explore material cultures, queer(ing) spaces, and histories of debt, labour, and value. They also moonlight in catering and recipe-development, creating site-specific food interventions for art and cultural events.
Recently, their work has been presented in a number of galleries, artist-run-centres, and festivals, both at home and abroad, including Lobster Club Gallery, NY (2026); Galerie PFOAC (2025); artch (2025); FOFA Gallery (2025); RIPA (2024); and Centre Arprim (2024).
Teenage Dirtbag
— Maddie Alexander
The dates will be announced shortly.
Teenage Dirtbag is an installation exploring boyhood in the late 90s and early 2000s, through the lens of a trans-masculine adult. Set under the tableau of the artists' imagined teenage bedroom, he reflects on feelings of yearning, dreaming, teen angst, and moments of catching your reflection through pop culture. Using the vehicle of nostalgia, they explore the culture that shaped their queer sensibility and gender exploration. This work is a love letter to the trans kids who become trans adults.
Maddie Alexander (They/He) is a trans artist, archivist, and arts worker based in Halifax, NS. He holds a BFA from OCAD University (2016), and an MFA from NSCAD University (2020), where they received The Reznick Family Fund for Student Creativity. Their work has been exhibited locally and internationally, with participation in residencies such as CSAV– Artists' Research Laboratory at Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como, Italy), and Vermont Studio Center (Vermont, USA). He was a 2025 AGO x RBC Emerging Artist-Researcher, as well as an Artist in Residence at the SPAO Photographic Arts Centre. His practice has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
From our Info Session
During our 2026-2027 programming year, articule’s Programming Committee wants to focus on fostering and facilitating member-led initiatives. From August 2026 until the summer of 2027, articule will be dedicating more space and resources to artistic endeavours led by our members.
We have a gallery, a printer, and four hammers.
How can we help you realize your project?
From the 1st pitch date
The goal is not, necessarily, to host exhibitions, but to make our space available as a site of experimentation, collaboration, and sharing for our members. We want to facilitate your use of articule. We want you to show us what is possible in our space. Our support can take many forms, such as access to articule’s equipment, administrative infrastructure, support letters, assistance for grant applications, venue, promotional or financial support – our budget is limited, but we will make the most of it.
Member-led projects selected for this Fall 2026 Deprogramming
Eco-Cyanotype Popup — Adrien Foula
— August 22, 2026 from 1 to 4 PM.
This eco-responsible cyanotype workshop introduces beginners to the magical process of cyanotype printing. Participants will explore how sunlight and natural elements can be used to create unique artworks on cotton tote bags.
Reading Room & Collective Library — Dick’s Lending Library
— Monday, August 17 to August 30th.
Dick’s Reading Room and Collective Library will be running from Monday, August 17th until Sunday, August 30, at articule. All are invited to donate or lend printed materials that address trans lives, desires, fantasies, politics, advocacy, erotics, and other facets of trans experience. Dick’s entire collection will also be available for browsing, including our non-circulating (more rare and precious) titles.
Behind-the-Scenes Creative Process for Corpocalyptique — Danse To Go Collective
— August 14, 2026 from 10 to 5 PM.
Danse To Go created the first pieces for the Corpocalyptique project in 2021 to explore the connection between overconsumption and the obsession with perfection. Using a vitrine window allows us to explore how to replace what is for sale with what is to be experienced. Can we stop in front of a storefront to feel rather than just see? What if it led us back to a connection with ourselves and others, rather than to disconnection and the fleeting desire to consume?
For any questions or requests concerning accessibility to our events or our gallery space, please contact James Goddard via email or by phone at 514-842-9686. For general accessibility information, please visit our dedicated page. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming space for all.
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