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September 9, 2009 edition

NEWS

Culture buffet

Culture Buffet on September 25, 26 and 27

Fall is just around the corner, and with it comes a rush of exciting activities, including the Journées de la culture, which will be held throughout Quebec on September 25, 26 and 27. On the menu is an appetizing selection of free, homegrown cultural activities for you to pick and choose from.   >> read more


Free shuttle buses

Free Shuttle Buses in Montreal

For the fourth year in a row, TD Canada Trust will be offering a free shuttle service on the Journées de la culture weekend to help you get around to the different activities.  >> read more


Je m'affiche pour la culture

Come out and show your support for culture at the Place des Festivals!

Culture pour tous invites you to an interdisciplinary event as part of the Journées de la culture. Join the dance, photography, music and video enthusiasts who will be interacting with over a hundred artists and performers.   >> read more


Les Journées de la culture

Volunteers Wanted

We are seeking champions of culture to lend a hand with the Journées de la culture on September 25, 26 and 27 in Montreal.   >> read more


municipal declaration movement

277 Municipalities Champion Culture!

The municipal declaration movement initiated by Culture pour tous in co-operation with Les Arts et la Ville network continues to grow.   >> read more


Art at work

An Expanding Initiative

Two more businesses have confirmed their participation in our Art at Work program: La Capitale Financial Group, in Quebec City, and SAP Labs Canada, in Montreal.   >> read more


International Forum on Cultural Mediation

International Forum on Cultural Mediation

Culture pour tous is joining with the French organizations Espace Pandora and Médiation culturelle to present the next international forum on cultural mediation as part of the 22nd Entretiens put on by France’s Centre Jacques Cartier.   >> read more


TO READ

Lanaudière Kids Colour Their World Kawaii Style

Colorier, simplement géant

Lanaudière Kids Colour Their World Kawaii Style

The Musée d’art de Joliette (MAJ) kicked off its summer season with the event Colorier, simplement géant. Two artists from the Paris-based Studiobüro collective came to give workshops and create a giant drawing inspired by the imagination of Lanaudière youngsters to be coloured in by the public.
>> Read the article


Bridging arts and business

Experience Culture with Arrimages

Bridging arts and business for members of the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal

In January 2009, an initial group of young professionals and business people embarked on a program of cultural outings and behind-the-scenes meetings as part of the Arrimages project designed to introduce them to the Montreal cultural scene and encourage new ties between business and the arts.
>> Read the article


TO SEE

Public Forum on Canadian Culture

Public Forum on Canadian Culture

This online place for dialogue, launched by the Governor General of Canada’s installation hosts forums, blogs and live chats through four themed sections: Art Matters, Mentorship, Urban Arts and Youth Dialogues.

/www.citizenvoices.gg.ca


Micro Cassandre

New French blog on art and society

The French magazine Cassandre/Horschamp interested in the relationship between art, society, history and public places and opened a new space for debate on the Web, the blog Micro Cassandra.

www.microcassandre.org // www.horschamp.org


Mad Musee

Creativity and mental handicap

The Mad museum, institution Walloon museum's mission is the preservation, promotion, awareness, study and research relating to productions of artists suffering from mental disability.

www.madmusee.be


TO DO

Creativity and Socio-Cultural Community Development

Creativity and Socio-Cultural Community Development

From October 28th to 30th 2009, the Program Unit for Socio-cultural Research and Community Development of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) welcome the 4th Conference of the Réseau international de l’animation (RIA).
www.4ecolloque-animation.uqam.ca/EN/index.asp


Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City

Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City

From October 28-30, 2009, Toronto hosts the world's leading forums on creativity, under the theme of 'The Collaborative City'.
www.creativeplacesandspaces.ca


CBC Literary Awards competition

Are you wild about words?

The CBC Literary Awards competition celebrates original, unpublished works, in Canada’s two official languages. The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 2009.
www.radio-canada.ca/prixlitteraires/english/index.shtml


 


 

 

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Culture pour tous is an independent and non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute to the democratization of culture in Quebec. Culture pour tous is supported by the Quebec government and various public and private partners in the realization of its cultural actions. Culture pour tous is a member of the network Les Arts et la Ville.