C’est l’artiste québécoise Francine Marcotte qui a remporté le Prix du public de la 10e Biennale d’art miniature !nternationale. Le prix lui a été remis lors de la clôture officielle qui s’est tenue dimanche le 12 septembre 2010. Francine Marcotte ajoute donc une autre palme à son propre palmarès ayant déjà reçu le Prix Sculpture.
Une forte participation témiscabitibienne en Argentine en décembre
Elle ajoute aussi au palmarès de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 4 artistes de la région s’étant illustrés par des prix et mentions au cours cette 10e édition. La 10e Biennale a connu une très forte participation d’artistes du Témiscamingue et de l’Abitibi avec 51 artistes, démontrant une fois de plus l’impact de cet événement international sur la pratique des arts visuels dans la région. Au Nord-Est ontarien déjà acquis depuis plusieurs années c’est ajouté le Sud-Est ontarien avec des participants entre autres de Toronto et de Barrie. En tout, 312 artistes en provenance de 35 pays ont présenté 560 œuvres.

Ce sont plus d’une dizaine d’artistes de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue qui verront leurs œuvres présentés en Argentine en décembre 2010. Tout au cours du mois de décembre le musée d’art contemporain latinoaméricain de La Plata, capitale administrative de la province de Buenos Aires. Cette initiative a été rendue possible grâce au travail de l’artiste argentine Maria Santa Cecilia et de la galériste Paula Coppa Oliver. L’exposition comprendra la centaine d’œuvres finalistes et les 60 œuvres inuit qui composaient le Zoom sur le Nunavik.

Sous le signe de la collaboration
Le jury (composé de Paula Coppa Oliver, galériste d’art de Buenos Aires, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau artiste métisse de Senneterre et à la présidence, Armand Vaillancourt, artiste montréalais de renommée internationale) s’est démarqué cette année par sa grande ouverture préférant regarder les œuvres avant les curriculum vitae. Sa diversité culturelle a également contribué à une sensibilité aux diverses régions du monde.

En plus d’innover avec le Zoom sur le Nunavik, la Biennale internationale a été le moment de multiplier des ententes de collaboration qui lui ont permis de produire une programmation fort diversifié avec deux focus important sur le Nunavik et l’Argentine avec conférence, cinéma et musique.

Un événement populaire
La Biennale d’art miniature !nternationale n’a cessé d’être un événement d’art très populaire. Ce sont plus de 3500 personnes qui auront franchi les tourniquets au cours de l’été et 75 collectionneurs se sont portés acquéreur de plus de 150 œuvres.

Il convient de rappeler l’œuvre monumentale Mémoire d’Inuk réalisée par plus de 900 jeunes du Témiscamingue sous la direction de Carol Kruger et Francine Plante. À souligner la participation d’une soixantaine de jeunes des écoles secondaires d’Iberville et La Source de Rouyn-Noranda. Les visiteurs ont pu apprécier les œuvres réalisées par Armand Vaillancourt en peinture en direct lors de l’ouverture en juin. Enfin, l’oeuvre Les États amoureux de l’artiste argentine Maria SantaCecilia, postée à l’entrée extérieure de la Salle Augustin-Chénier, s’est offerte comme une signalétique originale de cet événement international.

Palmarès de la 10e Biennale d’art miniature !nternationale
(Voir les images sur notre site biam.augustinchenier.net)

Le Grand Prix – Bourse Caisse Populaire Desjardins – a été attribué à Dina Berman de Efrat, Israël, pour son minuscule Cheval à bascule taillé dans le bout d’une allumette.

Le Prix Régional – Bourse Daniel Bernard, député Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue – a été remis à Michel Villeneuve (Rouyn-Noranda, Québec) pour son dessin Réflexion 1.

Le Prix Zoom sur le Nunavik – Bourse Pierre Corbeil, ministre – est allé à Joe Ittukallak (Purvirnituq) pour sa magnifique sculpture représentant un Ours polaire en plein mouvement.

Le Prix Sculpture – Bourse du Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec – a été remporté par Francine Marcotte, de Ville-Marie (Québec) pour sa sculpture enfermée dans un cube de glace Memento,

Le Prix Impression numérique – Bourse de la Société de développement du Témiscamingue – a été décerné à Sylvie Crépeau de Rouyn-Noranda (Québec), pour Pierrot 5.

Le Prix Peinture – Bourse Télé-Québec – a été remporté par Jocelyne Caron de Palmarolle, pour Chaos, un encaustique sur toile.

Le Prix Dessin – Bourse Ville-Marie – a été décerné à Renée Lefrançois de Montréal, pour son Petit livre roulé.

