The Première Ovation – Fall 2025 scholarship recipients have been announced!

Québec’s emerging artistic talent in the spotlight

Supporting emerging creation through Première Ovation

Each year, Manif d’art highlights promising new talents through the Première Ovation – Visual Arts, Media Arts and Fine Crafts program, a joint initiative of the City of Québec and the Government of Québec.
This creative support program aims to foster professional development, networking, and artistic outreach for emerging artists in the region.

Grants to encourage new creative voices

As the managing organization for the Visual Arts, Media Arts and Fine Crafts component of Première Ovation, Manif d’art is pleased to present the Fall 2025 recipients.

Thanks to funding provided under the Cultural Development Agreement between the City of Québec and the Government of Québec,
16 projects were selected from 22 applications, for a total of $138,548 CAD in grants.

These awards allow emerging artists to experiment with new approaches, professionalize their practice, and build stronger connections with local arts organizations.

Fall 2025 Recipients

Project Grants

• Laurence Gravel – Vendre ou rénover ?
• Laurence Duchesne – Compte-goutte
• Antoine Larocque – Ethnographie-poubelle (sponsored by Le Pieu)
• Izabelle Desroches – Les têtes volantes – suite (sponsored by La Charpente de Fauves)
• Jiwan Larouche et Maxime Desmeules – Morceau by morceau : un musée de la honte
• Michelle Gagnon – Attends-moi bébé
• Charlotte Larouche – La Femme-Lampadaire
• Alice Blanchet – Rejoindre la membrane (sponsored by La Bande Vidéo)
• Maude Côté – Chimères familières (sponsored by La Maison des métiers d’art de Québec)
• Éloie Bouchard-Maheux – S’y accoter (sponsored by Folie/Culture)
• Camille Biron – S’exercer
• Catherine Valois – Nos traversées
• Julien Saint-Georges-Tremblay – Transmettre les gestes : laboratoires d’explorations for the exhibitionDu geste à la monumentalité

Bourse d’aide à la publication

• Anne-Julie Richard et Florent Michaud – Que fait-il ? (sponsored by Les Éditions Intervention)

Bourses de mentorat

• Jessica Martin-Lafond, mentored by Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
• Claudia Kedney-Bolduc – OMA, mentored by Anne-Marie Bouchard

A new generation of artists to watch

Each selected project reflects a unique vision of contemporary creation in Québec City.
Whether exploring the links between art and ecology, questioning the memory of objects, or rethinking the relationship between body and matter,
these emerging artists embody a bold and committed new art scene.

Première Ovation – A springboard for the next generation

Launched in 2008, Première Ovation supports artists and cultural workers in Québec City by providing the means to create, experiment, and gain first professional experiences.
The program—managed by multiple cultural organizations—now covers thirteen disciplines, including music, theatre, dance, literature, visual arts, media arts, fine crafts, multidisciplinary arts, circus, heritage, digital arts, design, and cinema.

Beyond supporting creation, Première Ovation also promotes the dissemination of emerging talent and public access to new art forms from Québec.

This project is made possible through the joint financial support of the Government of Québec and the Ville de Québec,
as part of their Cultural Development Agreement, and in partnership with CKRL-FM 89.1.