Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme
200 Years of McGill’s Contributions
to Arts & Culture in Montreal
Through two hundred years of innovation and creative endeavour, McGill University has worked to cultivate the arts in Quebec, helping to make Montreal into the cultural capital it is today. As part of the University’s Bicentennial celebration, this virtual exhibition tells the story of how McGill and its people supported the development of Montreal’s vibrant arts and culture scene.
Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme is a series of short, dynamic videos that highlight individuals and events in music, visual arts, literature, dance, theatre, urban design, and architecture. Together these videos help to deepen our knowledge of McGill’s past and look forward to more cultural production between the University and the city.
Adding Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme to Montreal’s cultural landscape, McGill continues to contribute to the lively pulse of its beloved hometown.
Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme
200 Years of McGill’s Contributions
to Arts & Culture in Montreal
Through two hundred years of innovation and creative endeavour, McGill University has worked to cultivate the arts in Quebec, helping to make Montreal into the cultural capital it is today. As part of the University’s Bicentennial celebration, this virtual exhibition tells the story of how McGill and its people supported the development of Montreal’s vibrant arts and culture scene.
Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme is a series of short, dynamic videos that highlight individuals and events in music, visual arts, literature, dance, theatre, urban design, and architecture. Together these videos help to deepen our knowledge of McGill’s past and look forward to more cultural production between the University and the city.
Adding Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme to Montreal’s cultural landscape, McGill continues to contribute to the lively pulse of its beloved hometown.
Introducing Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme
Created by McGill Visual Arts Collection, Texture, Rhythm, Rhyme is a series of 6 thematic videos that are narrated by members of our McGill Community.
Beginning in September 2021, a thematic video will be released regularly.
Image credits
MUSIC: Louis Jacques, Ethel Stark Conducting, 5 February 1955. Library and Archives Canada, e011308870.
DANCE: Modern Dance, McGill Yearbook, 1941.
LITERATURE: El Mac and Gene Pendon, Leonard Cohen Mural on Crescent Street, Montreal.
ART EDUCATION: Chair of McGill’s BFA Program John Lyman Teaching Painting, McGill Yearbook, 1950.
THEATRE: Dancers on stage with Brian MacDonald, 1951. McGill University Archives, PR041141
ARCHITECTURE: Werner David Feist, Montréal McGill University, Montréal, Québec, 1959. Canadian Centre for Architecture, PH1983:0559. © Estate of Artist.
MODERN CITY: Ron Fleischman, Group Portrait at 35 Quebec Painters exhibition, 1957. McGill University Archives, PR039850.
VISUAL ARTS: Ewalt Halfhide, First Snow on Campus, 1943, Pastel on paper. McGill Visual Arts Collection, 1985-024. © Estate of Artist.
URBAN DESIGN: Hochelaga Rock, McGill Campus, August 2021. McGill Visual Arts Collection.