About

Studio Riopelle was created to be an educational program as part of Riopelle’s Centenary Celebrations.

Jean Paul Riopelle, Point de rencontre – Quintette, oil on canvas, 428 x 564 cm, polyptych 5 panels (1963) © Estate of Jean Paul Riopelle / Copyright Visuals Arts – CARCC (2023)

Objectives

The Studio Riopelle digital interface reflects the intentions of the pedagogical designers to combine different concepts or pedagogical approaches such as gamification, flipped classroom, distance learning, interactivity, integration of the cultural dimension and pluridisciplinarity..

Mission

The creation of the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation was inspired by the artist’s dream to share his passion for art and his vision and to inspire future generations of artists with a desire to explore, innovate and achieve their full creative potential.

Team

This project was made possible by a team of creators, writers, developers and instructional designers.

Andrée-Caroline Boucher,Ph D., Education Coordinator for the Riopelle Studio platform and Instructional Designer for the visual arts projects and digital activities.
Elyse Mathieu, M. A., Instructional Designer for the visual arts projects.
Colette St-Hilaire, Ph D., Writer for historical texts and proofreader.
René St-Pierre, Ph D., educational video game consultant.
Myrtho-Emmanuelle Douin, M. A., proofreader.
Yseult Riopelle, Muse, thanks to her generosity and deep understanding of her father’s works.
Manon Gauthier, Executive Director of the Riopelle Foundation, as well as her entire team.
Michelle Rhéaume, M. A., Ambassador and Cultural Mediator as Director of the Riopelle Studio project.
Coop l’Argot (Lila Platt and Gene Morrow), Translators for the English-language materials and website.
Akufen, multimedia design firm for the creation of the website and interactive interfaces.
GoBrien, video production firm for the short videos.

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Partners

This pedagogical project, translated into both official languages, is planned over several years with the hopes of reaching thousands of students as well as the general population, at first in Canada and then internationally, so that they can learn about the artistic heritage of Jean Paul Riopelle.

This digital education platform has been created with financial support from Canadian Heritage, Scotiabank and the D.R. Sobeys Foundation.