CATHERINE RONDEAU
My art news
CATHERINE RONDEAU
My art news
The Resilient Snowman
Our snowman is in deep water
The hockey game has been called off
Still and all
He chances his arms
To brighten the night’s sky
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My participation in the Carbon Neutral Challenge of the Maskinongé RCM
I was asked to represent the citizen segment of the Maskinongé MRC’s Carbon Neutral Challenge which aims to encourage local actions that tend towards carbon neutrality. I accepted to host a film crew three times during the summer to follow the progress of my efforts to grow and preserve fruits and vegetables.
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Les fleurs | My First Public Art Work
After an unsuccessful incursion into public art two years ago, I was very proud to win an acquisition contest this spring and to see my work Les fleurs hung in the municipal library of Saint-Bonaventure, located near Drummondville.
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Workshops to bring culture to school
Last winter, I was approached by Anne-Marie Gilbert and Sonia Gagnon, two teachers from the École primaire d’éducation internationale in Trois-Rivières to give cultural mediation workshops to their Grade 5 students. They found me thanks to the Répertoire Culture-Éducation, in connection with the program La culture à l’école of Québec’s Ministry of Education.
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Surreal Art Video: The Murmur of the Abyss
I had been thinking about this video for a while. The idea came to me in 2018 during my artistic residency at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. In addition to the photographs inspired by the Celtic tale The Seal Woman, I wanted to create a video with seals in motion.
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Santa Claus will be making it to the Moon
Good news:
Santa Claus will be making it to the Moon!
Amazon too, but not sure that’s worth mentioning…
One thing’s for sure, the Three Wise Men
won’t not be coming round this year.
Exhibiting in times of pandemic: shift to virtual mode
Alas, two of the three venues where I am exhibiting this fall had to close their doors. While I understand the seriousness and complexity of an unprecedented health situation, I regret the absurd decision of the Legault government to ban access to museums and exhibition centers.
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Cultural mediation activities for young audiences
The director of the CNE, Ms. Manon Guérin, proposed that I collaborate with her team to design cultural mediation activities to accompany the photographs in my series Beyond the Looking Glass. It was the perfect opportunity to enhance this exhibition, which has already been very successful elsewhere in Quebec.
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Fall Exhibitions: Three is the Magic Number
It kind of feels like winning the lottery. Not one, not two, but three solo exhibitions are scheduled for my photography work this fall! I’ll be showing at VOART, Val d’Or’s exhibition center, at the Centre national d’exposition in Jonquière and at the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Center in Dorval.
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Moving to the Country: a Dream Come True
Bye bye Montreal! It was our intention to make the move, the pandemic simply speeded things up. Jean-Louis and I have left the big city and are now happy dwellers of a house in the country near Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec.
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The Bewitched Canoe, a Jolly Subversive Christmas Tale
Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! May the holiday season be magical and allow yours stories to soar high above the pine tree line to jump from the old year to the new one. What about the Devil?…
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Clocktower Place soon for hire at L’Artothèque
Have you heard of L’Artothèque? Dedicated to the visual arts since 1995, L’Artothèque is a library of over 3000 art works that offers original pieces for rent at affordable prices to individuals, businesses, institutions and…
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A fine opening at the Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier
They like to celebrate in a big way at the Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier! This past Sunday, every effort was made to inaugurate the exhibition Apparences with sparkle and great class. The event, in which…
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Apparences | A must see mystery filled exhibition this fall
My Beyond the Looking Glass series will once again be on show this fall at the Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier located in Valcourt. Entitled APPARENCES, the event will also feature the works of photographers…
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Manifesto for a stronger Copyright Act
As you may know, the federal Copyright Act is currently under revision by the government. In hopes of having artist’s voices heard in Ottawa, and in order to establish a better equilibrium between creators and…
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The Seal Woman | Unveiling of the first images
I am happy to finally unveil the first images of my new photo series The Seal Woman shot during an artistic residency at Glasgow’s Center for Contemporary Arts, in Scotland last year. The project probes the…
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