EXHIBITS & EVENTS:

· Storytelling performance
· The Water Stories Prints Exhibit

A resource person can also bring along:
· The prints portfolio-signed, limited edition prints for $40
· CD of the storytelling performance at Stonyground
· Video
· Power Point presentation
· Two Resource Binders: one that documents the Walkerton process and another that suggests ways of adapting the Stories Project to other communities

STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE
Family history, photographs, field notes, anecdotes, children's dreams and fish tales . . . Water Finds a Voice

Water pleads her case before the gods. Local history is transformed in "Water Finds a Voice," composed by Susan Scott and performed by award-winning storyteller Mary-Eileen McClear.

Forty-minute performance; suitable for high school and adult audiences. Ideal for festivals and community events between 35 and 200 people.

THE WATER STORIES PRINTS EXHIBIT
Thirty-four relief prints created by students and community members under the direction of Wesley Bates, then printed at his workshop, using handmade Japanese paper and an antique Washington letterpress.

The Bruce Grey Resource Centre is home to the prints when they are not touring.
Suite 4, Victoria Jubilee Hall
111 Jackson Street, Walkerton
519 881-1795
whci@on.aibn.com

Exhibit: Walkerton Branch Library
February 25 through March 3, 2003

Meet the artists! Buy a print!
Wesley joins the printmakers at the opening, Monday, February 24th, from 7-9 p.m. Library hours vary. Please call the Centre (881-1795) for details.

Exhibit-Out of Hand: The Life and Times of Rural Water
Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario
June through August 31, 2003

The Water Stories Prints will accompany selected works of Wesley Bates, as part of a province-wide "Water" exhibit launched by the Ontario Society of Artists.
For information, call (519) 428-0540


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