Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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…
Read MoreTuesday, February 23, 2016
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…
Read MoreTuesday, February 16, 2016
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…
Read MoreWednesday, February 10, 2016
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…
Read MoreSaturday, August 15, 2015
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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