Program 2016
2016 — The Beginnings
The Montreal Printed Arts Festival, a brand new initiative highlighting the city’s printed art milieu !
In 2016, the first edition of MPAF (FAIMTL) was born out of a collaboration between six local organizations, including Atelier Circulaire, Arprim, Zocalo, the BANQ–Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, the Maison de la culture de Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, and the Maison de la culture de Longueuil in partnership with ARCMTL. The initial vision was to promote printmaking of all kinds in Montreal and throughout Quebec. Alongside a program of exhibitions showcasing emerging artists, demonstrations and artist talks were organized, culminating in an unprecedented gathering in Montreal centered around printed arts: The GRANDE Fair, which took place on May 7, 2016. The theme of this first edition focused on boundaries and how they are pushed in contemporary printmaking.
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GRANDE Printed Art Fair 2016 – May 7
The first edition of the annual GRANDE Printed Art, held as part of the Montreal Printed Art Festival, happened on May 7, 2016 at 5445 de Gaspé. The exhibitors of GRANDE 2016 were:
Emmanuelle Jacques – Erin Josephson Laidlaw – Étienne Tremblay-Tardif – Frédéric Cordier – Kevin Frances – Ann Karine Bourreau Leduc – Cara Déry – Diana Behl – Éloise Plamondon-Pagé – Joani Tremblay – Charles-Étienne Brochu – René Donais – Laurence Prévost – Stella Pace – Carole Fisette – Françoise Nadon – Claire Lemay – Monique Handfield – Louis Hébert – Céline Goudreau – Micheline Bertrand – Denise Lachapelle – Marie-Aline Lemay – Danielle Cadieux – Claudette Delisle – Denise Faucher – Lucille Pelletier – France Houle – Carole Nadeau – Nancy Lambert – Élise Massy
GRANDE 2016 featured a roundtable (2-3pm) of artists and specialists reflecting on the limits of printed arts and was followed by a closing party of the festival from 6 to 9 pm.
Vernissage expo New Perspectives on Printmaking at the Maison de la culture de Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension — April 28
At 5:30 p.m. on April 28, the opening of the group exhibition New Perspectives on Printmaking took place. The exhibition was an invitation to discover four young Québec artists and one American artist: Ann Karine Bourdeau Leduc, Cara Déry, Éloïse Plamondon Pagé, Joani Tremblay and Diana Behl. Through their work, these artists were renewing the methods of printmaking, from the point of view of aesthetic language, materials, the dimensions of the works and the issues they questioned. The exhibition took place from April 28 to June 12, 2016.
Meeting with Charles-Étienne Brochu at Arprim — April 29
At 5:30 p.m. on April 29, Arprim held a meeting as part of the MPAF with artist Charles-Étienne Brochu. The discussion with the public about the Sueurs froides (cold sweats) exhibit explored the artist’s vision of printmaking in connection with his work, which explores digital drawing, collage and animation. The exhibition Sueurs froides took place from April 15 to May 14, 2016.
Atelier Circulaire Members’ Pop Up — April 30
From noon to 5pm, the public had the opportunity to purchase original printed artworks during a pop-up sale.
Open House at Atelier Circulaire & Launch of MPAF — April 30
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on April 30 at space 517, the public was invited to attend live demonstrations by experienced artists using printing techniques: intaglio printing, lithography, relief printing, digital printing and screenprinting.
The demonstrations were followed by the launch event of the Montreal Printed Arts Festival, featuring some of the organizers and participating artists. The evening also featured a meeting with the artists of La Crème de la relève exhibit from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Workshop on the hybridization of the image at Zocalo — May 1st
On May 1st, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Zocalo organized a workshop consisting in a presentation by multidisciplinary artist Annie Conceicao-Rivet. The topic was digital printing—the steps involved in the creation of an inkjet-printed image—and featured a demonstration of the possibilities of technical hybridization in image construction, linking traditional processes with digital printing.
The workshop was followed by an exhibit tour with curator Emmanuel Galland from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Presentation of the book ÉLÉMENT : FEU & Vernissage of PEUT MIEUX FAIRE – Cahiers d’exercices exhibit at Zocalo — May 1st
“PEUT MIEUX FAIRE (Can Do Better) was a collective exhibition held from April 1 to May 8, showcasing the work of 26 artists from various disciplines. The exhibited pieces were inspired by the Canada Hilroy notebook—an object embedded in the collective memory and still commonly used by schoolchildren. The exhibit was curated by Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger. This exhibit, along with the vernissage of the ÉLÉMENT : FEU exhibit on May 1st were accompanied by a presentation of an artist book of the same name curated by Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger and produced by Zocalo artists.
Lecture Le livre d’artiste comme espace de dialogue : coup d’œil à la collection de BAnQ — May 1st
The book can be a rich field for discussion which this lecture presented by Anne-Marie Lanctôt at the Maison de la Culture de Longueuil exemplified through a selection taken from BAnQ’s collection of artists’ books. This lecture took place on Sunday May 1st 2016 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tour of BAnQ Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie — May 4 & 5
This tour, held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on May 4 and 5, was a unique opportunity to visit the building and its collections, attend a presentation on digitization, restoration, and acquisition services, and see an exhibit drawn primarily from the heritage collections of prints and artists’ books.
Mémoire de papier Permanent Exhibit — Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A veritable kaleidoscope of printing techniques, this exhibit shed new light on the fragile and precious containers of knowledge and ideas that are the printed materials held in the BAnQ’s collections.
Meeting and discussion with the artists of the Nouveaux regards sur l’art imprimé exhibit at the Maison de la culture de Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension — May 5
Artists Ann Karine Bourdeau Leduc, Cara Déry, Éloïse Plamondon Pagé and Joani Tremblay discussed about their practice around their exhibition Nouveaux regards sur l’art imprimé (New perspectives on printmaking). What creative work is involved in the renewal of printmaking?
