INVITATION TO THE MEDIA - Share a historic moment for the Fondation du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

QUÉBEC CITY, Sept. 17, 2024 /CNW/ - You are invited to join Pierre Lassonde, founding member of the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation; Grégoire Baillargeon, President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec, and Vice-chair of BMO Capital Markets, BMO Financial Group;  Kim Thomassin, Executive Vice-President and Head of Québec, CDPQ; Geneviève Turbide-Potvin, Senior Vice-President,  Commercial & Private Banking 1859, Québec & Eastern Ontario, National Bank; Christiane Germain, Chair of the Board of Directors, MNBAQ; Andrée Lafleur and Claude Bigras, major donors of the MNBAQ; and Julie-Anne Vien, Chair of the Board of Directors, Fondation du MNBAQ; and several other key figures at the launching of the + D'art dans nos vies major fundraising campaign of the Fondation du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) to complete the future Riopelle pavilion and the unveiling of an innovative project devoted to education and cultural mediation.

Discover the fundraising campaign's ambitious objective during the announcements to highlight the exemplary commitment by major businesses and generous donors to this historic philanthropic journey.

The event is not to be missed!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, AT 12 NOON

MUSÉE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUÉBEC 
Espace Nord, Joan and Louis Paquet
Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
179, Grande Allée Ouest
Québec (Québec) G1R 2H1

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

12 noon – Welcome
12:10 p.m. – Speeches, introduction of the fundraising campaign cabinet, announcements concerning major donations and a project devoted to education and cultural mediation
1 p.m.– Individual interviews

Food service is available on site

ON-SITE INTERVIEWS WITH:

Pierre LASSONDE, founding member, Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation;
Grégoire BAILLARGEON, President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec, and Vice-chair of BMO Capital Markets, BMO Financial Group;
Kim THOMASSIN, Executive Vice-President and Head of Québec, CDPQ;
Geneviève TURBIDE-POTVIN, Senior Vice-President,  Commercial & Private Banking 1859, Québec & Eastern Ontario, National Bank;
Andrée LAFLEUR and Claude BIGRAS, MNBAQ major donors;
Julie-Anne VIEN, Chair of the Board of Directors, Fondation du MNBAQ;
Fabrice ALCAYDE, President and CEO, Fondation du MNBAQ;
Christiane GERMAIN, Chair of the Board of Directors, MNBAQ;
Jean-Luc MURRAY, General director, MNBAQ.

SOURCE Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

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