Also known as the Symposium Melchers 1965, Symposium ’65 took place as part of the Festival d’Alma (La Grande nuit d’Alma) and gathered eight sculptors around the theme of “regional materials.” Bertrand Audet, Jean Briand, Normand Lefebvre, Harry C. Noordhoek, Robert Roussil, Danielle Roux-Lavoie, Michel Tanguay and Armand Vaillancourt were invited to create pieces from local materials such as wood, granite, aluminium and calcite. Sponsored by the Fondation Melchers, with the support of the Junior Chamber of Alma and local businesses (including Alcan, Granit National and Calcites du Nord), the event was put on by the Provincial Sculpture Symposium of Alma Committee (Société Alma-Festival). All work belongs to the City of Alma.
Reference: Serge Fisette, Symposiums de sculpture au Québec 1964-1997, Montreal, Centre de Diffusion 3D, 1997, p. 32.
