All crafts material will be provided. The workshop is open to all, with no previous experience required.

This event will be given in English, with a bilingual Q&A.

Guests

Nina Boucher lives in Lévis. A self-taught multidisciplinary artist, her practice combines visual arts and poetic writing. Her works explore emotion and feeling through mixed techniques and often upcycled or unconventional materials.

On canvas, in 3D or in the form of an object book, she has presented her work in several group exhibitions, symposiums, and biennials, including Peindre à Beaumont (2026), the Biennale internationale de carnets d’artistes (2024, 2026), the International Miniature Art of the Galerie Louise Carrier (2025), and the Galerie d’art l’Espace-Temps Culturel (2025). Solo exhibitions also took place at the UQAR Lévis campus, at Café la Mosaïque, and at Café du Quartier.

The blending of techniques and the continuous evolution of her practice are at the heart of her approach. A member of the Cercle d’écriture de la ville de Québec (Quebec City Writing Circle), she also integrates her poetry into her artist books and zines.

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Mary Thaler lives in Quebec City. Formerly an oceanographic researcher, she now works as a scientific editor, translator, writer, and zine-maker. She is author and illustrator of numerous comic zines tackling subjects such as housing precarity in the Canadian Arctic, writing craft, and the fictional adventures of mutant lab animals.

In addition to being active in the indie comic scene, Mary has written many short stories appearing in magazines such as Orca Literary, Prairie Fire, and The New Quarterly. Her verse novella, Ulfhildr, was published by Untimely Books in Fall 2023.

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