Local arts residency leads to video series “Speak It” By Jennifer Shea
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“amazing,” “incredible” and “awesome” with a bright gleam in her eyes, Georgia Papanicolaou describes the experience of her artist residency with the Prince Edward County Arts Council.
for a whole month felt like a dream come true. “To have a space for a month that I have access to from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 o’clock at night without anybody else using it, it felt really good.”
As an artistic director/director with Shatterbox Theatre, a small, not-for-profit County-based theatre company, Papanicolaou is accustomed to performing in a nomadic fashion wherever space can be found. Having a dedicated space in The Armoury building in Picton, Ont.,
Papanicolaou’s project for her artist residency was the production of a three-video series, put together using one-on-one workshopping with actors and writers and recorded in The Armoury space. The creative juices flowed unchecked and the end result is 12 recorded videos with the
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potential for up to 30 in total. “I’m pinching myself still about how much was actually accomplished,” she says.
“It’s already spreading and people are really interested in participating in the future." The video series – “Speak It” – features three different themes: Mental health, so-
