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2025 PROGRAM | OUR ARTISTS | PHOTO GALLERY
La Montagnarde-ATSA, a venue for artist residencies and its Art-Nature Trail, invites the general public to the second edition of its annual event, "Art is in its Leaves," on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, 2025, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., during the Journées de la Culture (Culture Days).
Guided tours with performances begin at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
25 works and artists to discover and meet on site in the enchanting setting of the Laurentian forest and its autumn colors. See program details below.
Location: 251 chemin des Bouleaux, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, J0T2B0.
- Neighborhood parking: organize a carpool on our social media.
- The Art-Nature Trail is not wheelchair accessible.
- In case of heavy rain, activities will be canceled.
Stay informed on:
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Yrf23BzEp/
Visit our website: https://atsa.qc.ca/l-art-est-dans-ses-feuilles
Interested in getting involved? Leave your name, email, and phone number, along with a brief description of your interests and skills, at programmation@atsa.qc.ca
Donate: https://atsa.qc.ca/devenir-membre
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L’Art est dans ses feuilles is an opportunity to discover the works, community workshops, and approaches of the artists who have resided at the La Montagnarde residence since 2022, through an art trail in the forest, punctuated by live art performances, workshops, and screenings.
Based in Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, the La Montagnarde artist residency, managed by ATSA, has been welcoming international and Quebec artists from all artistic disciplines since 2022, to create
and recharge, as well as to offer creative workshops in the Laurentian community of Pays-d'en-Haut.
DETAILED PROGRAM 2025
Free admission between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.: Stroll along the Art-Nature Trail to discover more than 13 forest sculptures + participate in the LFH pinhole workshop + Art videos inside La Montagnarde + Chat with the artists present.
At 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.: Welcome address and unveiling of works by Nicolas Laverdière, present at the event, Philippe Malo's Femme-Racine, Diane Brodeur's Point de Repère, and Marie-Claude de Souza's Glossaire baragouiné, followed by guided tours and performances along the Art-Nature Trail.
Our artists: Nicolas Laverdière, title to be announced | Philippe Malo with Femme-Racine | Wartin Pantois with Moskito Star | Diane Brodeur with Point de repère | Marie-Claude de Souza with 7 3D prints of Glossaire baragouiné | Gaspard Combes with Rotisserie Chicken, The Boxer, These Boots Are Not Made for Walking and Careful with Axes, Eugène | LFH with La Watch + pinhole photography workshop | Diane Obomsawin with her mural of boaters | Elaine Frigon with The Brides' Flight | Annie Roy with Strands of Memory and My Sleepless Nights | Luc Senécal with Botanica | elparo, Untitled 2022 and Chloé Coomans with Chrysalide.
The performances will take place during the guided tours at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
September 27 performances: Cassiopée Danse with Between Memory and Forgetting… in the work The Brides' Flight by Élaine Frigon + Marie-Laurence Marleau with Between Two Waters in the work Botanica by Luc Senécal | DJ Apéro
September 28 performances: Dusso Danse with Musée Bermuda in Annie Roy's Brins de mémoire | Marie-Laurence Marleau with Entre deux eaux in Luc Senécal's Botanica.
Dress seasonally with comfortable shoes and bring your own water bottle or picnic!
Carpool to minimize the impact of parking on your neighbors.
