This travelling exhibition designed by the Musée des religions du monde showcases 27 paper sculptures by Claude Lafortune.As a Radio-Canada host, Claude Lafortune made his mark on the world of art and religious education by combining both disciplines to create original children's programs. Renowned for his exceptional talent as a paper sculptor, he created characters from the Bible and used them in telling their stories.
Glue, Paper, Scissors invites older people to revisit the career of this master of paper art and younger people to learn more about the historical characters illustrated in his work. The exhibition at the Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre will feature Saint Anne, Maisonneuve, Marguerite Bourgeoys and other figures.
Glue, paper, scissors for groups (document available in french only)
The exhibition presents the ingenuity and the resources used by the Sisters of Saint Anne to meet the food needs of the community and the people who depended on it. Going from garden to table, the exhibition shows that food is a matter of sharing, both literally and figuratively.
At the initiative of Collège Sainte-Anne, the Historic Centre had play host for one month to the famous girl who was hidden away from the Nazis. The exhibition, mounted by Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, presented the story of Anne Frank, a German-Jewish teenager who became a symbol of the Second World War after the publication of her diary. Still relevant today, the exhibition encouraged reflection on values such as tolerance, mutual respect, human rights and democracy. Some students were specially trained to guide visitors through the exhibition. They welcomed school groups and individual visitors from January 17 to February 22, 2013. The exhibition was intended for school groups from the 6th grade through high school.
Photo : annefrank.org
Vocation: Teaching gave a picture of the dedicated Sisters who, over the course of 150 years, taught in no fewer than 14 schools in Lachine. This exhibition provided a look at Lachine’s educational heritage from different perspectives: that of the teachers, but also that of the students. It featured personal accounts, photos, books, documents, artifacts and teaching materials once used by the Sisters and their pupils. Vocation: Teaching was an invitation to meet a group of women who devoted their lives to education.
This exhibit provided an opportunity to explore more recent works by the Sisters of Saint Anne. Copper enamelling, screen printing, sculpture; the sisters demonstrated their creative and artistic freedom across a diversity of media.
This exhibit took visitors behind the scenes in an art studio through the works and unpublished documentation of the Sisters of Saint Anne. Visitors learned about the rigorous training the sisters received and also about the renowned painters who taught them.
In this exhibit, visitors found out what prompted the Sisters of Saint Anne to work in Cameroon for the past 40 years. These dedicated women overcame the unknown in order to support local populations and offer them nursing care, family health clinics, home economics, and education for the young, social work and pastoral ministry. Through a host of photos, the exhibit helped visitors grasp the missionary’s universe and discover Cameroon.
In 1850, in Vaudreuil, Marie-Anne Blondin founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne, dedicated to teaching children of both sexes. Moved to take action by the needs they saw around them and by their faith in Divine Providence, the sisters also cared for the poor and the sick. Recognized for the excellence of their institutions, they were the first sisters to establish themselves on the northwest coast of the continent in 1858, at the request of Bishop Modeste Demers.
In the second half of the 19th century, all educational institutions in Quebec, whether lay or religious, had one thing in common: an emphasis on teaching religion, French and arithmetic to boys and girls. After the First World War, the emergence of new technological needs led to a movement in favour of scientific awareness. The Sisters of Saint Anne were involved in the movement at several levels.