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Creation, art and exhibitions at Destination Fougères
Let the artists surprise you at the Albert Bourgeois Gallery
La Albert Bourgeois Art Gallery is a space dedicated to contemporary art in the city center of Fougères. Located in the heart of Convent of Urbanists, the Gallery invites you to enter this XNUMXth century enclosure. By climbing the monumental stone staircase, you will be able to discover the various exhibition rooms which present all year round new productions of artistic creations. Paintings, sculptures, photography, drawings, performances, readings… each event programmed by the Albert Bourgeois gallery is a surprise that transports us to the thoughts of today's artists.
Fill up on colors at Emmanuel de la Villeon Museum
On your Discovery trail of the city of Fougères, do not miss a visit to the Museum of the painter Emmanuel de la Villéon. Immerse yourself in the colors of the paintings where each painting is a real dialogue with the landscape.
Traveler, impressionist, even symbolist, this famous XNUMXth century painter will offer you a window on the landscape through its palettes full of fundamental colors.
The extra thing: His workshop-museum can be visited in a typical town house Haute de Fougères, National Street.
Good to know: Visit the museum for free on presentation of your castle ticket!
Dstroll through the open-air course, in Bazouges-la-Pérouse
Superflux is a contemporary art space located in Brittany, located in the very pretty Small Character Town of Bazouges-la-Pérouse.
Like many rural towns in the 1980s, Bazouges-La-Pérouse experienced a brutal social change. In order to revitalize their city, the inhabitants and the Town Hall have launched a cultural policy centered on the artistic creation in the heart of the village. In the 1990s, the many vacant businesses welcomed around a hundred artists every summer!
Superflux takes place in three former shops in the town of Bazouges-la-Pérouse, rehabilitated and transformed to accommodate workshops. The latter have been designed to be workplaces dedicated to professional creation for lab 10 and studio 25 or even amateurs with Fab 23, dedicated to children.
Craftsmen passionate about their trades with ancestral know-how
Jump back in timeWatchmaking Workshop-Museum
Whether you are passionate about mechanics or curious about finds of all kinds, the Fougères Clock Museum takes you on a journey out of time.
The tour begins in theworkshop of Alain Le Floch, watchmaker a graduate of the Technicum Neuchatelois Switzerland, and especially if passionate by his profession that he transmits his know-how with such fervor that your eyes will open wide before the unpacking of all these instruments that he handles with meticulousness for a demonstration on old cogs and mechanisms.
The visit continues in the rooms of the museum with Hélène Le Floch, passionate about the ingenuity of Masterpieces of Master Watchmakers. Stroll through the collection of pendulums, watches and clocks old buildings to discover the superb automatons and animated paintings that invite you to daydream.
From the oldest mechanisms to the most sophisticated, we dive into the history of watchmaking in this unique museum with its exceptional pieces dating back more than 400 years.
This museum is a nugget… To discover!
Take the time to contemplate the illumination The Parchment of Limbo
"Illumination is an art that is still alive, it makes the link between the Middle Ages and the 21st century."
Passionate about illuminated manuscripts which conceal a thousand secrets, Astrid Bertin was trained by Master Illuminators carrying loud and clear the values of medieval Illumination.
Installed in her workshop rue de La Pinterie in Fougères, she invites you to discover her extremely rare and meticulous know-how.
How about an introduction to this millennial art what is calligraphy ?
The workshop also offers individual courses or small groups, very personalized.
Discover the work of precious woods in the Artisans Voyageurs workshop
More than just a store, The Traveling Craftsmen embody an immersive experience dedicated to artistic cabinetmaking. Nestled in the heart of Rue Nationale, Clémence Quitterel and Antoine Buron welcome you to this unusual place, combining boutique, cabinetmaking workshop, furniture restoration and production of cyanotypes.
They make original pieces using pieces of precious wood, from earrings to corkscrews. Moreover, they offer discovery workshops for those who want to create their own wooden jewelry or cutting boards.
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The creative craftsmen of Fougères
We invite you to discover the unique know-how of Fougères craftsmen, visit their workshops and their shops with incredible treasures!
Shows, concerts and festivals in Fougères!
Our selection of Festivals to note in your diary!
The Fougères Musicales classical festival
The Fougères Musicales festival takes place at the beginning of June and offers several events that will delight your ears for both classical music lovers and the curious: from large evening concerts in the Gothic Church of Fougères, to concerts in hospitals. without forgetting the educational concerts. Every year talented musicians are invited for concerts of piano, cello, violin, organ, trumpets and choir.
The Scenes Move
The festival The Scenes Move occurs every year in August in Fougères.
Theater, Street Arts, Circus, Music, Singing and Dance to punctuate your day. Discover a crazy program!
The Wild Extension Dance Festival
Wild Expansion unfolds over two weekends in summer, and invites you to observe and cross the landscapes and territories, to Bazouges-la-Perouse for different creations contemporary dance.
Thursdays at the Château
The unmissable event of the summer! the Fougeres Castle offers you different animations (fest-noz, concerts, shows, banquet medieval, cinema open-air, nocturnal…) that you can enjoy at the foot of the fortress and within the walls of the Castle.
