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Guided tour of Concordia University's Public Art Collection : Art, History and Public Memory
As part of the Journée de la Culture in partnership with Art Public Montreal, Concordia University is offering thematic tours of the Concordia Public Art Collection.
The Art, History, and Public Memory tour will visit five Concordia public art collection artworks. This tour focuses on artworks that have unique insights into the history of Concordia and the city of Montreal more broadly, exploring the role of public art collections as repositories for collective memory.
The featured artworks include:
Lintel stones from D’Arcy McGee’s house, (c. 1864)
3 Scenes of Nymphs in Canadian Landscape, (c. 1938), Kenneth Hensley Holmden
Memorial Installation dedicated to four Concordia professors, (1996), Eduardo Aquino, Johanne Sloan, Kathryn Walter
Untitled (sculpture commissioned for Bank of Montreal), (1966), Claude Théberge
Sans titre, (1992), Rose-Marie Goulet with Effets Publics
Language: English
Duration: 30 mins, rain or shine
Location: 1550 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, Quebec. (Metro Guy/Concordia)
Meeting point: Outdoors near the Claude Théberge, Untitled artwork (see event image) in front of the GM Building, located at the Corner of De Maisonneuve Boulevard west and Guy Streets. (In case of rain, we will meet in the lobby)
https://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca
- Date:
- Saturday, October 1, 2022
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 2:40pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Campus:
- Sir George Williams
- Categories:
- Public Art Tours