As part of the Journées de la culture 2026
Saturday September 26th, 2026, 2 pm
Upon reservation – Places are limited
Join our guest artist, Clara-Jane Rioux Fiset, to discover natural pigments and how they are transformed into watercolour paint using plants from Molinari’s Jardin des couleurs.
Since 2025, the Foundation has been creating a garden of dye plants for the summer season to be used for exhibition signage and for educational and mediation activities.
Through various explorations and demonstrations, participants will discover how to transform plant resources into pigments and paint, while becoming familiar with different plants from our garden and those that can be harvested in various urban and natural environments. Each participant will leave with a small watercolour block made from pigments derived from marigolds in the Jardin des couleurs.
Reservations are required via the registration link. Hurry, spots are very limited!
Clara-Jane Rioux Fiset (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University, with a specialization in fiber and material practices. Their work explores the poetry of everyday gestures and the oblique dimension of utilitarian objects through tactile installations that combine fiber, metal, ceramics, and photography. Their work has been exhibited at Galerie Erga, Art Mûr, POPOP, Ada X, the Kamouraska Art Center, and the FOFA Gallery, and has been published in The Pit and Needlebound. They presented their first solo exhibition, Les Luces, in the summer of 2025. Clara-Jane is currently collaborating with the Eco-FOFA collective as a consultant specializing in natural pigments and their use in an exhibition context.
This project received financial support through the Programme de partenariat territorial de Montréal.
