Local Stories Project
September 2, 2010Integrating arts and local history
Visual artist Laurie Downey & performance artist Gretchen Berg are working in schools collaborating on the Local Stories Project. This is an innovative integrated arts project for rural elementary schools that combines local history research and community collaborations to develop both a permanent in-school mural and a lively physical theater performance.
Their most recent project was completed last spring in Lovell, Maine at the New Suncook Elementary School. Third grade students researched their town history, including a field trip to see a local resident doing logging with horses. Students created six mural pieces that developed from that research.
If you are interested in learning more about their work, please contact Laurie @ ld@lauriedowney.net or click on this link.
And you can watch this YouTube with an overview of Local Stories Project.
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