Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program to Support Québec Artist-in-Residence Program
Grand Isle, VT – The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks proposals for an Artist-in-Residence program in Québec that will recruit artists to use scientific data, cultural trends or historical facts to interpret the natural and cultural resources in the Lake Champlain basin.
The LCBP anticipates awarding one grant of up to $50,000 CAD for a two-year program through this Request for Proposals. The selected project will inspire and inform community members about the lake environment, cultural heritage or social issues using creative media.
Potential applicants can learn more at a bilingual presentation about the LCBP Artist-in-Residence program and application process on January 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. at Centre communautaire de Saint-Armand, 444 Chemin Bradley, Saint-Armand, QC J0J 1T0.
In 2024, Centre Adélard, a community-based contemporary art project in Frelighsburg, sponsored artist Pascale Théorêt-Groulx’s creation of obligatory passage ~ bound flow. The project culminated in a replica dam constructed in the Missisquoi River with video elements that interpreted the effects of dams in the watershed. Théorêt-Groulx consulted with scientists and shared her work with students in art workshops at Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes School in Saint-Armand.
“We are incredibly impressed by the work these artists have accomplished across the Lake Champlain watershed,” said Dr. Eric Howe, Director of the LCBP. “Using canvas, papermaking, ceramics, engraving, fabrics and light, they illuminate the serious issues Lake Champlain faces. Art can make these topics more compelling and accessible than a written report for many people. Their outreach to schools ensures that our next generation of lake users will have a strong understanding of lake issues and what they can do to help.”
Proposals will be evaluated through a competitive selection process. Proposals may be submitted in French. The LCBP will translate French proposals into English for the grant review committee, which will include English-speaking members. Proposals may also be submitted in both French and English if the applicant wishes to translate their own proposal for review.
The proposal application deadline is February 5, 2025. Successful applicants will start work on their programs in May 2025.
Details about the Request for Proposals are available on the LCBP Grants and RFPs page.
Interested applicants may also contact Jim Brangan of the LCBP at (802) 372-0213 or jbrangan@lcbp.org for questions in English. For questions in French, contact Guylaine Beaudoin, CLD Brome-Missisquoi Conseillère en développement touristique and a long-time LCBP partner at (450) 266-4928, poste 247 or gbeaudoin@cldbm.qc.ca.
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The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program coordinates and funds efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain Basin’s water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources. The program works in partnership with federal agencies, state and provincial agencies from New York, Vermont, and Québec, local communities, businesses, and citizen groups. NEIWPCC—a regional commission that helps the states of the Northeast preserve and advance water quality—serves as the primary program administrator of LCBP at the request of the Lake Champlain Steering Committee and administers the program’s personnel, finances, quality management and contracts. NEIWPCC is a program partner of LCBP. For further information, contact the Lake Champlain Basin Program, 54 West Shore Road, Grand Isle, VT at (802) 372-3213 / (800) 468-5227 or visit https://www.lcbp.org/.
