Founded in 1992 and situated in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, near the St. Lawrence River, Est-Nord-Est (ENE) is an artist-run centre for research in contemporary art, and a major actor in the field outside of large cities. Its main objective is to offer an international community of artists and authors space and time for experimentation and privileged access to resources and to a variety of local expertise. The centre promotes the importance of the creative process in contemporary art practices.

The centre invites residents to freely explore new creative territories without a predetermined production goal or an imperative for dissemination. Its residency offer responds to a manifest need expressed by artists and authors, both established and emerging, in the broad field of the visual arts in Québec, Canada, and other countries, for whom benefiting from a context completely devoted to exploration is essential to the professional development of their practice.

In 2019, the community’s support contributed to the achievement of a major project: the inauguration of a new building. This has enabled us to offer a space that lends itself to creativity and to add a winter residency so that we can host artists all year round!

The donations collected on this platform will allow us to pursue the development of ENE’s financial autonomy. All funds collected will be invested in an endowment fund and the interest collected yearly will ensure our support to research and experimentation in contemporary art !

We thank you for your support!