Description
Building a Crankie: The Moving Panoramas of the 19th Century
WITH Emilia Fox Hillyer
Sunday, July 13
12:30 PM – 5:30 PM
$100 ($80 + $20 Supply Fee)
Class Limit: 12 Students
Youth and Adults Welcome!
Participants will learn about the history of the crankie– a relic of the 19th century object performance world! A description from P.H. Lin:
“A 19th Century form of popular storytelling, a traditional Crankie is a long, illustrated scroll (also called a “moving panorama” or a “moving backdrop”) that is wound onto two spools, and loaded into a box which has a viewing screen. The scroll is then hand-cranked while the story depicted upon it is presented.”
Participants will build matchbox crankies as proof of concept. Once the participants have completed, they will decorated a pre-fabricated larger crankie box of their choice for their crankie. Participants will illustrate, collage, and assemble the visual elements of the stories they have brought onto the crankie scrolls and attach them to the box. Then, we will share all the narratives we’ve been illustrating.
About the Instructor:
Emilia is a puppeteer who got her start performing basketball tricks at pre-game and halftime shows for organizations like the Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and Harlem Globetrotters. Since then, she’s had her work screened on public access television in Philadelphia, written and performed some solo shows, co-founded Boston’s Fork & Shoe Theatre Coop, and learned how to play the trumpet. She loves cardboard, pickling watermelon in the summertime, balloon volleyball, and They Might Be Giants!
To see more of Emilia’s work, check out her Instagram:
Instagram: @foxtrotting.emus.on.the.hill
Check out more classes with Emilia!
Instructor will supply Prefabricated Crankie boxes for participants to decorate and wooden dowels
The Paint Spot will provide acrylic paint and brushes, markers, pencils, some collage materials, and glue.
You bring:
1. A haiku they have written, a short story you have gleaned by listening to grandparents, reading the newspaper, studying history, examining their religious texts, traveling the world, or something they have just made up! A soundtrack from that story that can be played on a phone.
2. Anything that you like to draw with!
3. Suitable art clothes, notebook, snack, drink, and your own PPE (mask, hand sanitizer)
You will receive a 20% discount on all art supplies from your registration until the end of the class!
Artelier is located at 10045 81 Avenue NW (back alley entrance). The workshop space is one block south of The Paint Spot.
Building a Crankie: The Moving Panoramas of the 19th Century Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta
