ARTS AND CULTURE CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART BIENNIAL (BACA) Every two years since 2012, Pointe-Claire has been showcasing works by Indigenous artists as a partner of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA) in its art gallery. The event this year was focusing on the theme of “Land Bank” and featured works, lectures and reflections in eight Québec exhibition spaces, including the Stewart Hall Art Gallery, which hosted works of nine artists until June 19.
CREATION OF A MAGICAL FANTASY READING GARDEN Throughout the summer, a unique garden will be created in the grove behind the Central Library The idea for the garden arose following the unfortunate death of an avid reader, Sara Hmouz, at the age of 22. The girl, who used to faithfully visit the library, hoped that her savings could contribute to one of its projects. The entrance to the reading garden will be marked by an arch leading to an inviting place with strange mushrooms and logs for the youngest children to sit down on and dive into a book, while mysterious plants shelter… Who knows… whole villages of invisible elves and gnomes! Once completed, the garden, open to the community, will host Library activities.
The outdoor exhibition goes all summer long at Edgewater Park. Enjoy a walk to discover or rediscover the works on display.
SECOND LIFE FOR A MURAL! The second floor of the Noël-Legault Community Centre welcomes the mural formerly exhibited in the pumphouse (Sieve Room) in the form of a mosaic consisting of its recovered fragments. The mural was made by the Lakeshore Association of Artists for the City Centennial in 2011. When the mural was removed in 2020 because it had deteriorated, given the attachment to the work, the artist Susanne Strater, who had taken part in its creation, had the idea to keep sections that were still in good condition and give the work a second life.
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