Event: Story Staircases, the art of telling tales
Story Staircases is a breathtaking art piece found on five stairwells at Queen Victoria Public School. 190 grades 3 and 4 students have transformed these stairwell walls into vivid allegorical paintings reflecting fables and mythology that express universal values of love and friendship, loyalty, trust, compassion and integrity. The 100+ feet of winding and climbing art introduces us to brilliant leopards, spiders, snakes, frogs, turtles, rabbits, woodpeckers, deer, monkeys, swans, roosters, hoopoe birds and humans too-all interacting with each other and with their natural world. These are the children's visual interpretations of the many stories told to the students: Jataka tales from South Asia, narratives from Africa and Europe, from Jewish and First Nations traditions.
The project took six weeks to complete and involved many collaborators – including arts education partners Inner City Angels, Mariposa In The Schools, Ontario Trillium Foundation (funder) and education partner York University – who worked with children in creating the art and design.
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
Location: Queen Victoria Public School, 100 Close Avenue (King and Jameson)
Contact: Leslie Moody, Principal, 416-393-9200, leslie.moody@tdsb.on.ca
Sent on behalf of Trustee Irene Atkinson
The project took six weeks to complete and involved many collaborators – including arts education partners Inner City Angels, Mariposa In The Schools, Ontario Trillium Foundation (funder) and education partner York University – who worked with children in creating the art and design.
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
Location: Queen Victoria Public School, 100 Close Avenue (King and Jameson)
Contact: Leslie Moody, Principal, 416-393-9200, leslie.moody@tdsb.on.ca
Sent on behalf of Trustee Irene Atkinson