The Stories of Childhood project is part of the World and Eye outreach program, Telling Tales, in which older adults collaborate with artists of all ages to create story-based art exhibits.
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Stories of Childhood is an intergenerational collaboration between:

• a group of senior storytellers (aged 65+)
• a group of South Florida artists (all ages)
• and a group of children (aged 7-12)

In this project, the storytellers recorded true, personal stories about their own childhoods. The recordings were then played to a group of local artists who translated the stories into artwork. Some of the stories were also played to a group of children (aged 7-12) who made shadow puppets to accompany the stories.

The art, puppets, and stories were exhibited at the World & Eye Arts Center during the FAT Village Art Walks.

Featuring work by: 
Jensin Holmgren, Whitney Leon, Lily Mazurek, Jill Morris, Meghan Morris, Alexandra Neira, Anabel Peicher, Liliana Rivera, Guillermo Santiago, Judith Schwab, Sarah Walker, Helen Reynolds, and Jen Walls.

​Click here to listen to the stories and see some of the artwork from our last project: Stories of Home.

The Stories

Stories about Childhood for Children

 Stories about Childhood for Adults

The Paintings