The vernissage

The throbbing metropolis of St Pierre sur Erve holds an art exhibition every year.   It's part of the activities associated with being a Petite Cité de Caractère.   This year there were 45 different artists exhibiting, most of the works were outside in people's gardens or attached to walls, though some were indoors in the bistrot or other publicly-accessible areas.

The inauguration of the exhibition is known as the vernissage, I have no idea why, it means varnishing, but it seems to be the term.   It was yesterday, and lots of people came to see.   There was the exhibition itself, the bar was open, there was live music, and a meal served in the evening (90 places).  A good time was had by all.

Here's a few random snaps:

Even the tarpaulin on the church roof hosted soem pictures, and I liked the quaint idea of a series of road maps of villages to pass through to get from St Pierre sur Erve to a village in Corsica.

My favourite was the pterodactyls flying up the river.