The Assemblée nationale du Québec is launching a competition to create a digital or video work

This competition is open to professional artists in digital arts, visual arts, or film and video art who meet the eligibility criteria, conditions, and technical specifications outlined in the program. This link will open in a new window

The work produced should last five to eight minutes and will be projected continuously for 5 years in the agora of the Parliament Building’s Reception Pavilion, in Québec City.

The Assemblée nationale will grant the artist whose project is selected the amount of $30,000 for the creation and execution of the work, as well as an amount to cover public presentation and use rights, for the duration of the presentation.

The deadline to submit a project is May 8, 2024. The work will be inaugurated on April 25, 2025, 85 years to the day after the sanction of the Act granting to women the right to vote and to be eligible as candidates.This link will open in a new window
Consult the program This link will open in a new window

“Events of recent years have demonstrated the fragility of victories won by women, including their right to express themselves in the public sphere. I hope this new work will remind Quebecers of the importance of celebrating and defending the pillars of our democracy, including the universal right to vote.”
- Nathalie Roy, President of the Assemblée nationale du Québec

“As we prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec is proud to work with the Assemblée nationale du Québec on the creation of a work that will be testimony to the journey to women obtaining the right to vote in Québec. Beyond commemorating this major step forward for society, this partnership illustrates our ongoing commitment to diversity, inclusion, and progress.”
- Anne-Marie Jean, President and Executive Director of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Request for information

For details about the competition, artists can contact Dominique Bilodeau, program officer at the CALQ, at 1 800 608-3350 or by email: dominique.bilodeau@calq.gouv.qc.ca

About the Reception Pavilion’s agora at the Parliament Building

Inaugurated in the summer of 2019, the agora is a vibrant, multipurpose space, with guided tours, open houses, educational activities, public activities, private events, and more.

In 2023, the Parliament Building received over 95,000 people from Québec and elsewhere.

About the Conseil des arts et de slettres du Québec

The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, a government corporationunder the responsibility of the Minister of Culture and Communications, invests in the imagination and celebrates the successes of those who create significant works, which forge our cultural identity and make it shine.

From a perspective of equitable and sustainable artistic development, the CALQ supports creation, experimentation and production in the fields of arts and letters in all regions of Quebec and promotes their dissemination in Quebec, Canada and abroad.