Exposition Maïe Fel, Glaciers sur papier japon, carnets & aquarelles, sur les pas de James David Forbes

As part of the UNESCO declaration "2025 International Year of Glacier Preservation", the Chamonix media library is hosting an exhibition by nomadic artist Maïe Fel.

Maïe Fel has created forty watercolors illustrating the account of the first Chamonix-Zermatt crossing by Scottish glaciologist James David Forbes (1809-1868) in August 1842. The story was compiled by Reine Marie Faure, a researcher at St Andrews University (Scotland), from the unpublished writings of J.D. Forbes.

The artist also explores the glaciers of the Alps through large acrylic ink drawings on Japanese paper.

Exhibition program:

> Friday, January 10, 2025, 6pm
Conference: Glaciers, Happy New Year and good health! by Luc Moreau, glaciologist.
Duration: 1 hour
Free admission

> Saturday, February 15, 2025,
2pm-3.30pm
Artistic workshop: create a travel journal using an original medium: a leporello, an accordion notebook! Workshop led by artist Maïe Fel.
Adult public, on registration

4pm - 5:30pm
Artistic workshop: draw me a glacier. Workshop led by artist Maïe Fel.
For children aged 9 and over, registration required.

18h
Lecture: Presentation of CHAMONIX-ZERMATT, diary of the Haute Route opened in August 1842 by James David Forbes, based on Reine-Marie Faure's account of Forbes' unpublished texts (diary, letters to family and friends) and translated extracts from his book TRAVELS THROUGH THE ALPS OF SAVOY, 1843. Lecture by Reine-Marie Faure.
Duration: 1 hour
Free admission

Information: 04 50 53 34 82.