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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ARTS
IS YOUR STORY: taking stories to the streets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In
response to Stephen Harper’s characterization of arts as only of interest
to an elite group and not relevant to ‘ordinary’ Canadians, we want
to demonstrate the prevalence and importance of arts in all our lives. At its
very core, art is about the human experience. Art is about storytelling. And we
all have important stories to tell. We have a need to tell stories, but also we
have a need to hear other people’s stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Therefore,
to highlight our belief that everyone is bound together by arts and by the
stories that artists tell, we propose to take our stories into the streets.
Starting Monday Sept 29th, students, faculty and staff of the Queen’s
University Drama department will be telling stories in public places. Working
in pairs, we will locate ourselves around Kingston to read poems, read short
stories, sing songs, play music, read from childrens’ picture books, talk
about the Canadian documentary or film you loved, perform monologues, do
puppetry…every kind of storytelling through art. Each performance will
also have a sign or flyers explaining why we think that arts are an integral
part of the life of every Canadian. We plan to document our performances,
placing pins on a large wall map of Kingston and recording the title of the
work of art, the name of the artist and the name of the performer. We will be
highlighting a series of ‘story-days’ leading up to a large event
just before the election. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We
invite local groups, other departments at Queen’s and at departments at
other universities to join us in this project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For
information: Julie Salverson <a href="mailto:jsalverson1@sympatico.ca">jsalverson1@sympatico.ca</a>
(613) 533-6000 x77485<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Jenn
Stephenson <a href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca">jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</a>
(613)533-6000 x78597<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jenn Stephenson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Assistant Professor, Drama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Queen's University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kingston, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>K7L 3N6</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(613)533-6000 x78597<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>email: <a
href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca"><span style='color:blue'>jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>URL: <a
href="http://www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson"><span style='color:blue'>www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>"There is no theory that
is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some autobiography" --Paul
Valéry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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