Grand annual celebration night, under the Honorary Presidency of Mr. G. Pierre Lapointe, administrator and president of Jarislowsky, Fraser Limitée. This starry night will be the perfect occasion to highlight the 10th anniversary of the artists' studios.

To celebrate the resident artists work, an exclusive visit of the Foundry's 12 workshops will be offered. Simultaneously, the pre-opening of our summer exhibition showcasing the work of Ulla Von Brandenburg and Catherine Lescarbeau will be presented to the guests taking part in this unique evening.

Moreover, in the Place Publique, the promised installation by Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil. I will Keep a Light Burning is composed of 500 glowing candles that aim to reproduce the night sky as it will be visible in hundred years. From 8 pm, litting the candles one after the other, the artist, helped of the audience, will reveal this hidden map.

The goal of this fundraising event is to collect funds in order to offer accessible studios to Montreal and international artists, to support our programs, and make our activities known to the general public. Specially for the occasion, the limited edition of the work of art All Stars by Karen Kraven will be on sale.

Many artistic and musical performances will go on all night in a multi-purpose space of dramatic industrial architecture where history and contemporary art meet.

All Stars by Karen Kraven

Karen Kraven is an artist currently based in Montreal where she had a Darling Foundry Studio from 2013-2016. Her installations include found images, photography and sculpture that reference sports and camouflage through investigations of clothing, sports equipment and abstract patterns. Photographs and images are a way to think about form through an exploration of optical illusions and large scale transformations in works that combine direct photography, scanning and appropriation.
Allstars is part of a series of photographs of fabrics used for sports jerseys.

Recognized as a charitable organization, the Darling Foundry can give out tax receipts. The value of the advantages received during the evening, as well as the value of the artwork will be deducted from the total amount.