The Arts Council Windsor & Region is proud to introduce a Senior Community Arts Program dedicated to empowering and engaging adults fifty and up. Through enriching workshops, skill-sharing activities, and a group exhibition at ArtSpeak Gallery, the program will foster creativity and meaningful connections. This free program will run monthly, from June 2024 – December 2024.

Tea & Chat :

Memory Objects: Why We Love Our Things with Vanessa Shields 

POSTPONED TILL OCTOBER DATE TBA at ArtSpeak Gallery, 1942 Wyandotte St. E

FREE

 

Vanessa Shields is an editor/mentor who teaches creative writing workshops through her small business Gertrude’s Writing Room. She is the author of four collections of poetry, is  the editor/contributor of many poetry anthologies, and she has been a jury member for awards and contests across Canada. She currently works as Publicist for Palimpsest Press. Find out more at vanessashields.com.

 

Memory Objects: Why We Love Our Things
In this show-and-tell style sharing, Vanessa will share personal objects that she’s collected and/or created as containers for memories. In a time when we urged to buy, buy, buy, but also have less  and only keep items that  us joy – how do we decipher and choose which things hold what memories, why and what to do with them? How does purging affect our
memories? Can the body be the one container we keep filled with memories? Share in a conversation about the relationship between memory, objects and love.

 

No Registration Required

Have a question? Email programs@acwr.net 

 

This program is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. We would also like to thank our partners Life After Fifty and Art Windsor Essex. 

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October 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Artspeak Gallery

1942 Wyandotte Street E
Windsor, N8Y1E4
Phone: 5199916350