The exceptional geology of the island off the coast of Minganie inspired three artists, who published “Anticosti, an island in the palm of my hands” at the beginning of the summer. Patricia Aubé, Karine and Vanessa Locatelli target children with the mission of highlighting nature through art.
They were accompanied throughout the creative process by the scientist behind Anticosti’s UNESCO World Heritage listing, André Desrochers and his team. The three artists stayed on the island in the fall of 2023. The field research allowed them to appreciate the exceptional character of the island’s heritage site, which becomes a real open-air laboratory.
Two launches of the children’s book took place at the Anticosti History, Culture and Paleontology Interpretation Center, as well as at the Contemporary Art Museum in Baie-Saint-Paul on June 27. The book is available on the island and in Charlevoix.
Let us recall that the largest island in the St. Lawrence was recognized by UNESCO last September. Anticosti is classified as a World Heritage Site for the preservation of the many fossil evidence of the great mass extinction of marine life approximately 445 million years ago. Future generations of humans will be invited to observe and study, and to preserve on the Anticosti coast, soft-bodied, shelled animals that lived in an ancient tropical sea.
