{"id":505,"date":"2012-08-12T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T13:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.mat3rial.com\/5kol\/?p=505"},"modified":"2016-02-25T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T15:49:01","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skol.ca\/en\/the-centre\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_597\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"size-large wp-image-597\" title=\"Skol logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/skol.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/579-540x359.png\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skol logo circa 1994<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>1984<\/b>: inspired by OBORO, a new gallery space located in the same building, Zebra, a graphic artists firm, makes part of their loft space available to visual artists ; Daniel Dion, OBORO\u2019s founding member with Sue Schnee, is Skol\u2019s first coordinator;<\/li>\n<li><b>1986<\/b>: Official incorporation by then coordinators Myriam Merette and Marie-France Beaudoin; the Centre has already been presenting exhibitions and multidisciplinary activities since 1984;<\/li>\n<li><b>1988<\/b>: Joins the RCAAQ and begins paying exhibition rights to artists;<\/li>\n<li><b>1996-1997<\/b>: Under the directorship of Sylvie Cotton, special programming entirely devoted to installation practice. Publication of <i>L\u2019installation. Pistes et territoires<\/i>, an exhaustive work on installation practice in Quebec from 1975 to 1995, edited by Sylvie Cotton and Anne B\u00e9rub\u00e9;<\/li>\n<li><b>2000-2001<\/b>: Under the directorship of Daniel Roy, <i>Les commensaux<\/i>, a year devoted to new forms of intervention art; publication of <i>Les commensaux: Quand l\u2019art se fait circonstances\/When Art Becomes Circumstance<\/i>, a first in-depth look at \u201crelational\u201d practices in Canada, edited by Anne-Marie Ninacs and Patrice Loubier; launch of an educational program addressing college and university art students;<\/li>\n<li><b>2002-2005<\/b>: Under the leadership of art educator Adriana de Oliveira, strengthening of educational programs reaching out to audiences unfamiliar with contemporary art; restructuring of the website;<\/li>\n<li><b>2003-2005<\/b>: Programming cycle featuring The Human in the Built Environment under the successive leadership of Carl Trahan (livret 2003-2004) and Pascale Beaudet (livret 2004-2005).<\/li>\n<li><b>2005<\/b>: critical rekindling of shared leadership and participatory structure; integration of Benoit Pontbriand, web and IT specialist to the regular staff. First year of a 3-year co-creation project with adults in a literacy program at the Centre d\u2019\u00e9ducation des adultes de la Petite-Bourgone et de St-Henri, funded by the City of Montreal;<\/li>\n<li><b>August 2005<\/b>: inaugural meeting of VIVA! art action, an international performance art festival, in collaboration with five artist-run centres in the Montreal region (articule, La Centrale, Clark, DARE DARE, Praxis, Skol);<\/li>\n<li><b>2006-2007<\/b>: Under the co-coordination of Anne Bertrand and Louis Fortier, special programming titled <em>Faire comme si tout allait bien \u2014 As If All Were Well \u2014<\/em>, focusing on collaborative actions examining cynicism and inertia, includes VIVA! art action, held in September;<\/li>\n<li><b>2008<\/b>: Publication of <em>Faire comme si tout allait bien \u2014 As If All Were Well \u2014<\/em>, a special issue of <em>Livraison<\/em>, a periodical published by Rhinoc\u00e9ros (Strasbourg) in partnership with Skol, curated by Anne Bertrand, Stephen Wright and Herv\u00e9 Roelants;<\/li>\n<li><b>Summer 2008<\/b>: SOFI initiative increases support for human resources and allows emergence of <em>SKOOL \u2013 Don\u2019t Trust Anyone Over 30<\/em>, an experimental summer employment program for students developed by Robin Simpson;<\/li>\n<li><b>2009<\/b>: integration of Adriana de Oliveira, art educator, as part of Skol\u2019s regular staff. Development of <em>Apprendre\/Learn<\/em> sector. New website. Beginning of frequent meetings of active members involved in determining the orientations of Skol;<\/li>\n<li><b>2009-2010<\/b>: Long-term project to assess and process the Centre\u2019s archives, culminating in the group exhibition <em>Embracing the Archives<\/em> and the publication of <i>Historique de Skol comment\u00e9 <\/i>in 2011;<\/li>\n<li><b>2011 : <\/b>Nicole Burisch begins in the position of Administrative Coordinator;<\/li>\n<li><b>2012 : <\/b>St\u00e9phanie Chabot takes on the General and Artistic Coordination of the Centre;<\/li>\n<li><b>2012 : <\/b>Martine Lauzier begins in the position of Administrative Coordinator.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history of Skol from 1984 to the present day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-centre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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