Visual Storytelling
Notice a painting in the Farnsworth Art Museum collection that inspires you. Create your own short story to accompany this work of art. Consider elements such as subject, setting, and mood/tone as you develop your story. How does color affect the mood of the story? What is happening?
Grace Hartigan, Ophelia, 1996, 2010.13
Curricular Connections:
Creative Writing
Poetry
Beginning / Middle / End
Adjectives / Adverbs
Vocabulary:
Composition
Vantage Point
Foreground / Middle-ground / Background
Mood / Tone
Color
farnsworth collection:
Notice works of art in the Farnsworth Collection. Consider your senses. How would you feel if you were inside the painting? What would you smell? … see? … hear? Create a story of your own and perform a dramatic reading for others.
Artist Feature:
Enjoy these storytelling examples by members of The Everyman Repertory Theatre. How do the actors use elements of sound to bring the story to life?
Developed by:
Andrea L. Curtis, Education Program Manager
Farnsworth Art Museum
David Troup, Communications + Marketing
Farnsworth Art Museum
Contributor(s):
Claire Horne, Arts in Education Project Assistant
Farnsworth Art Museum
Developed by Andrea L. Curtis, Farnsworth Art Museum, Arts in Education Program, 2021