National Summit

Riopelle Dialogues National Summit
National Gallery of Canada
– March 22 and 23, 2024

Artists from across the country gathered in Ottawa for a national summit on art and cultural mediation projects inspired by the creative spirit of Jean Paul Riopelle.

The Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation, in collaboration with Culture pour tous, has invited the artists and architects of the program around the exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of Jean Paul Riopelle’s birth and the success of the Riopelle Dialogues program.

The artist-mediators selected for this program created and animated nine monumental works in their communities in 2023.

Discover the video reports and the full documentary made during the event, which retrace the process and evolution of the program and its various projects!👇

▶️ Trailer – Riopelle Dialogues program

Don’t forget to watch the reports from our three guests of honor who marked the programming of the centenary and the Riopelle Dialogues National Summit :

▶️ RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE
Blair Thomson 📢

▶️ RIOPELLE: CROSSROADS IN TIME
Sylvie Lacerte 📢

▶️ RIOPELLE GRANDEUR NATURE
Samuel Tétreault 📢

Program highlights :

Friday, March 22, 2024

Presentations by Sylvie Lacerte, guest curator of Riopelle: Crossroads in Time at the National Gallery of Canada, Samuel Tétreault, creator of Riopelle Grandeur Nature, an immersive circus production by renowned Montreal company  7 Fingers, and Blair Thomson, co-creator and composer of Riopelle Symphonique.

Presentations by all the artists and artist collectives from nine provinces and territories involved in Riopelle Dialogues to create original works inspired by Jean Paul Riopelle.

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Presentation by Manon Gauthier, Executive Director,
General Commissioner of the Centenary Celebrations and producer of Riopelle Short Films Project, a mosaic of unlikely looks at Riopelle’s work and legacy, propelling the next generation of filmmakers. The Riopelle Foundation, L’inis and the International Festival of Films on Art join forces to support the film directors of tomorrow.

Presentation of the NGC’s educational programs
by Kathryn Lyons, Director of Learning and Community Engagement and David Gillanders, Learning and Community Engagement Educator.

Presentation of Riopelle Studio educational platform by Michelle Rhéaume, interdisciplinary artist, visual arts teacher and Director of Educational and Cultural Projects, Riopelle Foundation.

Crossed perspectives on cultural mediation
Discussion panel by :

Michel Vallée, President and CEO of Culture pour tous and expert in culture with a social and health impact.

Michelle Rhéaume, interdisciplinary artist, visual arts teacher and director of educational and cultural projects at the Riopelle Foundation.

John G. Boehme, artist and professor in the visual arts department at Camosun College (Victoria, British Columbia).