Le Prix Estampe – Bourse Duhamel-Ouest – est allé à Mikailo Krasnyk d’Ukraine pour son eau-forte Sans titre.

Au chapitre des mentions, dans le cadre du Zoom sur le Nunavik, ont retenu l’attention du jury les œuvres de Johnny Amittuk (Akulivik), Levi Akuliak (Inukjuak) et Johnny Sivuarapik (Puvirnituq).

Et dans chacune des catégories, les mentions ont été décernées en peinture à Pauline Bradshaw (Barrie, Ontario) et à Jonas Balcianus (Astorias, États-Unis); en impression numérique : Patrycia Pottorak (Pila, Pologne); en sculpture : Guy Laramée (Montréal, Québec) et Ann Goddard (Tarporly, Royaume-Uni); en dessin : Michel Villeneuve (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada); en estampe : Tadataka Kudo (Sagamhara, Japon), Aleksandra Bury (Golesow, Pologne) et Anita Iaconella (Waurn Ponds, Australie).

Les œuvres des lauréats seront présentées tout le mois de décembre 2010 au Musée d’art contemporain latino-américain de La Plata, en Argentine, auxquels s’ajoutent les finalistes suivants : Anel Pala (Bosnie), Johanne Ouellette (Lac-Supérieur, Canada), Manon Denis (Québec, Canada), Shafik Al Hamdani (South Porcupine, Canada), Danielle Richard (Lévis, Canada), Rosario Burbano (Quito, Équateur), Donna Howie (Timmins, Canada), Sylvi Aambo (Volda, Norvège), Guy Baillargeon (Montréal, Canada), Matgorzata Drozd Witek (Cracovie, Pologne), Lione Grigaliunaite (Vilnius, Lituanie), Torill E. Larsen (Oslo, Norvège), Michael Stampf-Laurencik (Entfelden, Suisse), Chantale Girard (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada), Gatien Moisan (St-Honoré de Chicoutimi, Canada), Nancy Davis (North Bay, Canada), Céline Dallaire (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada), Claire Lemay (Longueuil, Canada), Véronique Doucet (Évain, Canada), Léo Hébert (St-Jérôme, Canada), Lise Létourneau (Montréal, Canada), Anna-Ritta Hamisto (Helsinki, Finlande), Agnès Thuin (Strasbourg, France) Suzi Gagnon (Ville-Marie, Canada), Louise Plamondon (St-Augustin-des-Maures, Canada), Karin Vann-Jakowski (Kitchener, Canada), Ilic Gordana (Belgrade, Serbie), Jaber Lutfi (Montréal, Canada), Eugene Buchner (Berlin, Allemagne), Cléo Wilkinson (Indooroopilly, Australie), Nathalie Roy (Orleans, Canada), Milos Djordjevic (Cuprija, Serbie), Gabriel Vierra (Rio de Janeiro, Brésil).

Théâtre du Rift
The Broken Toys, an Argentinean group of rockabilly music, from the city of Rosario, shows an unknown side of Argentina : a strong tradition of explosive rock! ! A collaboration of the Théâtre du Rift and the Festival de musique émergente de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue

See on http://biam.augustinchenier.net/index.php

Sunday, June 6th
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Open Door Admission to the 10th Biennial

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Brunch with the Prize-winners
Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi
The prize-winners invite you to a friendly brunch where each will present their artistic path.

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Artouche in miniature
Centre d’interprétation du marais Laperrière
Témiscamingue artists, reunited under the banner L’Artouche, inaugurate their exhibition of miniature works of art..

“Les Greffons”
Marais Laperrière
L’Atelier Cent Pressions and their guests have scattered the paths of the marais Laperrière with a multitude of magical clay characters. Official opening of “Les Griffons”.

7 p.m.
Photography conference—The Two Poles.
Théâtre du Rift
Jean Goulet, photographer and Richard Bérubé, wildlife conservation officer, present on the big screen photos from their respective trips to Argentina and Nunavik.

Saturday, June 5th
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Open Door Admission to the 10th Biennial

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Performance work Armand Vaillancourt
Centennial Park

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cocktail with the artists (by invitation only)
The Biennial hosts the attending artists with a cocktail hour in their honour.

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Official Inauguration
The highlight of the 10th Biennial: the unveiling of the prize-winners. The 560 works in the competition will be for sale, and the prize-winning works will be auctioned in a silent auction.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Performance work Armand Vaillancourt
Centennial Park

5p.m - 7pm picnic with the artist

Simultaneously, we will reproduce the art work States of Love (Estados amorosos) by Maria SantaCecilia. Conceived by the Argentinean artist Maria SantaCecilia, the work States of Love serves as the exterior sign of the 10th Biennial.

