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Organize an outing linked to your theme

Research

Research exhibitions taking place in Montreal during the time of your class that have links to what it is that you are exploring
A number of resources in Montreal are available, including, but not limited to, the following exhibition spaces, galleries, and museums: (these examples are based on art exhibitions, but of course, this list could be expanded to include any number of other institutions in Montreal such as the Science Center, the Biodôme, the Botanical Gardens, the Cosmodôme, etc)

Name of location / event	Link to website
Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery	https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/art-gallery/
Leonard and Ellen Bina Gallery	http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/?lang=en
The PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art	https://phi.ca/en/foundation/
The PHI Centre	https://phi.ca/en/centre/
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts	https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/
The McCord Museum	https://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal	https://macm.org/en/
Pointe à Callières	https://pacmusee.qc.ca/en/
Centre Clark Art Gallery	https://centreclark.com/en/
Dazibao Art Gallery	https://dazibao.art/
Occurrence: espace d’art et d’essai contemporain	http://occurrence.ca/
Optica: centre d’art contemporain	http://www.optica.ca/
Oboro Art Centre	https://soon.oboro.net/
La Centrale Gallery Powerhouse	https://www.lacentrale.org/
Vox Contemporary Image Centre	http://centrevox.ca/
Artexte Information Centre	https://artexte.ca/
Galerie de l’UQAM	https://www.galerie.uqam.ca/
Darling Foundry	https://fonderiedarling.org/
1700 La Poste	https://www.1700laposte.org/
Canadian Centre for Architecture	https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/
La Guilde	https://laguilde.com/en
Daphne – Indigenous artist-run centre	https://daphne.art/
Belgo Building	http://www.thebelgoreport.com/gallery-listing/

Initial visit

Once you find an exhibition that is relevant, go visit! Take notes, make links, brainstorm how the exhibition can tie into your theme
Alternately, you can look for online exhibitions

Organize a class outing

Organize an outing for your students: contact the institution to arrange for a visit (perhaps even a guided visit)
If there is a fee to the outing, see if it can be covered by the SSAP funds
Alternately, you can ask students to cover their own fee IF it is indicated in the course outline ahead of time, and they are all aware of it at the beginning of the semester. In Art History, we always indicate that there may be costs of up to $25 for museum outings.
Outings are a great way to build connections with your students – and for them to build connections with each other. I always meet my students at the venue, with clear instructions on how to get there from Dawson. They often come in small groups, and it’s a nice way for them to have some independence, and to create bonds with each other in different ways
Taking the students out of the classroom to actively experience art, or anything for that matter, is a great way to expand their learning horizons
- Don’t forget to fill in the Outings form on the Dawson website a few days before the outing to inform the College that the class will be away. The form that you need is called “TP-CO2 Notification for an off campus academic activity not involving an overnight stay”

Example

An outing to the Arts of One World exhibition at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

In conjunction with the theme Intersections, the SPACE team proposed an outing to The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to visit The Arts of One World exhibition. This interregional, intercultural and transhistorical exhibition is built on the idea of finding links between the intersections of time and place.

This exhibition includes “a dialogue between works from ancient and traditional cultures and those by local and international contemporary artists, framed in a renewed intercultural and transhistorical perspective.” MMFA The Arts of One World exhibition

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