Montreal Arts Interculturels

Montreal Arts Interculturels
Address Jeanne-Mance Street
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Type Local authority
Opened 2000
Website
http://www.m-a-i.qc.ca/

Montreal Arts Interculturels (French: Montréal, arts interculturels, abbreviated MAI) is a building encompassing a theatre, an art gallery, and a café-bar in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] It is located on Jeanne-Mance Street.[2] It opened in 2000,[3] and exhibits contemporary art, dance, music, theatre, painting, sculpture, and video.[4] The mission of MAI is to facilitate and initiate intercultural relations.[5] Sylvie Lachance is the general and artistic director.[6] Nathalie Bonjour was previously the director.[7] In 2000, MAI supported a colloquium called "Sports et villes; enjeux économiques et socioculturels" (English: "Sports and Cities: Socio-economic issues") along with other organisations such as the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique.[8] In 2005, it hosted an art exhibition called Les Revenants by Barbara Astman, Ted Hiebert, Martyn Jolly, and Roberto Stephenson.[9] It hosted performances of Andrew Kooman's She Has a Name in 2012.[10]

References

  1. Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette (2011). Montréal City Trip 2011 (in French). Le Petit Futé. p. 88. ISBN 2746930447.
  2. Hélène Laperrière (2003). Promenades montréalaises (in French). Les Editions Fides. p. 161. ISBN 2762124662.
  3. Valérie Fortier (2010). Montréal 2010-2011. Le Petit Futé. p. 272. ISBN 2746925796.
  4. Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette (2008). Montréal 2009-2010 (in French). Le Petit Futé. p. 279. ISBN 2746923149.
  5. Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette (2012). Montréal 2012-2013 (in French). Le Petit Futé. p. 229. ISBN 2746938693.
  6. Lily Cho (2010). Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 1442659998.
  7. Daniel Latouche (2003). Voulez-Vous Manger Avec Moi?: Pratiques Interculturelles en France et Au Quebec (in French). Les Editions Fides. p. 18. ISBN 2762125405.
  8. Sylvain Lefebvre (2003). Sports et villes; enjeux économiques et socioculturels (in French). PUQ. ISBN 276051210X.
  9. Martha Langford (2005). Image & Imagination. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 298. ISBN 0773529691.
  10. "Event: She Has a Name (Fringe)". The Charlebois Post. June 12, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.