Vernissage: Wednesday, July 30 from 4 to 7 pm
Exhibition: July 31 to August 23, 2008
The McClure Gallery has been transformed into a brilliant voyage into the future by children aged 6 to 12 years of age. The art on the walls is fabulous, colourful, imaginative and even interactive.
Thanks to the generous funding of the TD Bank Financial Group, the youth department of the Visual Arts Centre invited kids from the community to participate in a series of workshops on the world of the future. Youth from Tyndale St. George, Westhaven and Laval Community Centres as well as the Montreal Children’s Hospital were amongst those participating.
“It is one of the most exciting youth exhibitions we’ve had in our gallery,” noted Victoria LeBlanc, director of the Centre. “We are very grateful to the TD Bank for sponsoring this project. We’ve been able to offer youth out there in the community an opportunity to creatively express themselves and, wow, are they creative!”
The exhibition Expo 2038 presents a futuristic world fair. Curated by Geneviève Beauchamps, a teacher at the Centre, the exhibition showcases the imagined inventions of prized architects, fashion designers, artists, and engineers of the future. Where and how will we live in 2038? How will we dress? What innovations will make our lives easier, healthier, more sustainable? World Fair 2038 will be a window into the future – as designed by young artists of today!