PAST EXHIBITS
Year 2011

MAÎTRES CÉRAMISTES FORMÉS À L'ÉCOLE DU MEUBLE DE MONTRÉAL

Featuring an exceptional but little known collection of artwork from students of the École du meuble (1945-1957), now owned by the Cégep du Vieux Montréal, we show in parallel the subsequent production of the most famous of them. A selection of pieces belonging to the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec or from private collectors, members of the ACCQ, complete this overview of the production of these ceramic masters trained at the École du meuble de Montréal.

From: October 19th 2011
To: December 11th 2011

Curators:
Jacqueline Beaudry Dion et Jean-Pierre Dion

TRADITIONS ROUMAINES: ARTISANAT, MYTHOLOGIE ET COUTUMES

The Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec and M.A.V.A. (La  Marche à l’amour, à la vie et à l’amitié) join their forces this cultural exhibition to celebrate the national Holyday of Romania (December 1st). This exhibition presents artwork from the artists Vladimir Midvichi and Aura Chiriac from Valuarda-Atelier d’arts anciens roumains, crafts from the collection of the choreographer Florin Salajan and the group Hora along with old musical instruments from the collection of the interpreter Mircea Gheorghescu.

Curator: Otilia Tunaru 

ARTOLLAB

Exhibition of photos and illustrations organized by the Association des étudiants libanais de Montréal (Tollab).

MIXITÉ

Exhibition from the art students of  Joëlle Morosoli from Cégep St-Laurent.

CONCOURS PHOTO - RELATIONS INTERCULTURELLES

Photo contest in collaboration with Nouvelles Saint-Laurent.

MATIÈRE À VOYAGER

For centuries, humans are compelled to manipulate and transform matter. The artisans represents a skill and power that is becoming rare, that of transforming brute matter into fisnished work. The exhibition Matière à voyager is an occasion to show the specificity of creation in trades by presenting the work of some recentlygraduated students of the Maison des métiers d’art de Québec.

In sculpture: Melvyn Florez, Marie-Ève Lamarche, Jean-Phillipe Roy
In textile construction: Valérie Bédard, Isabelle Couillard, Marie-France Duval, Marie-Ève Gagnon
In ceramic: Marie-Pier Laverdière, Kathy Ouellette, Loriane Thibodeau.

From: September 15th 2011
To: October 16th 2011

Curator: Carole Baillargeon

IVAR MENDEZ, TWO WORLDS - ONE SPIRIT

This exhibition merges the worlds of the Canadian Arctic with the Bolivian Andes. Although these worlds are geographically distant, common threads of culture, spirituality and landscape find their way into the artistic expression and creativity of the artist. Employing bronze sculpture and photography, Ivar Mendez brings the spiritual energy of the Canadian Arctic and the Bolivian Andes into visual synergy.

 This exhibition is the subject of a publication.

Ivar Mez International Foundation

CAFÉ – HENNÉ,  Fantaisie écologique

Otilia Tunaru of the cultural association MAVA - La Marche à l’amour, à la vie et à l’amitié created this original project to bring together Meryem Aouli, an artist of Morrocan origin who uses henne and Marie-Linda Bluto, a Quebec artist who uses coffee as a medium. Without knowing each other, both artists use mediums that are similar in colour and by their ecological aspect to paint life with force and sensibility.

LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS
Exhibition from the group Le Levant

Les Mille et Une Nuits are not a collection of entertaining stories. Their roots bring back to a time when magic still rules over the secrets of the universe and beyond. The One thousand and one nights are in fact drawn from a fabulous source where Persian, Indian, Greek and Chinese elements were later intertwined with Arabic tradition.

Annual exhibition of the work of students from l'École du cuir à Montréal.

The group Fibres Boréales evolved from a three year intensive course in tapestry and textile arts that Thoma Ewen taught at Moon Rain Centre from 2005 to 2008. The tapestries in this exhibition represent the woven visual explorations and meditations on northern light and the aurora borealis by Francine Chartrand, Denise Coker, Thoma Ewen, Hope Maclean, Krystyna Sadej and Phyllis Wedding.

Curator Virginia Eichorn developed the concept of this exhibition while visiting a cemetery where she noticed a particular tombstone. She asked Karina Guévin, Laura Donefer, Paul Stankard, Catherine Vamvakas Lay and Tim Whiten to work on the subject of grief as lived and shown during the Victorian period. The result is a set of touching pieces that draw on memories and unveil our own emotions towards death and the loss of a loved one.

Curator: Virginia Eichorn

Curator: Samar Corbani
Coordinator: Genny Villa

Entirely composed of objects from the museum's permanent collection, this exhibition associates artefacts from foreign cultures to as many and similiar artefacts from French Canadian culture to underline the unity of humanity whatever our diffrences might be.

This exhibition combines the observation expressed through line with the analysis of colour to bring together diverse techniques of impression. The unique line of the pencil and paintbrush contrasts with the multiple imprints which become printing.

In 1992, Montreal declared February as Black History Month. Already 20 years. Presentation of the posters from the 19 first years (1992-2010) and the chosen artwork for the 20th poster.

Vasil Nikov participated in 2003, as a newly arrived artist, to the first CARI Twins exhibition. In 2011, he returns as a Quebec artist welcoming a new immigrant, Moldavian artist Veaceslav Druta