La “Queer Newfoundland Hockey League” de Lucas Morneau touche sa fin à La Centrale! 🏒🏅
Dans l'esprit de ses créations au crochet, rejoignez-nous pour une soirée remplie de bricolage, de créativité et de bonne conversation afin de faire nos adieux à cette merveilleuse ligue. Apportez vos propres projets ou venez en découvrir un nouveau! 🧶🎨🧵
Événement Membres, ouvert au public.
📍 La Centrale Galerie (4396 Boul. Saint-Laurent)
📅 21 mai, 17:30-20:30 h
Gratuit
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Lucas Morneau's “Queer Newfoundland Hockey League” is getting ready to leave La Centrale!
In the spirit of the artist’s crochet work, join us for a night of crafts, creativity and good conversation to bid adieu to this wondrous league. Bring your own projects or pick up a new one! 🧶🎨🧵
Member’s Event open to the public.
📍 La Centrale Galerie (4396 Boul. Saint-Laurent)
📅 May 21st, 17:30-20:30 h
Free entry
EXPOSITION EN COURS | ONGOING EXHIBITION
Vues de l'exposition "La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League" de Lucas Morneau. Découvrez cette ligue drag et exubérante, à La Centrale jusqu'au 23 mai. 🏒
Galerie ouverte le mardi, mercredi et samedi de 12h à 17h, et le jeudi-vendredi de 12h à 18h.
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Exhibition views from "Queer Newfoundland Hockey League" by Lucas Morneau.
Experience the exuberant league at La Centrale until May 23. 🏒
Gallery open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 12-5pm and on Thursday-Friday from 12-6 pm.
📸: rocher.lucie
Merci pour votre belle présence au vernissage de Lucas Morneau la semaine passée! L'exposition La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League bat maintenant son plein jusqu'au 23 mai. À visiter seul·e ou accompagné·e, peut-être même endimanché·e d'un maillot de hockey. 🏒
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Thank you for everyone's luminous presence at Lucas Morneau's solo exhibition opening last week! Queer Newfoundland Hockey league is now on a roll until May 23. Solo or group visits and cheeky hockey jerseys welcome! 🏒
📸 : Camila Saland
We are extremely proud and excited to announce our Jury's picks for our 2026-2027 Artist Residencies!
KIAC's Artist-in-Residence program has welcomed artists from all over the world and of all disciplines for over 26 years. We are pleased to welcome a new cohort from September 2026 to December 2027:
Big congratulations to Ashley Hemmings, Ashley Lewis, Brandon A. Dalmer, Ila Firouzabadi, Joni Cheung, Lucas Morneau, Lucy Gill & Josh Jensen, Margaret Firlotte, Mark Beldan, Noah Jennings, Sara Constant, Shelby Gagnon, TRUCK (Annie Canto, Drew Pardy and Emily Neufeld) and Weiye Su!
And a deep heartfelt thanks to our Jury and the Macaulay House Committee, whose work and dedication made it all happen.
IMAGE LIST:
Slide 2. Ashley Hemmings, - Tucking You In
Slide 3. Ashley Lewis - Heirloom Spaceship (Photo By Rashida Kamal)
Slide 4. Brandon A. Dalmer - 01.24253.13_93.99
Slide 5. Ila Firouzabadi - Studies For The Fountains
Slide 6. Joni Cheung (Snack Witch) - Soba's Corner: A Chinese-Canadian Cooking Show
Slide 7. Lucas Morneau - Big Poppa Bear
Slide 8. Lucy Gill - Pall (apple and lingonberry fruit leather)
Slide 9. Margaret Firlotte - Marguerite's Octopus Bag
Slide 10. Mark Beldan - Lawn Chair
Slide 11. Noah Jennings - Charlie's Club
Slide 12. Sara Constant - I Dreamed I Heard Them Blooming
Sile 13. Shelby Gagnon - Aakozi
Slide 14. TRUCK - Break Time At The Fish Plant
Slide 15. Weiye Su - Running
CETTE SEMAINE / THIS WEEK 📆
VERNISSAGE - La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League, exposition solo de Lucas Morneau
📆 Jeudi 9 avril, 17h-20h
📍La Centrale (4296 Boul. saint-Laurent)
Au menu, hockey + drag + cocktails funky et thématiques. 🤫🍸
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VISITE GUIDÉE GRATUITE + BRUNCH
📆 Vendredi 10 avril, 11h-13h
🗣️Visite guidée de l’exposition en compagnie de l’artiste Lucas Morneau
🥙 Bouchées par @tapigotapioca
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OPENING - Queer Newfoundland Hockey League, solo exhibition by Lucas Morneau
📆 Thursday April 9, 5-8pm
📍La Centrale (4296 Boul. Saint-Laurent)
On the menu: hockey + drag + funky and thematic cocktails 🤫🍸
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FREE GUIDED TOUR + BRUNCH
📆 Friday April 10, 11am-1pm
🗣️Exhibition guided tour with artist Lucas Morneau
🥙 Bites by @tapigotapioca
📸 : Rosemarie Laporte
À VENIR EN AVRIL / UPCOMING IN APRIL
9 avril, 17h-20h : Vernissage de La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League (QNHL) par l'artiste terre-neuvien·ne Lucas Morneau.
