Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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Heavily underlined. On page 195 there is a small drawing of a pig.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
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Heavily underlined. On page 195 there is a small drawing of a pig.
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Toys Shape Minds no. 3
Bumpalow Cottage, Bumpalow Home, Bumpalow Town, toys, games, Dream Houses, Toy Homes, Milton Bradley Company, Hasbro
16 April 2016
Second Life
Second Life searches for the particular places–real, imagined, and virtual–that exist somewhere outside of ordinary time and space, not only as a result of dreams but as a result of the natural phases of life.
27 March 2019 to 24 November 2019
Second Life
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Second Life searches for the particular places–real, imagined, and virtual–that exist somewhere outside of ordinary time and space, not only as a result of dreams but as a result of the natural phases of life.
E pour École
What could a school in Montréal look like? During March Break, families are invited to come and explore how the design of school spaces can create a feeling of belonging and inspire learning. Work together to build a model that translates your dreams into reality.
8 March 2013
E pour École
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What could a school in Montréal look like? During March Break, families are invited to come and explore how the design of school spaces can create a feeling of belonging and inspire learning. Work together to build a model that translates your dreams into reality.
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
13 May 2010 , 7pm
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
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Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Peguis First Nation and the Netley-Libau Marsh: Documenting Indigenous Land Use and Occupancy at the Mouth of Lake Winnipeg
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation