This year, A Celebrated Oeuvre introduces us to painter and poet Suzanne Meloche. Get up close to the artist and let her work flow through you. Drawing inspiration from her piece Confrontation, exhibited for the occasion, but also from her words, her choices as an artist, her silences, and her breakdowns, enter her world to turn it into a source of lively, intuitive writing.
As you immerse yourself in Meloche’s pictorial and poetic universe, you will be invited to draw on this poignant material—the intimacy, the courage, the commitments, the cracks, the tensions, and the breaths that make up a creative life.
Geneviève Dufour’s gentle, insightful instruction will introduce you to the principles of automatic writing and guide you in creating a free-form text, in prose or verse.
No experience needed. The only prerequisite is the desire to write. We’ll take care of the rest.
Schedule
The activity begins with an introduction to Confrontation and Suzanne Meloche’s career: her artistic choices, her gestures as a woman, her spaces of resistance and creation. It’s a gateway to a dense, embodied, and unique body of work.
During the workshop, you will be encouraged to write freely, conversing with the work and what it awakens in you. Write. Breathe. Listen. And just maybe, share with your kind and supportive peers.
Writing workshops at the Musée
Do you love words? Are you curious to see what they might reveal? Or are you simply looking for a moment to lose yourself in the written word? These workshops are for you.
For a few hours, in small groups, you can let go of expectations, put judgment aside, and dive in. A prompt, a work of art for inspiration, a little time… and off you go! Write whatever comes to mind, however it comes. And if you feel like it, share with others. It’s that simple.
These workshops are designed to spark your imagination, explore new avenues, and dare to try unexpected forms. All you have to do is open yourself up to what happens when you take the time to write.
