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 Registrations up for the
Journées de la culture
At the time of writing, not all registrations have been processed yet for the Journées de la culture that will be held September 25, 26 and 27, but we can already say it will be a good year, with more activities than ever registered for this 13th edition. The public will have a whole bunch of activities of various sorts to pick from.
The Journées de la culture still growing strong!
Journées de la culture inspires the rest of Canada
With 12 years of experience in cultural democratization, the Journées de la culture have had an impact that is felt even beyond Quebec’s borders. To say the least, they have piqued the curiosity of leading cultural organizations and governments in the rest of the country, to the point that a Canada-wide initiative is developing, with the working name of Culture Days. Given the success of the Quebec initiative, Culture Days adopted similar principles and sought the expertise of Culture pour tous to help implement them. Discussions are going on with all provinces, and a growing national network of heads of organizations, arts council officials and senior bureaucrats supports the Culture Days principles. Eventually, there will be a huge communications campaign about Culture Days to help the public realize the importance of culture and the arts in their communities from coast to coast
A Quebec initiative that’s putting out roots!
 Time Out… For School Groups!
Now in Its 2nd Year
Friday, September 25, 2009, students and teachers all across the Island of Montreal are invited to participate in almost 50 free interactive cultural activities put on for elementary and secondary school groups by 48 arts and cultural organizations. The richly diversified programming will enable them to meet artists and craftspeople, learn more about the cultural industries and discover inspiring places. It’s sure to stimulate the creativity of kids young and old!
This year, a new partnership will allow classes that are eligible for the Supporting Montreal Schools Program to use their basic funding to cover transportation costs for taking part in the Journées de la culture on Friday, September 25.
Time Out… For School Groups! is a Culture pour tous initiative developed in conjunction with the Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) to encourage teachers in the various school boards on the Island of Montreal to take their students to cultural activities developed specially for them as part of the Journées de la culture.
Last year, 3,000 students and teachers took advantage of this great cultural opportunity.
For more informaiton please contact Denyse Clermont
www.carnetdelaculture.ca
 Art at Work: Businesses and Municipalities Wanted
Art at Work is a program designed by Culture pour tous to encourage artistic creation in the workplace and to highlight your employees’ contribution.
In this third year of the program, we invite you to join the businesses and municipalities that welcome professional artists into their respective workplaces to conduct workshops or create collective artworks in interaction with their employees. The completed works remain with the host company or municipality. Art at Work is a made-to-measure program, with Culture pour tous taking care of finding the artists and coordinating each project.
To date, these are the workplaces and artists that will be participating in the 3rd edition of this innovative program: Hôtel Chicoutimi (Saguenay), which will welcome the photographer Sonny Girard; Ville de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, which will receive the textile artist Nicole Cossette; and the Laurentian Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada (Quebec City), for whom we are currently selecting an artist. The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (Montreal) is a returning participant, receiving the photographer Emmanuelle Léonard this year. In 2007, it welcomed the Aboriginal artist Dolorès Contré Migwans, who carried out the project Parcours initiatique en forêt vers la 13e lune with a dozen CSN employees.
For more information on the program and completed projects, go to: www.culturepourtous.ca/artatwork
This is our last bulletin before the end of the summer. We will be back at the beginning of the cultural calendar. Have a great summer! | 
The Prix Arts-Affaires de Montréal were created by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and the Conseil des arts de Montréal to recognize the business community’s contribution to cultural and artistic development.
