The new Pierre Lassonde pavilion of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MnBAQ) includes a light-filled space devoted exclusively to Quebec design and fine crafts. The permanent exhibition gallery showcases close to one hundred works, amongst which can be found several major pieces by artists who have left their mark on the history of glass art in Quebec, alongside the development of our intergenerational creativity center: Dominique Beaupré St-Pierre, Susan Edgerley, Carole Frève, François Houdé, Ronald Labelle, Michèle Lapointe, Caroline Ouellette, Patrick Primeau, Donald Robertson.

Above, from left to right: Caroline Ouellette, glass artist and teacher; Andrée Houde, Gilles Houde, and Monique Chabot Houde, members of Espace VERRE cofounder François Houdé’s family; Michèle Lapointe, glass artist and teacher; Christian Poulin, executive director.