Workshops
Breadmation Workshop
Location: Downstairs Peterborough Public Library
Grades 5-8
There will be two half-day programs with a maximum number of 25 students in each
session.
Workshop Description:
Taking inspiration from the themes and textures of the films shown during the 2010
festival Wendy Trusler will conduct a hands-on, bread making workshop where
participants will find themselves exploring new materials and considering connections
between art forms while creating their own “bread-mation” characters.
Using the technique of “stop motion animation” they will create short
animation “edible” film.
Workshop Facilitator:
Wendy Trusler
REELKids Film Festival Workshop
(705) 745-8482 or beanpot@sympatico.ca
Workshop Artist
Wendy Trusler’s art practice is driven by ideas around ecology, continuity and regeneration.
Found objects and photographs, natural matter and industrial discards are reclaimed and integrated into this Peterborough artist’s mixed-media works to honour cycles of life. Layering, scraping, carving and burning are part of her process of exploring - and preserving - memory. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Western Ontario and is an Associate of the Ontario College of Art.
Storytelling Workshop
Location: Downstairs Showplace
Grades 2-4
Note: There will be two half-day programs with a maximum of 25 children
Workshop Description:
This workshop will explore the relationship between the oral art of storytelling and the way stories are told through various film mediums. A variety of films will be shown and used as the basis for discussions around the elements found in stories and how stories are structured. Activities will include listening games, retellings, story creations, and sound stories. The intent of this workshop is for children to take away the knowledge that they are storytellers themselves, that stories can be found everywhere and in different media, and ultimately how to tell stories. The workshop will be fun, inspiring and educational and aimed at the grade 3/4 level.
Workshop Facilitators:
Kate Jarrett
Storytelling Workshop
Drawing on her work as children’s librarian and folk musician, Kate Jarrett currently is program coordinator for Peterborough Parent-Child Mother Goose, a program that teaches parents and their young children the art of interactive rhymes, songs and storytelling as a means to fostering attachment. As a teacher and trainer in the program, Kate also supports teachers and parents in developing their storytelling skills. For over 10 years, she ran a weekly drop in story-time at a local bookstore and continues to share her love of songs, rhymes and stories with a wide range of the young and young at heart, at schools, festivals, workshops and conferences.
Karen Taylor
Storyteller/musician
Karen Taylor brings a background in music and experiential education to the REELKids workshops. As a Peterborough Parent-Child Mother Goose leader, a school program animator at the Canadian Canoe Museum, and the founder of The Music Garden. Karen has developed a wide range of creative workshop activities based on the oral tradition. Over the past 10 years she has been an in-demand teacher of music and folk traditions both in Peterborough and at camps throughout the U.S.