OUR ARTISTS
| Nicolas Laverdière | installation | Come and discover Nicolas Laverdière's unique work created for the occasion, in the presence of the artist! | www.bravobgl.ca |
| Philippe Malo | installation | La Montagnarde welcomes the work Femme-Racine by Philippe Malo, created during the Jardins réinventés festival of Saint-François in 2025. The artist donates his spectacular work to La Montagnarde! | https://www.philippemalo.com/ |
| LFH | photography |
Stop by the M. residence to admire the M.1 pinhole camera, and chat with the artists about their project, La Watch, created during their 2025 residency. |
https://www.lalfh.ca/ |
| Marie-Laurence Marleau | theatre | Listen to Marie-Laurence Marleau deliver excerpts from Entre Deux eaux in the setting of Luc Sénécal's work Botanica. The performance is based on sound clips from interviews conducted as part of the Entre deux eaux residency project. | |
| Dusso danse | danse | Let yourself be transported by the poetry of a painting from the Bermuda Museum, danced by the Dusso Danse company alongside the work Brins de mémoire by Annie Roy. | dussodanse.com |
| Cassiopée Danse | danse |
Be moved by the three performers of Cassiopée Danse, under the direction of choreographer Marie-Josée Larouche, with excerpts from "Between Memory and Forgetting...", created at La Montagnarde as part of Elaine Frigon's work in June 2025. Plus, don a VR headset in the M. residence and travel back in time to discover past creations by Cassiopée Danse, directed by Michel Depatie. |
https://cassiopeedanse.com/ |
| Marie-Claude De Souza | poetry | In a corner of the forest, discover 7 3D prints of "familiolectal neologisms" collected at SAH's Pic café during the artist's residency in winter 2025. These are the diverted or invented words that only members of the same family know and understand. These words are added to the artist's "Gabbled Glossary" project. They will be hidden in the forest, whispering their mysteries to us. It's up to us to imagine what each one means. | https://www.poesiepartous.com/baragouiner |
| Diane Brodeur | installation | Meditate at the center of Diane Brodeur's work. A landmark, a compass work in the heart of the forest where each tree is a protective cardinal point. An aesthetic that recalls childhood while reminding us of the importance of letting nature guide us. | |
| Wartin Pantois | installation | Plongez dans l'univers extra terrestre de Wartin Pantois et détectez des objets célestes avec le radar à main "Moskito Star". | https://wartinpantois.blogspot.com/ |
| Élaine Frigon | installation | Cassiopée danse will perform Between Memory and Forgetting... through Wedding Dresses on Saturday, September 27. | |
| Annie Roy | installation |
Discover these two discreet works, "Brins de mémoire" and "Mes nuits blanches," in the heart of the forest. Each takes us back to moments of intimacy with ourselves, to memories we can't contain or to the insomnia that brings them back. |
https://atsa.qc.ca/ |
| Luc Sénécal | installation |
Walk the Art-Nature trail to the hunter's cabin, adorned with photographs by Scénographies-Paysages. |
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| Gaspard Combes | sculpture | Gaspard Combes has shown generosity and is therefore offering you today the opportunity to discover 4 of his works at La Montagnarde: "Roast Chicken", "The Boxer", "These boots aren't or walking" and "Careful with the axes, Eugene". | https://gaspardcombes.com/ |
| elparo | sculpture | "Deliberately abstract and untitled, Elparo's work at La Montagnarde is a gateway to exchange and sharing." The work is the first attraction at La Montagnarde! | www.elparo.org |
| Chloe Coomans | sculpture | Along the trails of the Montagnarde, you can still stumble upon the remains of "Chrysalide." A life-size print, exhibited only during Art is in its Leaves, allows you to see the work when it hatches in 2022! | https://www.chloecoomans.com/ |
| Diane Obomsawin | mural | Diane Obomsawin donated a mural to La Montagnarde. It is only displayed during L'Art est dans ses feuilles events. | dianeobomsawin.ca |
VOLUNTEERING
Would you like to contribute to the promotion of culture in the Laurentians?
We are looking for reception, parking, and cultural mediation agents.
Fill in the form or Email us at programmation@atsa.qc.ca
PHOTO GALLERY
THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO:
Territory recognition
The entire ATSA team would like to pay tribute to the Anishinabe Algonquin people, traditional guardians of the lands where our artistic residency La Montagnarde is located. We recognize the long-standing sacred bond uniting it to this territory, which remains unceded. We also pay tribute to all the indigenous people who live in Les Pays d’en Haut, or elsewhere in Canada. We recognize traditional knowledge keepers of all ages. We also honor their leaders of yesterday, today and tomorrow, who had undeniable courage.