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January 14, 2025
atauttikkut – together
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Three free creative stops on Sherbrooke Street West for spring break*
Montreal, January 14, 2025 – Head to Sherbrooke Street West this spring break. From March 1 to 9, the McCord Stewart Museum, La Guilde and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts are inviting families to take part in a fun and enriching experience with the activities circuit atauttikkut – together. People of all ages can enjoy a host of creative activities featuring Inuit art at three stops within a one-kilometre walk.
Stop 1 >> McCord Stewart Museum
690 Sherbrooke Street West
Free admission to families* (young people aged 17 and under, and accompanying adults), from March 1 to 9, 2025.
Reservations: musee-mccord-stewart.ca
Immerse yourself in Inuit culture, where owls speak, hunters glide over ice fields, and seals are sometimes human. At The Arctic Story Factory Family Workshop, create stories inspired by the legends and characters depicted in Manasie Akpaliapik’s work using photographs and short texts.
Explore the textures of Nunavut, a vast territory with a multitude of landscapes. At the Textures of an Imagined Journey Family Workshop, fill in a postcard of your imagined trip to the Far North.
Admire the sculptures of one of the most gifted artists of his generation. Originally from Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), Manasie Akpaliapik transforms his preferred materials—stone, whale bone and caribou antlers—into creations representing oral tradition, cultural values, the supernatural world, Arctic wildlife and its environment. Contemplate around 40 of his works at the exhibition Manasie Akpaliapik. Inuit Universe.
Stop 2 >> La Guilde
1356, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Accès gratuit pour toutes et tous du 1er au 9 mars 2025.
Réservations : laguilde.com
Discover the remarkable drawings and prints of Pudlo Pudlat and Jessie Oonark. The educational exhibition Jessie Oonark and Pudlo Puldat – Inuit Art Cooperatives spotlights the work of these acclaimed artists and opens conversations about the constant evolution of Inuit art.
Learn about printing techniques and the themes and stories found in Inuit art at the Printing in Colour – In the Spirit of Jessie Oonark Family Workshop. Let yourself be inspired by the works of Jessie Oonark, express your artistic flair and create your own linocut print artwork.
Stop 3 >> Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
*Free admission to all from March 1 to 9, 2025, with the exception of the major exhibition Joyce Wieland: Heart On.
Online reservations required: mbam.qc.ca
Explore themes of life, community and sharing, in the creative workshop for the whole family Energy of the Heart.
Meditate on the rhythms of life particular to the circumpolar territories known together as Inuit Nunangat with ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik: essence of life. This new presentation of the MMFA’s Inuit art collection blends fascinating installations, works on paper, paintings and sculptures dating from 1949 to today.
Be amazed by Glenn Gear’s ulitsuak | marée montante | rising tide. This projected animation, which lights up the facade of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion every night, reflects the fragility of our ecosystems through a kaleidoscopic world inspired by Inuit motifs.
Acknowledgements
McCord Stewart Museum
The Museum welcomes Manasie Akpaliapik, a contemporary artist from Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay) on Baffin Island, Nunavut, for Inuit Universe, an exhibition dedicated to his work.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik: essence of life has been made possible thanks to the Government of Quebec, Hydro-Québec, the Hilary & Galen Weston Foundation, the Terra Foundation for
American Art, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Denalt Paints, La Presse and BMO.
The Digital Canvas is a project made possible thanks to the financial support of Tourisme Montréal’s Fonds de maintien des actifs stratégiques en tourisme program, in collaboration with the Government of Quebec.
The creative workshop and free admission to the MMFA during spring break have been made possible thanks to the Fondation de la Chenelière, Major Patron, and BMO, Major Partner.
Information
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Patricia Lachance
Michèle-Andrée Lanoue
Media Relations Officers
presse@mbamtl.org
La Guilde
Charlotte Duberger-Sani
Learning and Communications
cdubergersani@laguilde.com
McCord Stewart Museum
Marc-André Champagne
Officer, Public Relations
marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca
The McCord Stewart Museum
About
A landmark in the heart of Montreal for over 100 years, the McCord Stewart Museum bears witness to the history of Quebec’s metropolis as well as its influence in Canada and around the world, celebrating the vitality, creativity and diversity of the communities that make it up.
The Museum amplifies their voices by interpreting and disseminating the remarkable heritage under its custody: six expansive collections of 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art that make it one of North America’s leading museums.
In keeping with its commitment to decolonization and sustainable development, it creates stimulating exhibitions and educational, cultural and community-engagement activities that look at the social history and contemporary issues affecting its audiences through a critical and inclusive lens, inspiring them to take action for a fairer society. musee-mccord-stewart.ca
La Guilde
About
La Guilde is a non-profit arts organization devoted to art research, education, preservation and the creation of a sustainable art market. Our gallery is devoted to the representation of artistic experimentation with a focus on artwork that pushes the boundaries of materials and questions art and cultural histories. La Guilde has a combined focus and commitment to art that uses handmade techniques and draws on craft making histories, and a questioning of the place of art within a decolonizing present. It offers a space of sharing and exploration through a wide range of exhibitions, cultural activities, educational programs that support artistic creation and knowledge exchange. Since 1906, La Guilde has preserved and continues to develop a permanent collection of art with a focus on histories of handmade artmaking.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
À propos
Founded in 1860, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has been built on the generosity of multiple generations of Montrealers. Its mission is to acquire, conserve, study, interpret and present significant works of art from around the world and from every era, in the hope that members of its community and all Museum visitors may benefit from the transformative powers of art. The MMFA’s collection showcases Quebec and Canadian heritage, Indigenous art and international art from a progressive and innovative perspective. It comprises close to 47,000 paintings, sculptures, graphic artworks, photographs, multimedia installations and decorative art objects dating from antiquity to the present. The MMFA’s exhibitions and cultural programming aim to inspire new ways of looking at art and the history of art. As a hub of art, community and exchange and a pioneer in the provision of art therapy, the Museum collaborates with partners in the fields of community organization, education, health and technology to offer all audiences an enriching and transformative experience of art. Thus, through each of its projects, the MMFA continues to strive towards a more inclusive, accessible and just world.
Information and interview requests
Marc-André Champagne
Officer, Public Relations
514 861-6701, ext. 1239
marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca
On view
Until March 9, 2025
Manasie Akpaliapik. Inuit Universe
Le Musée accueille Manasie Akpaliapik. Univers inuit, une exposition consacrée à l’artiste contemporain originaire d’Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay) sur l’île de Baffin (Nunavut).
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