Innisfil exploring the meaning of home for Culture Days
Like Dorothy clicking her heels thinking there’s no place like home, Innisfil staff wants residents to think about shoes and home for the latest Culture Days project.
“It started in the spring with the Teen Involvement Group. We wanted to get the whole community involved in a neighbourhood project,” Innisfil IdeaLAB and library community engagement co-ordinator Kathryn Schoutsen said.
The town ended up getting multiple pairs of canvas sneakers and can hand one out to each new artist.
“The project is painting a memory of what does home mean to you,” she said. “We’ve had one person who drew the Toronto skyline because Toronto used to be home and now they’ve moved to Innisfil.”
And a pair of sisters painted their individual sneaker either pink or purple, to represent the colour of their rooms, Schoutsen added.
The sneaker project will be popping up at various community events this summer, wrapping with the nationally celebrated Culture Days Saturday, Sept. 29.
“We will be celebrating the event and will unveil a display of all the shoes,” Schoutsen said.
To participate in the program, visit a branch of the library and inquire at the front desk.