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The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
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12 October 1994 to 15 January 1995
From Society to Solitude: Public and Private Space in Seventeenth-Century France
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The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
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12 October 1994 to
15 January 1995
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exhibitions
Learning Architecture
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
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5 July 1994 to 2 October 1994
Learning Architecture
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As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
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5 July 1994 to
2 October 1994
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exhibitions
Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
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17 January 1990 to 22 April 1990
Process as Interpretation: Photographs from the CCA
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Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
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17 January 1990 to
22 April 1990
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Pollinaction
On the occasion of Earth Day, become agents of urban pollination to counter the decline of pollinating insects and nectar-producing plants. In collaboration with Éco-quartier Peter-McGill, discover how monarchs, bees, and milkweed contribute to the richness of the city’s biodiversity. Then get your hands dirty by creating seed bombs to disseminate during an exploration of(...)
24 April 2016
Pollinaction
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On the occasion of Earth Day, become agents of urban pollination to counter the decline of pollinating insects and nectar-producing plants. In collaboration with Éco-quartier Peter-McGill, discover how monarchs, bees, and milkweed contribute to the richness of the city’s biodiversity. Then get your hands dirty by creating seed bombs to disseminate during an exploration of(...)
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24 April 2016
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The first Sunday of every month is now Pay What You Can at the CCA.
Pay What You Can First Sundays of the Month
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The first Sunday of every month is now Pay What You Can at the CCA.
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The CCA Charrette
Interuniversity Charrette
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Youth Programs
We create programs and workshops for youth ages 5 to 17. These activities introduce youth to architectural ideas while encouraging them to question traditional definitions of architecture.
Youth Programs
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We create programs and workshops for youth ages 5 to 17. These activities introduce youth to architectural ideas while encouraging them to question traditional definitions of architecture.
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Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start grounded social movements.
Making Mamak: Collective Ecologies of Urban Space
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Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start grounded social movements.
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These public programs offer an opportunity to meet and engage with artists and photographers from the exhibition The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project and to continue reflecting on the methodologies and strategies they use in constructing visual arguments.
Programs Extending The Lives of Documents
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These public programs offer an opportunity to meet and engage with artists and photographers from the exhibition The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project and to continue reflecting on the methodologies and strategies they use in constructing visual arguments.
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Claude Cormier, In Memoriam
A tribute to Claude Cormier (1960–2023) written in his memory by Phyllis Lambert.
Claude Cormier, In Memoriam
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A tribute to Claude Cormier (1960–2023) written in his memory by Phyllis Lambert.
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