Journées de la culture – School Groups

J’aime les mots

Do you like memes? You’ll love J’aime les mots! The McCord Stewart Museum and Les Journées de la culture are inviting young Quebecers and Francophones to celebrate language and play with words for the 28th edition of Les journées de la culture.

Teachers, librarians, those in charge of extracurricular or leisure activities, take part in J’aime les mots, a fun, creative key activity. Whether you’re teaching French, history, art, drama, math or any other subject, get your students to create memes to express themselves on issues big and small, or to react to current events.

The artist who will sponsor the 7th edition is Fabiola Nyrva Aladin!

Who? J’aime les mots is meant for Québec students and francophones.

When? The activity will take place from Friday, September 27, to Friday, October 25, 2024

How? By creating original memes based on over a hundred artworks straight from the collections of Canada’s major cultural institutions. Engravings, photos, paintings and artefacts of all kinds provide endless possibilities to play with.

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  • Photographer unknown, <em>Ms. Manie-Côté wearing a bathing suit, Quebec</em>, about 1935-1940. Gift of Félicienne Manie-Côté, MP-1999.36.1, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Photographer unknown, <em>“A Barrell Full of Fun”</em>, 1907. Gift of the estate of P. Lindsay Hall, MP-1988.10.1.65, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Marc Antigna, <em>Portrait of Renée-Joséphine Gauthier</em>, about 1902. Gift in memory of Shirley L. Thompson (1910-2010), M2018.106.1, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Harry Sutcliffe, <em>Florence Sutcliffe wearing reading glasses, Quebec</em>, about 1919. Gift of Peter, Paul, Robert and Carolyn Sutcliffe, M2011.64.2.1.122, McCord Stewart Museum
  • John Henry Walker, <em>Allegory</em>, about 1853. M991X.5.405, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Wm. Notman & Son, <em>W. E. Perkins group, Montreal, Quebec</em>, 1907. II-166439, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Artist unknown, Mont Gabriel souvenir doll, 1950-1960. Gift of Hélène Trudeau, M980.189.2, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Wm. Notman & Son, <em>Lady, painted photograph, copied for Mr. Mulholland, Montreal, Quebec<em>, 1886. II-80202.1, McCord Stewart Museum
  • William Notman, <em>Master Leithead, Montreal, Quebec</em>, 1867. I-25377.1, McCord Stewart Museum
  • Nelson Newbergher, ​<em>Nelson Newbergher and son, Montreal, Quebec</em>, 1931-1932. Gift of ​Nelson Newbergher, MP-1973.36.31, McCord Stewart Museum

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