BAM! !BAM
Contrast. A tenth anniversary marked by a seal of contrast with a zoom on Nunavik art and a travelling exhibition in Argentina at the Musée contemporain d’art latino-américain (MACLA) in La Plata. Two poles are featured, but also 560 works of art by 312 artists from 35 countries which contribute and form a mosaic rich in contrasts.

Sign
States of Love (Estados amorosos) by Maria SantaCecilia. Conceived by the Argentinean artist Maria SantaCecilia, the work States of Love serves as the exterior sign of the 10th Biennial. It is an homage to this ideal state, which suspends time and places itself at the center of all intentions and desires.

The Jury
Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor - Montreal
Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau, painter - Senneterre
Paula Coppa Oliver, gallery owner - Buenos Aires

Participating Countries
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovine, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Great Britain, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.


Zoom on Nunavik
A zoom on Nunavik with 60 works by sculptors in the québecois Great North.

Exhibition: The Two Poles
Nunavik and Argentina are presented through two slide shows created by two Témiscamingue residents: Richard Bérubé, wildlife conservation officer and Jean Goulet, photographer.

Inuk Shuk
Carol Kruger and Francine Plante, Témiscamingue artists, worked with 960 youth in Témiscamingue to create nine Inuk Shuk, decorated with clay etchings of Nunavik wildlife.


La Source and Iberville Secondary Schools
The tradition continues with sixty miniatures by students from the La Source and Iberville secondary schools.

Official Inauguration





Friday, June 4th
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Open Door Admission to the 10th Biennial
Free admission to the 10th edition of the Biennial Art Miniature International, June 4th, 5th and 6th.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Performance Painting
Centennial Park
Armand Vaillancourt, president of the jury but more importantly, an artist of international renown, creates a painting live before the public.

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Picnic in the park
Centennial Park
Bring your lunch to the park for a picnic with Armand Vaillancourt.

Saturday, June 5th
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Open Door Admission to the 10th Biennial

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Performance work Armand Vaillancourt
Centennial Park

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Cocktail with the artists (by invitation only)
The Biennial hosts the attending artists with a cocktail hour in their honour.

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Official Inauguration
The highlight of the 10th Biennial: the unveiling of the prize-winners. The 560 works in the competition will be for sale, and the prize-winning works will be auctioned in a silent auction.

Sunday, June 6th
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Open Door Admission to the 10th Biennial

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Brunch with the Prize-winners
Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi
The prize-winners invite you to a friendly brunch where each will present their artistic path.

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Artouche in miniature
Centre d’interprétation du marais Laperrière
Témiscamingue artists, reunited under the banner L’Artouche, inaugurate their exhibition of miniature works of art..

“Les Greffons”
Marais Laperrière
L’Atelier Cent Pressions and their guests have scattered the paths of the marais Laperrière with a multitude of magical clay characters. Official opening of “Les Griffons”.

7 p.m.
Photography conference—The Two Poles.
Théâtre du Rift
Jean Goulet, photographer and Richard Bérubé, wildlife conservation officer, present on the big screen photos from their respective trips to Argentina and Nunavik.

The Biennial during the summer




Sunday, June 20th
1 p.m.
Inuit traditions – Throat singing
Centennial Park
Nina Segalowitz and Lydia Etok will give a performance of throat singing and explain this ancient tradition.

Tuesday, June 22nd
3 p.m.
Collectors Retrospective
Musée de la Gare in Témiscaming
From June 22nd through September 30th, Témiscamingue art collectors show artwork acquired during the past 9 biennials. Opening: Tuesday,
June 22nd.

Thursday, July 8th
8 p.m.
Écran Libre – Théâtre du Rift
Le jour avant le lendemain. Produced by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, this fable recreates the ancient time of the Great North and tells the story of a woman and her grandson who fight for their survival.

Thursday, August 26th
8 p.m.
Écran Libre – Théâtre du Rift
Dans ces yeux. The Argentinean Juan José Campanella won the Oscar for best foreign film. Dynamic, the Agentinean cinema reveals itself to the world with this film which delves into the troubled period of the 1970’s.

Wednesday, September 1st
8 p.m.
The Broken Toys
Théâtre du Rift
The Broken Toys, an Argentinean group from Rock-à-Billy, the city of Rosario, shows an unknown side of Argentina: a strong tradition of explosive rock! ! A collaboration of the Théâtre du Rift and the Festival de musique émergente de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Sunday, September 12th
2 p.m.
Biennial Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the Biennial is the moment when the Public’s Prize Award CKVM FM 93.1 is unveiled. Collectors may pick up their artwork.


