Activities for your leisure!

Discover the creations of the 20 finalists of the 2008 National Painting Contest. The works of the top three winners and the seventeen other finalists will be exhibited from September 4 through October 10. Designed to promote creativity in figurative art, the National Painting Contest serves as a showcase for talented and inspired artists.

The works of the couple formed by Kathleen Daly and George D. Pepper are all at once audacious and very sensitive. After exploring the world, they put down their easels in Charlevoix for a number of years. A landscaper and war artist during the Second World War, George D. Pepper was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters. His companion, Kathleen Daly has shown a surprising originality in style as well as a quasi-anthropological vision in her depictions of rural scenes and her touching portraits of local and other country folks.

The exhibition will be presented until January 4, 2009.

In cooperation with Le Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul.

This exhibition invites visitors to “drop their anchor” on the shores of the majestic Saint-Laurent River and to discover its countless maritime treasures.

In cooperation with Corporation Lumière-Image de Charlevoix (CLIC).

Come and observe artists at work! An amazing display of art prints awaits you. As a bonus, you will learn about the techniques related to this art form. A draw is scheduled for Sunday, September 28, at 2 p.m. The winner will receive an art print created on site.

In cooperation with Atelier des Moraines.

Artists at work: Stella Sasseville and Michelle Pelletier.

Mexican artist, Jorge Aguilar’s sculptures are startling creations. His work explores the concepts of movement, volume, light, and form. Come and meet some of these voluptuous characters that appear to float into space like dancers or acrobats.

When? How? Why? How many? Questions on heritage
A major exhibition of the architectural heritage of Baie-Saint-Paul will be presented. This exhibition is designed to raise visitors’ awareness by focusing on the characteristics of the building patrimony of Charlevoix and on the importance of preserving it for future generations.

Guest artist of Carrousel du Louvre in 2007, Alain Dionne will exhibit his sculptures: soft looking characters in pure forms that inhabit his inner world.

A genuine icon in the heart of Baie-Saint-Paul, the Farm has long been Canada’s most important wooden farm building. Its history spans several generations. It covers three distinctive periods which share one common trait: the love of its owners for the land. For each owner, it was not a matter of taming the land but rather one of letting oneself being tamed by it.

The history of the Farm is etched in the collective memory. It starts with the Petites Franciscaines de Marie, it continues with the Filion Family and it adds new chapters with the transformation planned by the present owner, Daniel Gauthier. Territoire Le Massif is committed to the preservation of this heritage by transforming it into a genuine cultural meeting place in the heart of the city.

In cooperation with Groupe Le Massif.

Throughout the festival, at Rêves d’automne Place, visitors are invited to come and watch artists at work and admire their creations: Ludovic Gervais, Tony Langelier, Josée Robitaille and Pauline Saint-Laurent, etc.

For Rosaire Tremblay, a passionate historian, it is a pleasure to guide visitors on a bus tour that retraces the history of Baie-Saint-Paul’s building patrimony. He will draw special attention to architectural treasures that painters have immortalized through their art.

Kathleen Daly and numerous other famous painters have walked the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul. Retrace the footsteps of these great painters on whom rests the reputation of Baie-Saint-Paul as a city of art. Patrick Arsac will be your poet-guide.

September 20, 21, 27 and 28

All badge wearers will have free access to Habitat 07. This ecological building is designed to raise awareness and to inform the public about new energy sources and sustainable development practices. Beautifully located on the shores of the Saint-Laurent River, Habitat 07 also serves as information desk for the Boisé du quai.

In cooperation with the City of Baie-Saint-Paul.