Date
Spring 2018
Document Type
Poster Session
Department
Communication and Media Studies
Advisor
Dennis Gilbert M.F.A.
Abstract
The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland that helps young writers ages 6 to 18 build confidence, strengthen literacy skills, and provide real opportunities for students to display their creativity for audiences. Every year they approach creative writing through a unique theme to help keep young writers engaged. Their anthology’s theme this year is COLORS. Colors can symbolize and illustrate various aspects of life including human emotion, energy levels, and cultural phenomena. Using the connection between color and creativity, we have embarked on a project to produce a series of six short videos based on the colors of the rainbow in partnership with Telling Room students, staff, and volunteers. By documenting Telling Room students in their creative journeys, we will unveil the creative color stored within their written pieces and the writing process. Our goal is to have these videos ready for the Telling Room's Big Night fundraising event in May, and to help the program and the writers unveil their collective rainbow.
Start Date
April 2018
Recommended Citation
Poag, Ryan and Gonsior, Meaghan, "TELLING ROOM: Color in Action" (2018). Thinking Matters Symposium Archive. 150.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/thinking_matters/150
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Secondary Education Commons
