ingredients and steps for making story listening workshops
Making a Story Listening Workshop
Ingredients
As well as the workshop crew, the workshop basically involves having a sign, guidelines for story tellers, the drawing materials, and the story log sheets.
- Workshop signage
- Stuff story listeners say to story tellers
- please think of something you love to happen in the world and use the drawing materials to tell the story
- all stories are collected for the gallery online
- you can enter the story in the story log with your name, time, and description of drawing
- you can also put name and email address on 'more information' sheet so we can keep in touch
- Drawing materials
- medium surface cartridge paper
- oil pastels in different colours
- pens in different colours
- Story log (and "more information") sheets
- Example story drawings
- Camera (optional)
We've been running the workshop over the top of a simple information stall (see below), but it can be done without.
Steps
This is how we've been getting it together each time.
well in advance - Arrange attendance at event with event organisers. Invite workshop friends and decide workshop crew (use mailing list, facebook group). Purchase drawing materials.
near the time - Finalise entrance (door codes etc.) and communicate this to workshop crew. Check equipment (use ingredients as checklist). Plan journey. Pack equipment. Travel to event.
whilst there - Try to enjoy event. Have crew meeting to check everybody knows what the sketch is. Start workshop at arranged time in arranged place. Gently introduce the workshop to people passing by, ask them to tell a story. Carefully look after completed drawings. Rotate pairs of workshop crew for duration of event. Close down, pack up, clean up.
afterwards - Return home from event. Rest and recover. Repair, clean, and store equipment. Photograph stories, upload to photostream, enter logged story information, present best stories in the gallery.
Making a Basic Information Stall
Ingredients
The stall basically involves a table, some information sheets, friend sign-up sheets, and refreshments.
- Table
- backdrop
- banner
- chairs
- shaded lamp, fairy lights, spot light
- extension power lead
- tablecloths
- tea set
- kettle
- cups
- beverage
- tea, coffee
- bottle of whiskey
- Stallware
- "more information" sheet
- clipboards
- flyers
- leaflets
- posters
- petition
- donations tin
- Snackfood
- fruit
- cake
- biscuits
Steps
whilst there - Turn up early and pick a good spot. Put up and set the table with the cloth and lamps. Nicely arrange the flyers, leaflets, and sign-up sheets. Put the fruit in a tempting location on the table. Hide the cake, the biscuits and the booze.