Mission
Create, publish, and share with intention
Values
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Creativity: Creating with intention - publications, works, and resources for my peers.
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Integrity: Acting in accordance with my values, respecting the artists I collaborate with, being honest in every transaction.
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Sharing: Sharing the passion for art and creation. Sharing knowledge because what benefits an artist benefits everyone.
My cause
I firmly believe that by helping women, especially women entrepreneurs, we can help an entire community. That's why, every month, I invest 10% of my business profits in microloans for women around the world who want to start or grow a business. For this, I rely on Kiva.org.
So far I have been able to make more than 600 microloans. As soon as the repayments arrive, I reinvest them in new loans.
A simple way to make a small difference starting with just $25.
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Have you ever had the impression
to be on your X?
I spent the first part of my professional life surrounded by books, first managing a school library and then in publishing. When my family moved more than 4,000 kilometers away, I had to close my publishing house and review my entire journey.
I then took up painting again, abandoned twenty years earlier. Gradually, art has regained an important place in my life, leading me to get involved with groups of artists and galleries in Western Canada and then in California.
Later, the pandemic led me to explore graphic and surface design. I found there what always attracted me: creation, organization and the pleasure of developing projects. As I found few resources suitable, I created the tools I needed and started to publish them to share with others.
My return to Montreal marked a new stage in my creative life. Painting came back with strength, as did publishing, through books, notebooks and the magazine Art & Surface, born of the desire to tell the world of art from the inside.
Art gives me the freedom to express without words, to explore and create imperfect images like life. Publishing allows me to share experiences and contribute to the career of other artists. This is what guides Jodoin Studio today: to create, publish and transmit with intention.