The Arts and Older Adults

Patti Warnock

Literary

Stories spark memories and memories spark stories!
As a Storyteller, my passion involves the collection of ‘memories’ and true stories through interviews with seniors.
In group workshops (both in person and online), I take great pleasure in discovering and honing on the senior’s interests, essential not only for listening, but also for their need to be heard, a need only accentuated since the onset of the pandemic.
In the sharing of our stories we revisit both the history and the folklore of past generations, these collective memories can then be preserved and in turn passed on to future generations.

Sample workshop:

Memories … A Creative Writing Workshop
Memories… Selective, Sensory and sometimes elusive.
What is the emotion behind the powerful retrospective memories that have not only shaped our lives, but remain lingering in our minds even as the memory starts to fade?
Stories spark memories and memories spark stories!
This workshop invites you to write a story sparked by a memory or a photo.
Your story may be a true story, or it may be fiction … or perhaps even a bit of both!
The most important thing in the workshop is to have fun sharing stories and memories!

Materials:

Paper, pen, photos optional

Listed with:

ArtistsInspire, Culture in Schools

Available for:

In-person workshops, On-line workshops

Language(s) of facilitation:

English

Project type:

Older Adults and Intergenerational

Contact:

patti.warnock@gmail.com

515-433-3647

Eastern Townships

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.

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