Saturday, September 26th
10 a.m.
Inuk Shuk
Culture Park, 32 North Notre-Dame Street, V.M.
Three Inuk Shuk, created during the School Culture program and exhibited all summer at the 10th Biennial, are installed outdoors in the park.


December 1st

Official Inauguration
10th Biennial in Argentina
Throughout the month of December, the Musée contemporain d’art latino-américain (MACLA) in La Plata, Argentina hosts the travelling exhibition of the 10th Biennial Art Miniature International.



Admission Fee
Individual : $ 3
Passport (valid all summer) : $ 5
Under 12 years old : free
Wednesday : free admission

Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday :
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Musée de la Gare in Témiscaming
From June 22nd through September 30th, Témiscamingue art collectors show artwork acquired during the past 9 biennials. Opening: Tuesday,
June 22nd.

Centennial Park
Nina Segalowitz and Lydia Etok will give a performance of throat singing and explain this ancient tradition.

We are now in process of sorting out the received works. A confirmation of reception will be sent before March 25.

The International Miniature Art Biennial at the Musée d’art contemporain latino-américane de La Plata, in Argentina.

From December 2 to 31 , the International Biennial Miniature Art will be presented at the Musée d’art contemporain latino-américane in La Plata, Argentina.

For the past three years, the Augustin-Chenier Corporation has collaborated regularly with Argentina. In 2007, an exhibition was held merging Buenos Aires/Temiscamingue, the mediated event was covered by Internet. September 2009, gallery owner Paula Coppa Oliver arranged a meeting between gallery directors from Corporation Augustin Chenier and Musée d’art contemporain latino-américane, Jean-Jacques Lachapelle and Cesar Lopez Orsonio . For its 10th edition in March 2010, the BAM!, receives Paula Coppa Oliver, as member of the jury. An Argentinean rockabilly music group The Broken Toys, is presented by the Rift Theatre

December 2010, Argentina’s turn to receive the BAM! which will present 51 of its works, selected from the 560 artworks submitted from 280 artists of 35 countries. Also, presented at the exhibition, 60 Inuit sculptures from Zoom on Nunavik.

Let us also mention that artwork from 8 Abitibi-Temiscamingue artists will be part of this exhibition, Michel Villeneuve (Regional Award), Sylvie Crepault (Numerique Impression Award) and Francine Marcotte (Sculpture and the Publics Choice Award)

For the occasion Danielle Desjardins (President) and Jean Jacques Lachapelle (Director) will be at the December 2, 2010 inauguration.

The Argentinian artist Maria SantaCecilia, who’s descriptive work amplified the 10th BAM!, is indeed the grand mind of this fruitful collaboration between Augustin-Chenier Corporation and Argentina.

Maria SantaCecilia organizer of the BAM!, in Argentina is offering lodging for artists and art lovers
who would like to see the Exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain latino-américane in La Plata.

Maison TDMaria: http://tdmaria.blogspot.com

-$15 US per day
-single bed
-double occupancy
-access to cooking facilities
-25 min. train ride from Buenos Aires
-safe area
-discover La Boca, dance the Tango, taste the asado, visit theaters and museums
-bus leaves regularly from Retiro for La Plata, where the BAM! exhibition is held (2 hrs)

For reservations: mariasantacecilia@gmail.com

By the invitation of the deputy of Abitibi-James Bay-Nunavik-Eeyou, mister Yvon Levesque, the Biennial will be presented November 1 at the President’s Hall in the House of Commons.

Sixty works of art from Nunavik and 55 finalists of the 10th Biennial will be presented. The Biennial is an event/contest where, for this edition, 283 artists from 35 countries participated. Close to 600 works of art were presented from June 5 to September 12, 2010 at the Salle Augustin-Chenier in Ville-Marie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

This 10th edition of the Biennial offered a Zooming in on Nunavik with 60 small sculptures created by Inuit artists. The chairman of the jury was held by the Quebec sculptor Armand Vaillancourt. He was assisted by Argentina gallery owner Paula Coppa Oliver and native artist Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau from Abitibi.

The works presented in Ottawa regroup the categories sculpture, drawing, painting, engraving and digital printing. Many artists from Abitibi-Temiscamingue are presented in this international selection. This travelling exhibition of finalists will also be presented in December at contemporary art museum Latin-American (MACLA) of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

The president of the House of Commons, Mr Peter Milliken and Mr Yvon Lévesque will be pleased to receive the public between 9 am and 4 pm, Monday November 1, 2010.

The operation ''Posting the art works'' has beginning. Until November 30, the art works will be posting. Thanks for your patience.