Neighbourhood Diaries: Stories from Where I Live
Please join us at the opening of "Neighbourhood Diaries. Stories from where I live." at Queens Quay Gallery Friday, April 9th. The work is from 9 Toronto locations, a total of 72 sessions led by teams of artists, writers, volunteers, staff and students. It is an exploration into "my place and my place in it." created by children from 8 to 12 years of age.
As Project Lead Robin Uchida says: "It is too early in life for an 8-year-old child to believe they cannot draw. It is wrong that the same child feels writing is a tedious and unworthy activity. The creative opportunity at the tip of a child's imagination needs recognition first and nurturing second. Expression of the creative kind is a child's most authentic voice, a natural social offering that needs to be received by all of us with open minds and outstretched arms. This requires that the adult audience be alert, attuned and willing to acknowledge the legitimate value of their unfettered ideas. In the words of one child, "My soul is a rocket ship." and it is with this declaration that we celebrate this meeting of Toronto's creative community and our children."
For more info check out their website here.
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