Free (service charge applies)
About the moderator
Mélanie Deveault is the Director of Education and Wellness at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Previously, she was Head, Education, Community Engagement and Cultural Programs at the McCord Stewart Museum, and Educational Projects Developer at the MMFA. In this latter role, she spearheaded the award-winning digital educational platform EducArt (2017). Holding a master’s in Museology from UQAM and a master’s in Art History from the Université de Montréal, Mélanie Deveault began her career teaching art history at the college level. Her approach to art, history and culture is firmly rooted in social inclusion, and she is motivated by a desire to create safer spaces for all communities within museum walls.
About the panelists
Natasha Thorpe is a multidisciplinary designer specializing in the design of environments and objects. She completed a bachelor’s degree in industrial design at the Université de Montréal, studied furniture design at the Florence Institute of Design International and furthered her knowledge of furniture design through an internship at Arper in Italy. Her approach is focused on designing every aspect of an environment, allowing her to create a unique sensory experience that works seamlessly and cohesively. Through this process, she creates impactful designs imbued with collective meaning and symbolism.
Marie-Hélène Beaulieu’s artistic practice reflects her interest in the mixing of glass techniques and their interrelations. She has participated in several exhibitions, both in Canada and internationally, and in addition to receiving the Prix des Traversiers des arts de Brouage (2013) and the Prix Jean-Marie-Gauvreau (2015), she has received several grants from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Her works are included in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Since 2006, she has been working in a glass studio that she co-founded. Marie-Hélène Beaulieu continues to develop her expertise and enrich her practice through subcontracting activities and the production of small series.
Aurélie Guillaume is a French-Canadian jeweller and enamelist whose work explores the long-standing link between the technique of enamel and the art of storytelling. Through the enameling process, her illustrations transcend the two-dimensional realm of paper and take on a new life in the physical world as wearable objects. Her work has been added to the permanent collections of several institutions, including the Enamel Arts Foundation in Los Angeles, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h since 2015, Aurélie Guillaume currently lives and works in Montreal.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A, Sherbrooke Street West
