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| Established | 1992 |
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| Location | Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada |
| Type | Contemporary art |
| Website | www |
The Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, formerly the Le centre d’art Baie-Saint-Paul is a contemporary art museum in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada.
Origins
The museum is located in downtown Baie-Saint-Paul in the heart of the cultural district. The site used to be occupied by the cinema, Le Laurentien, which was also used for artistic activities. After World War II (1939-45) the cinema often put on regional shows and traveling theatrical troupes.[1] In the mid-1980s the Art Center Corporation (Corporation du Centre d’art) launched an appeal for a public subscription to build an exhibition center for artistic and cultural activities in the Charlevoix region. CA$100,000 was raised.[1]
The cinema was too dilapidated to be preserved, but on 24 January 1992 a new building was opened on the site. Le centre d’art Baie-Saint-Paul was designed by the architect Signé Pierre Thibault. It has large rooms and huge class panels on the wall facing the church.[1] The museum is partially accessible to the physically disabled. It has meeting facilities and a boutique.[2] The three-story building won first prize for an institutional building in 1992 from the Ordre des architectes du Québec.[3]
History
After its opening the center presented several large exhibitions. In 1998 Jean-Paul Riopelle visited, and thousands of visitors saw his famous Ice Canoe hanging from the ceiling of the room.[1] The painter Marc Séguin has exhibited at the Center twice, in 2001 and 2013.[4] On 13 June 2008 the Quebec minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, Christine Saint-Pierre, announced that the center would be given the status of a museum.[1]
Collection
The International Symposium of Contemporary Art gave the museum an exception collection of works from over 400 artists from all over the world.[1] Over five hundred paintings by Kathleen Daly (1898–1994) and her husband George Pepper (1903–1962) were left to the Centre d’art Baie-Saint-Paul.[5] The Art Center Corporation acquired a valuable collection including other major figures in the history of painting in Quebec such as René Richard, the Bolduc sisters and others.[1]
Purpose
The goal of the museum is to make known, promote and preserve contemporary art from 1947 to the present. It emphasizes contemporary artists and is open to new movements and forms of expression.[1] It is open year round. Tours are given in French and English.[2] The museum runs the annual International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, which brings together artists from different backgrounds, and encourages interactions with members of the public.[6]
References
Citations
Sources
- "About The Symposium". International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- "DALY, Kathleen". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Concordia University. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- "Historique". Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul'. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- "Marc Séguin de retour au Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul". Le Soleil. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- "Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul". Baie-Saint-Paul. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- "Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul". Bonjour Quebec. Retrieved 2014-07-19.