Free of charge
About the speakers
Maryse Larivière, Ph.D., is an artist, author and educator whose research focuses on the influence of feminine writing in contemporary art, on female voices, and on the emergence of written art in Canada. She integrates fiction into her artistic process to blur the lines between art and life, and she uses text as a fully fledged artistic technique. She has authored several texts, including three poetry collections, Where Wild Flowers Grow (2015), Hummzinger (2016) and Orgazing (2017), which have been shown in exhibitions across Canada: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal’s biennale MOMENTA, at Or Gallery in Vancouver, and at Gallery 44 in Toronto.
Passionate about cinema, natural sciences, literature and philosophy, Julie Tremble creates videos and 3D animations that blend scientific data, documentary, and science fiction. She is interested in what makes up the universe, as well as the different states of matter and their representations. Her work has been shown in numerous arts centres and festivals, including the Ludwig Museum, in Budapest, Montreal’s Dazibao, the Fonderie Darling, the Joyce Yahouda Gallery, the Grand Théâtre de Québec’s STUDIOTELUS, and Images Festival, in Toronto. In 2013, she received the CALQ prize for Best Work of Art and Experimentation, awarded as part of Rendez-vous Québec cinéma.
Marie Samuel Levasseur pursues a multidisciplinary practice that combines art and life. Her creative approach is collaborative and rooted in small talk, and she uses micro-narratives to give voice to the unspeakable and to the plurality of identities in the autobiographical narratives on life’s defining experiences. Levasseur holds a Master of Visual and Media Arts from UQAM. She is also a caregiver and exercises a curatorial practice focused on art, truth and justice as part of the duo Place Courage.
Anne Grace is Curator of Modern Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a position she has held since 2007. She holds a BA from the University of Toronto (1989) and an MA from Université de Montréal in Art History (1996). From 2001 to 2007, she worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the National Gallery of Canada, where she contributed to the conservation, documentation and development of the museum’s international modern art collection. Grace has co-organized several major exhibitions at the MMFA, including Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor (2018-2019), From Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Impressionism to Expressionism, 1900-1914 (2014-2015), and is currently preparing Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde for May 2025.
Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre is the Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today) and holds the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair at the MMFA. As Curator of Contemporary Art at the Musée d’art de Joliette, where she worked from 2017 to 2023, she oversaw many solo and group exhibitions featuring women artists, Indigenous artists, and artists from diverse backgrounds.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A, Sherbrooke Street West
Reservation terms: Please note that seat reservations are held until the beginning of the event. Once the activity has started, any unoccupied seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
