About us

Founded in 1984, Folie/Culture describes itself as a center for contemporary art. At the same time, the organization pursues its mission of informing, raising awareness and promoting mental health by organizing unusual events and activities that provoke reflection on sometimes sensitive but always very important social issues.

Working closely with resource groups in the mental health and social sectors, and with the support of numerous partners in the network of cultural organizations, Folie/Culture has developed an atypical approach to raising awareness over the years.

Focusing on the area where the cultural and the social meet, the organization favors cultural expressions that are innovative in their intervention strategies.

Our creative strategy is to create annual themes that intersect mental health and the visual arts, so that attitudes are questioned and practices in mental health and the arts are critiqued. To achieve this, Folie/Culture aims to work with artists, theorists and art outsiders who are willing to challenge ideas by supporting, producing, distributing and disseminating their work.

Folie/Culture also takes a critical look at current psychiatric practices. Active in Quebec City’s mental health community, the organization favors innovative and alternative approaches, and questions supposedly scientific theories on “mental illness” and its treatments.

Folie/Culture is particularly aimed at protagonists of the social and cultural scene, although the general public is systematically invited to its events.