Tag: their stories
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Their Stories: Final Stories
For the last blog posting featuring three Their Stories submissions, it includes 2 of the most popular portrait subjects. In choosing the unidentified portraits that would be the options, I was looking for ones that were intriguing or suggested a narrative. I was at times surprised at the amount of submissions received for some portraits…
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Their Stories: Poetry by Freda Jepson
This week’s Their Stories postings are both poems by the same person: Whitby native Freda Jepson. Freda submitted 5 poems, despite the limit of 2 submissions. She dropped them off in person, and her enthusiasm for the project was contagious. It’s always nice to see someone take an idea and run with it! Freda Jepson…
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Their Stories post featuring two creative dating profiles!
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, this week’s Their Stories post features two dating profiles that end up a perfect match. Love is in the air! Portrait #1 Photo received by Matchmaker Dolly, with completed application as follows: Name: Donald Bence Arthur Age: 57 Height: 5’ 5” Weight: 168 lbs. Hair: mostly brown Eyes: depends on…
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Their Stories – Unidentified Portraits 3 and 9
This week’s Their Stories posting includes a letter and a short first-person story. Be inspired by one of the unidentified portraits and participate by posting on the wall in the exhibition space or in the comments below! Portrait #3 A lapsed Jesuit The day that I was asked to sit for this photograph was…
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Saturday, August 15, 2015
Their Stories – Call for entries!
Deadline: 1 December, 2015 Help tell the stories of 10 unidentified portraits in the Thomas Bouckley Collection. Whether it is a fictional diary entry, poem, letter, short story, storyboard, or character sketch, imagining an identity to these unknown portraits brings the characters to life. Submissions will be reviewed by a jury, and selected entries will…
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