Rue Pigalle

06/04/2025

Delphine Grandvaux puts the immaterial in our hands - the curves, volutes and volumes of her ajouré wire sculptures create inner spaces that draw us in - we want to inhabit them. Their visual and material lightness puts them in harmony with the imperceptible breeze, the whisper of light, creating a mesmerizing ballet of shadows and movements.
The level of skill required to achieve such perfection defies the lay person's comprehension.

📍 On the other side of the Atlantic, Alsace awaits—a region where history, politics, art, and landscape are tightly interwoven. We’ll visit small towns, meet world-class makers, and explore a cultural heritage defined by beauty and resilience.

✨ Scenic countryside, historic towns, breathtaking architecture
✨ Private studio visits and conversations with master artisans
✨ Local cuisine, seasonal wines, and slow travel at its finest

💰 Last Minute Booking Price - until April 15
🌟Limited spots available.🌟
📍 Alsace, France - June 2025
✈️ Book Today & Save! >> https://www.ruepigalle.ca/alsace-june-2025

29/03/2025

Our April Stitching Circle takes us to the studio of Paris-based weaver Mathieu Le Traon. After a successful career in international higher education, Mathieu decided to embark on a new journey as a hand weaver. We had the opportunity to visit Mathieu last year at his studio. Through his practice, Mathieu also addresses the role that weaving has with transmitting and honouring cultural heritage.

Join us if you want to learn about Mathieu's journey as we snoop around his Paris studio.
✨ Friday April 4th | 1:00 PM EST/5:00PM GST ✨
Join Us : https://www.ruepigalle.ca/rue-pigalle-events/atelier-le-traon

26/03/2025

I am taking you to Alsace in June, to discover a place that is so beautiful that it will take your breath away. A place where craftsmanship is transmitted, nurtured and respected. A place of exquisite food and colourful traditions. A little corner of France that holds its place on the international scene being the home of the European parliament and the theatre of many historical moments.

✨ Travel with wonderful, fun and curious like-minded women
✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Stimulate your creativity with master artisans
✨ Expand your knowledge through VIP museum access with expert curators
✨ Discover the birthplace of Art Nouveau and its lesser known gems
✨ Sharpen your political knowledge with a visit to the European Parliament.
✨ Let yourself be pampered at our boutique hotels where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

🌟2 Spots Remaining: Book by April 15, 2025 🌟
🌟 Special Membership pricing! 🌟
📍 Alsace, France - June 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/alsace-june-2025

14/03/2025

Discover Quebec : Atelier C.U.B - If I say leather, you will think shoes or handbags. But furniture? Maybe not so much. Ha! that's where Atelier CUB comes in - they will share with you how magical, uplifting and contemporary a leather embellished piece of furniture can be.

📍This May, join me and an intimate group of 10 like-minded women for a rare opportunity to meet the artisans, designers, and creators who define Montreal’s and Quebec City’s creative soul.

✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Create with master artisans
✨ Experience VIP museum access
✨ Discover Unexpected Places
✨ Indulge in Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene
✨ Stay in a boutique hotel where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

This is more than a trip—it’s a chance to slow down, immerse yourself in craftsmanship, and forge lasting connections with the people who bring beauty into the world. Most importantly, it’s a reminder that artistry isn’t just found in faraway places—it’s right here, waiting to be discovered.

🌟Limited spots available. Book by March 15, 2025. 3 DAYS REMAINING! 🌟
📍 Montreal + Quebec City, May 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/montreal-may-2025

12/03/2025

Discover Quebec : Pascale Girardin - Did you know that pottery involves not only a lot of physicality, but also maths, physics and chemistry? Pascale scientific background serves her every day in her pursuit of that perfect pot - which is, at times, taller than she is. I don't know how she does it... . Join me...

📍This May, join me and an intimate group of 10 like-minded women for a rare opportunity to meet the artisans, designers, and creators who define Montreal’s and Quebec City’s creative soul.

✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Create with master artisans
✨ Experience VIP museum access
✨ Discover Unexpected Places
✨ Indulge in Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene
✨ Stay in a boutique hotel where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

This is more than a trip—it’s a chance to slow down, immerse yourself in craftsmanship, and forge lasting connections with the people who bring beauty into the world. Most importantly, it’s a reminder that artistry isn’t just found in faraway places—it’s right here, waiting to be discovered.

🌟Limited spots available. Book by March 15, 2025. 🌟
📍 Montreal + Quebec City, May 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/montreal-may-2025

11/03/2025

Women Traveling Together: Learning, Friendship, and a New Chapter ✨
Women are lifelong learners, constantly evolving, adapting, and seeking knowledge in ways both big and small. But travel offers something different—an intimate, personal kind of learning, one that is purely for us.

Learn more about how our trip impacts us
Read our latest blog - https://ruepigalle.ca/blog-posts/women-travelling-together

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08/03/2025

Discover Quebec : Tamara Rubilar - I love that Tamara Rubilar aims to elicit a feeling of wonder through her embroidery - haute couture is not about "luxury" and "high end" and "exclusive" - it's about excellence and skills honed over thousands of hours of practice, trials and error, and innovation. That's what Tamara achieves in her own, quiet way. A visit to her studio will be a true gift.

📍This May, join me and an intimate group of 10 like-minded women for a rare opportunity to meet the artisans, designers, and creators who define Montreal’s and Quebec City’s creative soul.

✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Create with master artisans
✨ Experience VIP museum access
✨ Discover Unexpected Places
✨ Indulge in Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene
✨ Stay in a boutique hotel where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

This is more than a trip—it’s a chance to slow down, immerse yourself in craftsmanship, and forge lasting connections with the people who bring beauty into the world. Most importantly, it’s a reminder that artistry isn’t just found in faraway places—it’s right here, waiting to be discovered.

🌟Limited spots available. Book by March 15, 2025. 🌟
📍 Montreal + Quebec City, May 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/montreal-may-2025

08/03/2025

Returning from our weeklong trip to London on the eve of International Women’s Day, it seems fitting to reflect on the reality of women's travel. ✨

After each trip, I am always surprised by the realization that something truly profound unfolds when women travel together. It transcends the destination—it’s about the learning and the friendships. 🌷 Happy International Women's Day! 🌷

06/03/2025

It is an exploration of pattern, time, and the physical and conceptual interplay of space. Richard McVetis intricate textile work honours slowness in a conceptual and practice-based approach — each stitch becomes a record of labour, thought and care.

⭐ Join Us - Tomorrow, Friday, March 7th. ⭐
Sign Up - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/rue-pigalle-events/richard-mcvetis-mar25

🧵 The Stitching Circle is a monthly online event about textiles, available to members of Rue Pigalle. We are a travel and events-based community for women patrons of craft. We believe that craft is a powerful force for good. Through our events, workshops, trips and writings we aim to enrich your life with new knowledge, new experiences and new friendships. We offer three levels of membership to suit your interests and availability.

If you are not a member yet, we invite you to join this online conversation as a taster to discover what we are all about.

05/03/2025

Discover Quebec : Veronique Martel - No matter the subject matter, a community is always a powerful force. Veronique's process harnesses the know-how of others through collaborations with members of her creative community - and that gives incredible depth to her work. If you want to know how, Join Me.

📍This May, join me and an intimate group of 10 like-minded women for a rare opportunity to meet the artisans, designers, and creators who define Montreal’s and Quebec City’s creative soul.

✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Create with master artisans
✨ Experience VIP museum access
✨ Discover Unexpected Places
✨ Indulge in Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene
✨ Stay in a boutique hotel where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

🌟Limited spots available. Book by March 15, 2025. 🌟
📍 Montreal + Quebec City, May 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/montreal-may-2025

03/03/2025

We often travel far, seeking beauty, craftsmanship, and inspiration (writing this from London, UK…) — yet some of the most remarkable artists and makers are right here, in our own country (see our recent trip to Ottawa). That’s why I created this trip: to shine a light on the extraordinary talent in Quebec’s thriving art and fine craft scene and to bring you closer to the people shaping it.

