Culture pour tous

Centre de la Petite Enfance Premier Pas (La Tuque)
Raphaël Benedict (painting)
Project: Jouer c'est magique!
The Abenaki painter created two murals in the hall of the CPE (daycare centre). The first illustrates the six aspects of the preschool aid program for Aboriginals, and the second, which was created with the participation of the children, their parents and the preschool teachers, gives visual form to what the youngsters retained from their stay in the daycare centre.

Unveiling and meeting with the public:
Friday, September 26, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
CPE Premier Pas, 350, Brown St.
T 819-523-3031, extension 30

Molson Canada (Montréal)
Lucie Bélanger (installation)
Project: Cap à la bière
Molson employees are invited to recycle beer capsules to create a large-scale mural that will be exhibited in the entrance hall of the Molson head office in Quebec. Four old chairs and a table will also be recycled and transformed into a work of art thanks to a collage comprised of beer capsules and logos drawn from the company’s brands.

Unveiling and meeting with the public:
Friday, September 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Salle John-Molson, 1670, Notre-Dame East
T 514-521-1786, extension 6039

Plastiques Gagnon (St-Jean-Port-Joli)
Sara Chamard (painting)
Project : Souriez
On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the family business invites the artist to lead the creation of a collective mural with its employees. It will be done on wood panels at the St-Jean-Port-Joli’s marina and be installed later on in the room Les Bâtisseurs of the company.

Creation and meeting with the public:
Saturday, September 27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Capitainerie / Marina
T 418-598-3361

Groupe TD Meloche Monnex (Laval)
Caroline Morneau alias Morno (painting)
Project: On the occasion of the inauguration of its new offices in Laval, the company reserved a cafeteria wall where around a 140 employees participated in the creation of a collective mural under the supervision of the painter.

City of La Tuque
Guy Simard (stained glass)
Project: The employees of the municipality are invited to participate in the process of creating a stained glass exploring the words of Felix Leclerc: "Les blés sont mûrs et la terre est mouillée. Les grands labours dorment sous la gelée." (The wheat is ripe and the earth is wet. Major ploughing sleep under frost). Inspired by the material, municipal employees deposit of pieces of glass in a window to create a work of light for the cafeteria of the town hall around the theme of Mother Earth.

Creation and meeting with the public:
Friday, September 26, 8h30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hôtel de ville, 375, Saint-Joseph St.
T 819-523-8200, poste 2703

Ville de Laval
Patricia Gauvin (media and visual arts)
Project: Laissez-vous contaminer par l’art!
Through photography workshops and an electronic correspondence game, employees of the Laval municipality discover the city’s art collection which consists of more than 410 moveable works and 35 permanently integrated works.

Unvealing and meeting with the public:
Friday, September 26, 7h30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday, September 28, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Maison des arts, 1395, boul. de la Concorde West
T 450-662-4440

Ville de Longueuil
Michelle Baillargeon (visual arts)
Project:OVBI / Objets volants bien identifiés
Municipal employees are called upon to build Archimedean polyhedra of the cuboctahedron variety and to personalize them through the insertion of found objects or creations of their own making. These elements will be displayed in an aerial or sculptural installation form.

Unvealing and meeting with the public:
Friday, September 26, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, September 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bibliothèque Georges-Dor, 2670, chemin de Chambly
T 450-463-7181