Everyone Has a Story Everyone Has a Story Orillia Museum of Art & History
You’ve been very involved in the Streets Alive project. Can you start us off with the Festival of Banners? The Festival of Banners came to be I’d say […]
I hear you’re something of a local historian, what’s your favourite aspect of Orillia’s history? Well, I started when I first came to town and I was an […]
In the 15 years you’ve been teaching here, with the advent of social media and smartphones, have you noticed any changes in the way students learn, take in […]
What is your favourite memory of growing up in Orillia? I enjoy a memory of neighbourhood within the area we grew up on West Street and Elgin. There […]
Hello, I’m Fran Carpino – Officially known as Francesca. How old were you when your family arrived in Orillia from Italy? I was just over 3 years and […]
Perhaps you could tell us about some positive things that you have encountered through your work at St. Paul? One of the things I’m most excited about is […]
You have just a few cameras around here, and you mentioned that you were going to start a community dark room? Yeah, so Otter Art Club, run by […]
My name is Tyler Knight and I’m from Orillia, born and raised here so I didn’t really have a choice in where I grew up, but I’m glad […]
If you could change one thing about Orillia, what would it be? Oh, that is a tough one, but I think the big thing that would really help […]
You and your partner Bewabon Shilling, founded a local art initiative called Birdbath Collaboration in 2010. Can you talk to us a bit about how it came about […]
What’s it like being an artist in Orillia in terms of the artistic environment, as a community? Do you find it’s a supportive community for the Arts? Definitely, and […]
