PCA Partners for StoryLine Project!
July 7 – July 16
Piedmont Council of the Arts (PCA), The Bridge | Progressive Arts Initiative, and Siteworks Studio collaborate on a unique public art project for Charlottesville Parks and Recreation’s Summer Camp entitled StoryLine.
The StoryLine Project will join local artists and designers with young people (grades 4-6) in the Parks and Recreation Summer Camp to explore and interpret the places where they live.
The project centers on a walking expedition of the neighborhoods of downtown Charlottesville, during which participants will learn to use close observation and creative expression as a means of understanding spaces, places, and the stories that enrich them. Throughout the StoryLine walk, four teams of young people and artist mentors will gather information and ideas about their neighborhoods through personal interviews, poetry, sketching, photography, journaling and more. The project will culminate with a collaborative mural on the Community Chalkboard illustrating the participants’ layered visions of their StoryLine walk and the neighborhoods it explored. A micro-exhibition to share and celebrate the project will take place in August at the Bridge | Progressive Arts Initiative.
The StoryLine Project will take place between July 7 – 16, 2009 through four morning sessions led by project leaders Greg Kelly from The Bridge PAI and Pete O’Shea from Siteworks Studio, with support from Parks and Recreation camp counselors and community volunteers.
For more information and the full StoryLine schedule, download the press release.
