819-822-9600, ext. 2260 gallery@ubishops.ca

Art Hives 2023

As of September 11, 2023, the ArtLab Art Hives will be back in our studio with a regular schedule!

ArtLab

The Foreman Art Gallery’s Community Art Lab (ArtLab) positions itself on the cutting edge between art, education, and community development with the goal of exploring how these worlds collide and interact with one another.

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ACTIVITIES

The Community Art Lab explores from a creative point of view the pressing social issues of our day and how these affect our direct community. It gathers individuals from the community – whether students, artists, researchers and members of the general population – and via public events, works towards stimulating an increased understanding of the visual and media arts in the City of Sherbrooke.

The satellite activities are centered around questions raised by the current exhibitions at the Foreman Art Gallery and take the form of discussion groups (broadcast through podcasting) around an artwork or a film related to the artwork, through workshops (tailor-made for different audiences), events (performances, film screenings).

Bishop’s University students will greatly contribute to the activities’ content through their participations and discussions. Through its interventions the Laboratory stimulates exchanges and discussions in order to disrupt the hierarchy of knowledge and to enrich community life.

THE SPACE

Located beneath the Foreman Art Gallery, the Community Art Laboratory’s space can accommodate groups of 20 people. Besides this space, the Laboratory appropriates community spaces (coffee shops, art centers, theatres, community centers, schools, churches) that bring to the Laboratory their own realities and functions.

Contact the ArtLab

ARTLAB COORDINATOR

Camila Vásquez

EMAIL

artlab@ubishops.ca

PHONE

(819) 822-9600 ext. 2279

Art Camps

The Foreman Gallery’s Community Art Lab offers art camps for children ages 6-12 in a caring, inclusive, multi-age, and bilingual setting.

Guided Tours

Our team is pleased to offer unique guided tours for each of the exhibitions presented at the Foreman Art Gallery. Each tour is created specifically to meet the needs and interests of your group. Tours are offered in French or in English. To complement and enhance your visit, tours can be combined with a creative workshop inspired by the exhibition on display.

Art Hives

Throughout the school year, the ArtLab opens its doors for a few hours a week as part of the Art Hives – a free program open to all where all the ArtLab’s materials and space are available to encourage independent artistic exploration.

ArtLab Residencies

The ArtLab welcomes an artist in residency on a yearly basis, to generate projects that are engaging for the community. This residency is grounded in the exchange of ideas, cultural trends, natural singularities and historical depths that inform the Gallery and its activities. 

POP-UP Exhibition Series

The ArtLab’s POP-UP exhibition series presents the traces of research and creative projects carried out by Bishop’s University’s student body and faculty, as well as by other groups and members of the Sherbrooke community. Following the principles of community-based museology and micromuseology, these ephemeral art events are often collective, participatory and of an experimental nature.

COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES

ART HIVES

Art hives are offered free of charge to a public of all ages, three times a week during the school year.

POP-UP EXHIBITIONS

The POP-UP exhibition series exposes the traces of research and creation projects following the principles of community museology and micromuseology.

ARTLAB RESIDENCY

CURRENT residency

Bill Burns's drawing details

As the ArtLab residency unfolds, the different stages of the research are documented in a blog, enabling the project to gradually take shape, from its origin to its final form.

Past Programming

Bill Burns's drawing details

ArtLab residencies provide a context for artists to develop projects rooted in the territory and built in dialogue with local actors.

Schools and groups

Schools

Our education team offers creative workshops and guided tours intended for preschool, elementary and high school students.

CEGEP, University, and Other Groups

Whatever your type of group, our education team offers creative workshops and guided tours suited to all needs and levels.

SOLO VISITORS

INTERACTIVE TOURS

Want to know more about our exhibitions? Take an appointment with one of our educators to learn more about the artist(s) and their artwork!

creative workshops

The Art Lab offers creative workshops at a low price open to the entire community. All you need to do is RSVP!

DAY CAMPS FOR KIDS

MARCH BREAK ART CAMP

The next March Break Art Camp will be held from March 4 to 8, 2024. Campers aged 6 to 12 will discover a wide range of artistic projects that will stimulate their creativity and sense of initiative, in a caring, inclusive, multi-age, and bilingual atmosphere.

SUMMER ART CAMP

Each week features a different nature-related theme with new outdoor and studio activities for a summer full of exciting art projects!