MMFA and ITHQ
Interdisciplinary Educational Partnership
September 27, 2018
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and the Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) announce a new interdisciplinary educational partnership, stemming from a common desire to promote learning and creativity. Its goal is to sensitize ITHQ students to different forms of art, through opportunities to meet with artists and connect with artworks from the Museum’s collection.
Beginning this semester, ITHQ students in the Formation supérieure en cuisine [Advanced Culinary Training] program will have the opportunity to visit the MMFA's collections free of charge and to exercise their culinary creativity after encounters with artists exhibiting at the Museum. These experiences will help raise the students’ awareness about various forms of cultural expression and enrich the artistic and emotional content of their training.
Guided tours of the collection will be provided to the student, with the intention to spark their imagination and inspire new creative techniques. The meetings with artists will be an opportunity to learn more about the artistic process and its creative source. Back at the ITHQ kitchens, the students will be asked to create dishes inspired by their emotional response to the works: and the artist whom they had met will be invited to sample their culinary works and listen to the narratives behind their creative process.
Nathalie Bondil, Director General and Chief Curator of the MMFA stated:
"Cooking is an art. Food-related occupations are increasingly popular among our younger generations, almost to the point of becoming a 21st-century religion! Quebec is known for its creativity, and that includes its culinary talent."
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For more information about the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions and activities, visit the museum's website.
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