Photo credit: Jean-Michel Naud

Adventure in culture

Located in the museum district, in a magnificent heritage building in the heart of downtown Sherbrooke, the Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts will take you on a real foray into the fascinating world of visual arts. Creation workshop in the style of the artists of the collection, story in signed language, Art hive, guided tour, outdoor activity From the footbridge to the museum, Evening thirst for expression in a 5@7 and +++ formula, the mediation team offers you a rich and varied program of activities for the whole family!

Here is a video presentation of a favorite of the team, the Art Hive (free and open creation workshop).

In addition to the permanent exhibition Couleurs Manifestes which brings together around fifty works from the collection, from Jean Paul Riopelle to Frederick Simpson Coburn (leading artist of the Eastern Townships), there are also high-quality temporary exhibitions. which highlight the work of artists from Quebec and the Cantons :

STORIES OF THE CREATION OF THE WORLD: TERRITORY / MEDICINE. 7TH EDITION OF THE BIENNIAL OF ABORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY ART

May 16 to September 1, 2024. Dive into the heart of the 7th edition of the Indigenous Contemporary Art Biennial, around the theme Stories of the Creation of the World, presented by a collective of four curators. Territory/Medicines will be the segment addressed at the Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts by artists Eruoma Awashish, Haley Bassett, Lisa Maude Aubin Berube, Jay Havens, Cheyenne Rain LeGrande and Jesse Tungilik.

LOUIS-PIERRE BOUGIE. HUMAN NATURE AND THE ARTISTS OF THE DUFFERIN ATELIERS

May 16 to September 1, 2024. Explore the sensitive and dramatic world of master engraver and painter Louis-Pierre Bougie (1946-2021) in this exhibition paying tribute to his career. Discover more than forty works by the artist, including several previously unpublished. From aquatint to etching, learn more about the different engraving techniques through the collaboration of artist members of Ateliers Dufferin, a Sherbrooke creation space dedicated to printing.

A WALK IN THE WOODS. MBAS COLLECTION EXHIBITION. GUEST ARTISTS: ALEXANDRA BACHAND AND THOMAS CORRIVEAU

September 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025. Take a walk along the Lièvre River alongside Hélène Richard. Discover the geometry hidden in nature with Christian Deberdt. Put on Frederick Simpson Coburn’s binoculars to see René Derouin’s maps in the distance. During your walk, you are invited to play a game of identifying the plants that you will come across on the trail. Build your herbarium and discover how to identify the botanical species that inhabit our territory. Along the way, discover the olfactory work of Alexandra Bachand. A multisensory exhibition that will please the whole family.

BIENNIAL OF ARTISTS OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS: THE ECOLOGY OF THE LANDSCAPE

September 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025. On the theme of landscape ecology, the 2024 edition of the Eastern Townships Artists’ Biennale at the Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts invites you to discover the work of artists Guylaine Couture, Renée duRocher, Catherine Magnan, Marie-Soleil Provençal, Kylie Sandford, Chantal Séguin and Margrethe Ulvik.