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Behind Closed Doors: Hidden Stories & Truths
January 9, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Art+History+Engagement: Workshop Series
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:Hidden Stories and Truths
with Ife Nii Owoo Come to La Salle University Art Museum in Historic Germantown with your photographs, artifacts and experiences to create a special tunnel book memoir. No previous art experience required.Participants in this workshop will engage in collage, drawing and art-making techniques to create a personal tunnel book. Tunnel books date back to the 18th century when they were called “peep shows”. Like moveable or pop-up books, tunnel books present ideas and images in a 3-dimensional format allowing viewers to literally read “between” the lines and look “through” stories.Explore how historical narratives tend to highlight the Eurocentric perspective and the lives of the rich and
famous while overlooking the lives of those in servitude who lived and worked behind closed doors in Germantown’s most famous mansions and institutions. Tell your own story (past or present) through art, photos and text revealing what has been overlooked or untold.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:Hidden Stories and Truths
with Ife Nii Owoo Come to La Salle University Art Museum in Historic Germantown with your photographs, artifacts and experiences to create a special tunnel book memoir. No previous art experience required.Participants in this workshop will engage in collage, drawing and art-making techniques to create a personal tunnel book. Tunnel books date back to the 18th century when they were called “peep shows”. Like moveable or pop-up books, tunnel books present ideas and images in a 3-dimensional format allowing viewers to literally read “between” the lines and look “through” stories.Explore how historical narratives tend to highlight the Eurocentric perspective and the lives of the rich and
famous while overlooking the lives of those in servitude who lived and worked behind closed doors in Germantown’s most famous mansions and institutions. Tell your own story (past or present) through art, photos and text revealing what has been overlooked or untold.
IFE NII OWOO is a visual collage artist and graphic designer who lives in Germantown. She has received several public art commissions including The President’s House Commemorative Memorial Site, Independence National Historical Park and the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Community Portraits in 2014. In her work, Nii Owoo draws upon her deep knowledge of African visual traditions and freely mixes her personal experience
with communal stories and symbolism.
For more info contact elephants@freedomsbackyard.com or 215.844.1683.