Throughout the summer and fall seasons, the MAC invites you to take part in a series of intimate gatherings with the artists of the first cohort of the Habiter le MAC program. These exchanges will offer the public an in-depth look at their respective practices.
We invite you to reserve your place to meet artist Marly Fontaine on July 22. This activity will be conducted in French with an interpretation in Quebec Sign Language (LSQ).
“Marly Fontaine is an Innu woman from the community of Uashat Mak Mani-utenam. A graduate in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM, Fontaine focuses her creative work on raising awareness of the realities and histories of First Nations, which remain largely unknown. As early as 2017, her works sparked strong reactions. Since the publication of Ma réserve dans ma chair – l’histoire de Marly Fontaine, she has worked as a speaker, using her testimony to demonstrate both her community’s resilience and her own. She has since completed a master’s degree in Museology and Arts Practice at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), highlighting Innu oral tradition both in her artistic practice and in her research approach. She is the first person to submit a master’s thesis orally at UQO. She is continuing this approach through a PhD in Innu arts and oral culture, begun in fall 2025, with the support of the Fonds de recherche du Québec.”
This biographical notes is in quotation marks, as it is signed by the artist.
Credit: Isabelle Tessier
