John Leroux has practiced in the fields of art history, architecture, visual art, curation, and education. He is currently the manager of collections and exhibitions at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Leroux holds a bachelor of architecture degree from McGill University, a master’s in art history from Concordia University, and a PhD in history from the University of New Brunswick, where his doctoral research involved the exploration of Modernism in New Brunswick between 1930 and 1975, focusing on its cultural and socio-political reach. He has published sixteen books on art and architecture, including “Building New Brunswick: an architectural history,” “Glorious Light: the Stained Glass of Fredericton” and "A Vision in Wood and Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University". He was selected to be a team member of Canada’s official entry at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, and he has taught at the University of New Brunswick, the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and St. Thomas University.
Sessions auxquelles John Leroux participe
Vendredi 27 Mai, 2022
Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian, at the International YMCA College in Massachusetts. As a student, Lyman Archibald (a native of Nova Scotia) played on this first basketball team. Soonafter, Archibald moved to St. Stephen, New Brunswick to oversee the town’s YMCA. He introduced the new sport, and the first game in Canada was played here on October 17, 1893. Undoubtedly, the participants who lodged a leather ball into peach baskets that day would have neve...
Sessions auxquelles John Leroux assiste
Mercredi 25 Mai, 2022
Nous vous proposons une soirée inaugurale riche et haute en couleurs, dans un lieu mythique: le Dawson Hall, derrière l'église St James United (1887-1889, Alexanderr Francis Dunlop, arch.), dite "cathédrale méthodiste de Montréal" – avec 2000 sièges, c'était la plus grande église méthodiste du Canada lors de sa construction. Désignée Lieu historique national du Canada en 1996, elle a échappé à la démolition en 1980, lors de son classement au titre de monument historique, puis a échappé à l...
Vendredi 27 Mai, 2022
Découverte à pied de l'habitation ouvrière et des églises Saint-Pierre-Apôtre et Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare (aujourd'hui Centre culturel et communautaire Sainte-Brigide) dans le quartier centre-sud de Montréal.La visite sera guidée par Luc Noppen.Un départ à pied sera organisé à partir du lieu du colloque; la visite elle-même commencera à 17h à la station de métro Beaudry (une station de métro de Berri-UQAM, site du colloque).