Shelley King
Creating Across Generations
Opening Friday, July 1, 6-10pm
July 1– 24, 2022
Ludmila Gallery
129 1/2 Hunter St. W. 2nd Floor Peterborough ON
gallery@ludmilagallery.ca
Gallery Hours
Saturday & Sundays noon to 5pm
By appointment call Shelley at 705 957-9030
Shelley King is a Peterborough puppeteer and arts educator. She is passionate about facilitating intergenerational puppetry projects and firmly believes that magic happens when multiple generations have the opportunity to create, learn & play together.
As the founder of Artful Connections, she uses her background in social services, puppetry and expressive arts to guide caregivers, parents, teachers and social workers to use the arts as a tool for communication, storytelling, enhancing creativity and creating joy in their work with others.
www.artfulconnections.ca.
Intergenerational Art Making During a Pandemic?
“It sure is a whole lot more challenging facilitating intergenerational projects during a pandemic, but there has never been a time when it was needed more than now. The Covid 19 pandemic has been horribly isolating for people living in long term care and for families who are geographically separated from other generations within their family unit. The good news is, it CAN be done and it’s well worth every bit of effort as my latest intergenerational arts project, “Creating Across Generations” shows!” Shelley King
Creating Across Generations
Residents from Fairhaven Long Term Home in Peterborough, Ontario have been busy creating 36 original stories for the project. We’ve been using a storytelling process developed by TimeSlips and it has been so much fun! Phase 2 of the project began in February 2022 when those stories went to 50 Grade 3 & 4 students at Edmison Heights Public School in Peterborough. Each student or pair of students were responsible for collaging an 18” X 12” art board of a setting for one of the stories created by the elders at Fairhaven. In Phase 3 from March to June 2022, 18 groups of grade 5 & 6 students made a desk-top puppet stage, built a small rod puppet of each character in the story, inserted the collaged art board into the back of the stage as the setting, and then brought the story to life through a puppet performance! The project doesn’t end there! From July 1st to 24th 2022, all puppet stages, collaged art boards, puppets, and stories will be on display at the Ludmila Gallery in downtown Peterborough. Friends, families and community members will have the opportunity to come to the month long exhibition to learn about the project and check out the magic that happens when you co-create between generations.
Enjoy each Puppet shows here on Youtube by clicking on the image!
Fishy Fun & Surprises
Written by Sally, Ethel & Irene /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Ada, Rebecca & Eliana /
Edmison Heights P.S.
I Was All Washed Up
Written by Carol, Pat, Gloria, Dallas, Leena, Joan & Donna / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Kieran & Brett /
Edmison Heights P.S.
The Lost Bear
Written by Lynne, Sally, Cheryl, Margaret & Rebecca / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Rebecca, Brayden, Bear & Desmond /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Buster the Happy Super Dog
Written by Stan, Lou & Judy /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Lily, Anna & Marlowe /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Eavesdropping
Written by Joe / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Lily & Ada / Edmison Heights P.S.
The Giant Giraffe With Many Names
Written by Sheila Potter’s Grade 3 2021 – 22 /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Performed by Masha & Ellie / Edmison Heights P.S.
Sally Finds a Friend
Written by Diane Hedlund /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Maizie & Maggie /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Good Times With Friends
Written by Lenore, Jackie, Claire, Laurie, Ada & Misty / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Liam, Desmond, Tyce, Owyn & Finn /
Edmison Heights P.S.
The Little Lost Bear
Written by Catherine, Gloria, Claire, Lenore & Jacquie / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Michael & Mark /
Edmison Heights P.S.
An Unlikely Partnership
Written by Pat L, Pat, Joan, Leena, Carol, Collin & Dallas / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Marlowe, Lucas & Maizie /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Unexpected Company
Written by Dallas, Carol, Pat & Chris /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Luke, Emerson, Keira & Karyssa /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Jail Break
Written by Laura Smith’s Grade 6 Class /
Edmison Heights P.S
Performed by Aiden, Lucas, Melissa & Charlotte /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Fun in the Sun
Written by Joy, Marion & Judy /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Gabrielle, Madelyn & Hunter /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Whatever Happened to Lillian
Written by Mandy Dufresne’s Grade ¾ class /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Performed by Addison, Emerson, Scarlette & Mana /
Edmison Heights P.S.
Business is Just Jumping
Written by Stan, Lou, Judy, Diane & Ray
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Daxin, Addison, Lucas, Ryan, Juliette & Charlotte / Edmison Heights P.S.
What Were They Up To?
Written by Ron & Dan /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Matty, Nathan & Damion Narrated by Aiden / Edmison Heights P.S.
The Fashion Bear
Written by Marion / Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Carol with Prop Management by Karyssa / Edmison Heights P.S.
Love at First Stoplight
Written by Debbie, Joyce, Jean & Jane /
Fairhaven Long Term Care Peterborough
Performed by Ben, Colin, Hunter & Maya /
Edmison Heights P.S.
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