Finissage: À nos prothèses (To our prosthetics) – À nos prothèses collective
September 6, 2025, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
At Maison Antoine-Beaudry, 14678 Notre-Dame Street East, Montreal (Quebec) H1A 1W1
The À nos prothèses collective is pleased to invite you to the finissage of their exhibition, À nos prothèses (To our prosthetics) , which seeks to explore relationships of intimacy, conviviality, dispossession, and (in)accessibility to our “ordinary” prosthetics.
The collective has organized a series of workshops, participatory installations, screenings, and rituals centered around our needs, refusals, memories, and stories of prosthetics. This project offers an opportunity to explore questions of inclusion and cultural citizenship of people with disabilities, beyond the lens of accessibility. By focusing their exploration on the question of “we”—Who speaks? Who thinks? Who contributes to the reflection and the reappropriation of prosthetics discussed in this project?—the collective approaches inclusion by concentrating on the conditions of “thought by” and “thought for.” This project is the result of a collaborative effort between 15 artists with diverse disabilities and Ada X, where the collective completed a residency in 2023.
The project is presented as part of the Allo Ada series by Ada X, in collaboration with the Maison de la Culture de Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and is supported by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the City of Montreal as part of the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal.
Remember the exhibition opening?
Since then, the summer has been full of events, and new works have emerged!
The collective is excited to share them with you: multisensory, immersive, and participatory creations — sculpture, photography, painting, installation, augmented and virtual reality — created by 15 artists with diverse disabilities, in French, LSQ (Quebec Sign Language), Braille, English, and Spanish.
🌊 Looking to add a little adventure to your day?
We’re offering a free guided group trip for 10 people from the Old Port of Montreal aboard the NAVARK river shuttle!
🕛 Meeting point: 11:45 a.m. at the Old Port
⛴️ 30-minute boat ride
📍 Arrival at Quai Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pointe-aux-Trembles
🥕 Short stop at the local market
🚌 Then, a 10-minute ride on bus 189 to Maison Antoine-Beaudry
🔁 Return trip is at your leisure
🎫 Limited spots for the boat ride!
👉 To reserve:
📧 Contact Marie Achille: marieachille2@gmail.com
💬 For Deaf participants: message Emilie Peltier on Messenger
We look forward to seeing you there!
The artists:
goldjian charlo,
Karine Rathle,
Mikki Bradshaw,
Alvino Forbes,
Véro Leduc,
Denise Beaudry,
Emilie Peltier,
Joany Darsigny,
Marie Achille,
Steve Day,
Florence Marcelin,
Vytautas Bučionis,
Gaëtane Cummings,
Eli Cortés Carreón, and
Carlos Parra
Image: Emilie Peltier