Kaitlyn DiBartolo
Philippe Spurrell keeps rare prints out of dumpsters while Robert Miniaci reinvents the projectors that screen them. Together, they're proving the old ways still have life in Montreal.
Maya Amoah's Batik Boutik brings Ghanaian wax print and batik craft to the world while keeping the artisans who make it at the centre of the story.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor bassist Mauro Pezzente on 25 years of cheap rent, weirdo music, and keeping the lights on in Mile End.
Built from 500-pound blocks of ice pulled from the St. Lawrence, the Neo-Gothic castles dazzled international crowds while reinforcing who really held power.
Hand-knit designs merge CAPTCHAS and AI imagery with fibre arts, while the publication Needlebound builds a tangible community for textile artists.
The festival has been turning Montreal's restless creative energy into international careers for 20 years, and it's nowhere near slowing down.
Montreal's last (and Canada's only) Egyptian Revival movie palace reinvented itself for decades. Now it's been empty for 33 years.