10 avril, 11h-13h : Brunch et visite guidée par l'artiste de l'exposition (RSVP!)
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April 9, 5-8pm: Opening night of the Queer Newfoundland Hockey League exhibition (QNHL) by Newfoundlander artist Lucas Morneau.
April 10: Brunch and guided visit of the exhibition by the artist (RSVP!)
Plus d'infos / More details : ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚ b i o 🔗
March 2026 in 60 seconds!!
We had three incredible exhibitions open this month!! We had our off-site exhibition Arts for Equity at 235 Water Street, in the Main Gallery we had Queer Newfoundland Hockey League by Lucas Morneau, and in the rOGUE we had (DE)COMPOSING by Bethany MacKenzie.
We deinstalled the Arts for Equity exhibition earlier this month and packed all of the art up to ship back to artists across the province.
We tabled at the Building Creative Careers event with the Association for New Canadians.
We hosted a second workshop with our artist-in-residence Sun Forest! We had so much fun getting goopy and messy with bio materials! During her residency Sun created some beautiful bio material fabrics that will be used to create a cloaking device for future art performances.
Before she left, Sun hosted a biomaterials session for the EE staff, where we created a colourful fabric sheet incorporating all of the bio material processes that we have learned throughout Sun’s workshops.
The team celebrated Eid and said goodbye to Sun with some tasty treats in the studio!
And we finished the month by deinstalling Lucas and Bethany’s work in the gallery.
Stay tuned for new exhibitions, workshops, and a new artist in residence coming in April!!
Rencontrez LARRY, DAISY & FINN…
Le 9 avril au vernissage de l’exposition La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League (QNHL) par Lucas Morneau, puis lors de la visite guidée en compagnie de l’artiste le 10 avril.
9 avril, de 17h–20h : Vernissage de QNHL.
10 avril, de 11h–13h : Visite guidée par Lucas Morneau. Brunch et paillettes fournies. ✨
Visite gratuite, places limitées.
Réservation requise en bio 🔗
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Meet LARRY, DAISY & FINN…
On April 9 on the opening night of the exhibition Queer Newfoundland Hockey League (QNHL) by Lucas Morneau, and on April 10 for a brunch + guided tour by the artist.
April 9, 5–8pm: Opening night of QNHL
April 10, 11am–1pm: Guided tour by Lucas Morneau. Brunch and glitters provided. ✨
Free guided tour, limited places.
Reserve your spot in bio 🔗
It's the last week to see Lucas Morneau's Queer Newfoundland Hockey League!! ⏳️⏰️ We're savouring these last few days with Lucas' wonderful work, and we hope you will come visit this week to do the same!
Our galleries are open this week Wednesday through Saturday, 12-5pm. Come by before the exhibition closes for the last time on March 21st! 👋🏻
📸: Laura Sbrizzi
🏒✨ Et si le hockey devenait drag?
Vernissage
📅 Jeudi 9 avril, 17h–20h
📍 La Centrale (4296 Boul. Saint-Laurent)
🗓 Exposition du 9 avril au 23 mai 2026
Une ligue de hockey queer, inclusive et flamboyante débarque à Montréal.
Avec La Queer Newfoundland Hockey League, l’artiste Lucas Morneau transforme l’imaginaire du hockey en terrain de jeu drag et queer. Présentée à La Centrale dans le cadre de sa tournée canadienne, l’exposition renverse avec humour l’homophobie et l’hégémonie masculine ancrées dans la culture sportive.
Textiles, photographie et sculpture célèbrent une masculinité queer, exubérante et joyeusement indisciplinée.
🥅 Joignez-vous à nous pour lancer l’exposition et rencontrer l’artiste.
Lucas Morneau (iel/il) est un·e artiste interdisciplinaire et commissaire originaire de Ktaqmkuk (Terre-Neuve). Employant le drag comme outil central, son travail explore la performativité du genre et remet en question les systèmes patriarcaux et hétéronormatifs.
Ajouter l’événement à votre calendrier 👀 >>> 🔗
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🏒✨ What if hockey became drag?
Opening
📅 Thursday April 9, 5–8 pm
📍 La Centrale (4296 Saint-Laurent Blvd.)
🗓 Exhibition from April 9 to May 23, 2026
A queer, inclusive and flamboyant hockey league is arriving in Montreal.
With Queer Newfoundland Hockey League, artist Lucas Morneau transforms the imagery of hockey into a queer drag playground. Presented at La Centrale as part of its Canadian tour, the exhibition humorously overturns the male hegemony and homophobia embedded in sports culture.
Through textiles, photography and sculpture, the exhibition celebrates an exuberant and expansive queer masculinity.
🥅 Join us to launch the exhibition and meet the artist.
Lucas Morneau (they/he) is an interdisciplinary artist and curator from Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). Using drag as a central tool, their work explores gender performativity and challenges patriarchal and heteronormative systems.
Add the event to your calendar 👀 >>> 🔗
📸 : (1) Annie France Noël @anniefrancenoel , (2-5) The Reach Gallery Museum
Just two weeks remain to check out Lucas Morneau's "Queer Newfoundland Hockey League" in our Main Gallery! ⏳
If you haven't visited the exhibition yet, be sure to drop by during our gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 12-5pm. Can't make it in person? Check out more photo documentation of the show on our website by clicking the link in our bio!
📸: Laura Sbrizzi
