Silent Auction 2026
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Every bid sustains the festival, enriches our culture, and strengthens our artistic legacy.
Support the North Hatley Jazz Festival with our Silent Online Auction! Bid on exciting contributions from Air Canada, Manoir Hovey, and Germain Hôtels, plus two golf course offerings, gift certificates from local businesses, and beautiful artwork by local artists. Businesses and partners generously donate their items, and while some artists donate their work outright, others receive 50% of the sale price (up to 50% of the artwork's value) as a way to support our region's artistic community. Every bid helps sustain the festival, promote cultural enrichment, and strengthen our community's artistic legacy.
New this year: most of the artwork featured in the auction can be viewed in person at the resto-pub Vilandre, on the second floor. Come see the pieces before you bid! Join us for an apéro jazz opening vernissage to celebrate the artwork on display, on Thursday, August 6th at 3:00 PM.
How It Works:
Payments will be processed automatically after the auction closes. Winners will receive an email with instructions on how to redeem their prize.
Artwork
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Artist: François Brisson
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions : 30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm) with wooden floating frame
Year: 2026
Description: How could one not want to gather around this table? It evokes the joy of living: warm grass, champagne, a lake of clear and gentle waters, chairs set for meditation—all bathed in light and punctuated by delicate touches of bright color.
Want a closer look? The artwork will be on display at Pub and resto la Cie Vilandré in North Hatley from August 6th through the 9th during the festival.
Artist / Festival split — The artist and the festival will each receive 50% of the sale price, up to the estimated value. If the final sale price exceeds the estimated value, the North Hatley Jazz Festival will receive 100% of the difference.
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François Brisson
FRANÇOIS BRISSON has always been passionate about drawing - even as a child. This led him to initially pursue a career in graphic design and creating comic books. He also found work in the animation industry and quickly mastered the skills needed. For the last 30 years François has been employed in all aspects of animation and is recognized for the quality of his work.
He was drawn to animation in the early 80s, at a time when the business was taking off and soon to boom in Montreal. With his natural talent, he quickly moved up the ranks as he was creative, diligent and hard working. In just a few years, he was proficient in all aspects of animation: in-betweens, animation, character and background design, story-boarding, and directing. He also worked on creating and adapting concepts in addition to art direction.
His work reflects a variety of styles. In particular, he is masterful at adapting stories into animation. Many projects he worked on originated as children’s books, toys or comics. In "Cartoon Capers", (the reference book on the history of animation in Canada, published by McArthur and Company), the author Karen Mazurkewich writes: "François Brisson was a master of adaptation magic. It's not an easy task, especially when authors insisting upon creative control do not understand the problems inherent in transferring their drawings to animation".
He was sought out for his talent and expertise and was invited to work on well-known international co-productions such as: Marsupilami, Robinson Crusoe, Ripley's Believe it or Not, Vor-tech, The Night Hood, Inuk and Adventures in the Lost World of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which received a Gemini Award for Best Animation Series.
He recently co-directed the film Snowtime! (La Guerre des Tuques 3D), which was a huge box-office success in Quebec and in Canada and garnered international acclaim. He is currently involved in the production of the sequel, soon scheduled for theatrical release. He is also working on other animation projects at various stages of production and is devoting more time to what he loves best – creating and publishing his own comic books
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