Canadian Heritage committee  It’s always important to work on promoting arts and crafts, whether locally or internationally. We must transport our culture and the expertise of the people who make it. Supporting projects internationally allows people to grow their businesses. As we have said, each artist is s

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the government can trust community stakeholders. They are creators, they are inventive and find creative solutions. Cultural districts often form organically, at first. Artists get together in low-cost locations. At some point, those groups attract people, stimulate the c

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. That is one of our biggest challenges, since we constantly have to train staff. Given the low wages, they are often young people who are recent graduates with no experience. The turnover rate is slowing down our development. In addition, it becomes difficult to motivate staf

Canadian Heritage committee  We receive funding from the Canada Council for the Arts for some projects, but the funding is not focused on the centre's mission. We also receive funding from SODEC and the City of Quebec, mainly for the centre's operation.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  We are a non-profit organization, an artist-run centre. So most of the board of directors is made up of craft artists, as our vocation is related to crafts. We collaborate a lot with the Maison des métiers d'art de Québec. In addition to sharing the same building, we have the sam

Canadian Heritage committee  In 2000, the Maison des métiers d'art de Québec, the MMAQ, created the Materia Gallery, located on the ground floor of its eight-storey building, in the heart of the Saint-Roch neighbourhood, in Quebec City. At the time, there were no presentation venues for crafts in Quebec. By