This May, join me and an intimate group of 10 like-minded women for a rare opportunity to meet the artisans, designers, and creators who define Montreal’s and Quebec City’s creative soul.

✨ Step into private studios and ateliers
✨ Create with master artisans
✨ Experience VIP museum access
✨ Discover Unexpected Places
✨ Indulge in Montreal’s vibrant culinary scene
✨ Stay in a boutique hotel where the attention to detail makes you want to never leave.

This is more than a trip—it’s a chance to slow down, immerse yourself in craftsmanship, and forge lasting connections with the people who bring beauty into the world. Most importantly, it’s a reminder that artistry isn’t just found in faraway places—it’s right here, waiting to be discovered.

🌟Limited spots available. Book by March 15, 2025. 🌟
📍 Montreal + Quebec City, May 2025
✈️ Secure your spot - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/montreal-may-2025

01/03/2025

In our upcoming Stitching Circle, we have the opportunity to hear from the renowned London-based textile artist Richard McVetis!

Please join us Friday, March 7 at 1:00PM EST / 6:00PM GMT

Our group travelling in London met with Richard at Collect 2025, and we’re thrilled that everyone will have the chance to connect with him. We look forward to this conversation and if you are not already a member, we invite you to join this online conversation as a taster to discover what we are all about. Click the link in our bio to request the event link information.

To Learn More & Sign Up for our Vitrual Meet - https://www.ruepigalle.ca/rue-pigalle-events/richard-mcvetis-mar25

17/02/2025

Another wonderful woman artist Heather Waugh Pitts - we visited her studio during our Nova Scotia trip in September. Amazing. Gorgeous feature in Where Women Create - it was a pleasure to curate it. Make sure you get your copy.

17/02/2025

Have you got your copy of Where Women Create magazine yet???!!! The fab Chippie Kennedy is in it. I was so delighted to curate her story. Her sculptures are stunning.

18/11/2024

🌟 Postcards from Norway! 🌟

Our unforgettable journey through Norway was a celebration of craft, culture, and connection.

From breathtaking fjords to the intricate work of talented artisans, every moment was an inspiration. ✨

Relive the adventure and discover the magic that awaits on future Rue Pigalle trips in our latest blog post! 🧳

In October 2024, Rue Pigalle ventured out to Oslo, Flåm and Bergen in the fjords, and Kristiansand in the south, finding ‘ hygge’ in the most beautiful hotels. We sought out the very best Norway has to offer in traditional and cutting-edge craft through a tour of maker communities spiri

15/11/2024

🚨 REMINDER!✨

Join us tomorrow at 10am EST / 4pm Paris time for an exclusive studio tour and conversations with Parisian journalist and embroiderer Audrey Demarre.

Join us on Instagram Live ⬇️
https://www.instagram.com/ruepigalletoronto/

15/11/2024

✨What a weekend in Prince Edward County!✨

We experienced a whirlwind of creativity, craft, and culinary delights. Here are a few highlights from our adventure:

🌿 Tom Ashbourne, Sculptor welcomed us into his studio, sharing insights into his stunning stone sculptures that left us inspired by his artistry and vision

🎨 We then dove into Kayo O’Young’s world, where vibrant colors and intricate details made each ceramic piece come alive with spirit and culture

🛠️ A visit to the studio of Kosoy + Bouchard revealed their passion for timeless, handcrafted design, showcasing pieces that marry beauty and utility

🍲 Enid Grace worked her culinary magic in a hands-on cooking class, and we savored every bite of her flavorful creations as well as the artistry behind each dish

🪚 Finally, we got hands-on at Finefolk Furniture, learning the craft of woodworking in an immersive class that connected us with the natural materials and timeless skills Katrina Tompkins so beautifully upholds.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this unforgettable journey through craft, food, and connection! 💫