From June 9 to September 4, 2026, Espace VERRE gallery presents PÉTRICHOR, an exhibition marking the professional debuts of the 35th graduating cohort of the Glass Arts program, offered in collaboration with Cégep du Vieux Montréal. The seven artists — Alexanne Cadieux, Chantale Couture, Lénaïc Duros, Sarah Fournier, Geneviève Grenier, Justine Lafrance, and Caitlyn Wong Cheong — present works born from three years of intensive study.

Drawn from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (mythic fluid), petrichor names the scent that rises when rain meets dry earth. This image threads through the exhibition: a moment of contact where latent processes surface, where matter shaped by time reveals new possibilities.

The works gathered here explore natural cycles, memory, the body, and cultural heritage through a range of techniques: blown, cast, thermoformed, and flameworked glass, alongside assemblage and installation. PÉTRICHOR marks the passage from study to professional practice, and the emergence of a new generation of glass artists.

Espace VERRE Gallery — 1200 Mill Street, Montréal Mon–Fri: 9 am to 5 pm | Last Sunday of the month: 12 to 5 pm | Free admission