Greater Access to Culture in the Chaudiere-Appalaches Region

THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - April 10, 2014) - Department of Canadian Heritage

The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development, Minister for La Francophonie, and Member of Parliament (Mégantic-L'Érable), today announced $15,000 in funding for the Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines. He made this announcement on behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Shelley Glover.

This Government of Canada has provided this funding through the Exhibition Circulation Fund of the Museums Assistance Program. The funding is allowing the museum to present Marc-Aurèle Fortin: Paysages modernes du Québec traditionnel (Modern Landscapes of Traditional Quebec), a travelling exhibit on the work of Quebec painter Marc-Aurèle Fortin.

Quick Facts

• The exhibit Marc-Aurèle Fortin: Paysages modernes du Québec traditionnel, presented by the Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines from February 15 to May 11, 2014, is a production of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
  
  
• This travelling exhibit consists of some 30 rural and maritime scenes painted in oil or gouache by Marc-Aurèle Fortin from the 1910s to the 1950s.
  
  

Quotes

"I am pleased that our Government is helping promote greater access to our cultural heritage by giving Canadians outside large cities a chance to see a major exhibit from a Quebec museum."

-Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages

"Our Government is pleased to give residents and visitors in the Chaudière-Appalaches region a chance to discover the priceless artistic heritage of a great painter like Marc-Aurèle Fortin. The richness of his work has helped forge our collective identity and continues to inspire many Canadians today."

-The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development, Minister for La Francophonie, and member of Parliament (Mégantic-L'Érable)

"The Musée minéralogique et minier is proud of our partnership with Canadian Heritage, and grateful for its support for our public programming. The Museums Assistance Program's Exhibition Circulation Fund is vital to the region's museums and communities. Without it, we could not diversify our programming and give our citizens access to visual arts exhibits like Marc-Aurèle Fortin: Paysages modernes du Québec traditionnel."

-François Cinq-Mars, Director, Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines

Associated Links

Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines

Museums Assistance Program

Exhibition Circulation Fund

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