Name: Sheila Arnold ~ Locks Opened: Waterways to Freedom
Start: 2023-03-29T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-03-29T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Wasmer Art Gallery / Bower Arts Complex / Florida Gulf Coast University

Sheila Arnold ~ Locks Opened: Waterways to Freedom

Storytelling Oral Performance Series. Produced byDr. Joel YingandProf. Lori CorneliusforFlorida Gulf Coast University (FGCU),Dept of Language and Literature, Dept of Integrated Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. Open to the Public. Sponsored by the Seidler Foundation, Wasmer Art Gallery, and theFlorida Storytelling Association.

FGCU Storytelling

Storytelling Performer and Teaching Artist comes to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). Reception following event.

Wasmer Art Gallery / Bower Arts Complex / Florida Gulf Coast University

Sheila Arnold shares stories about local waterways that were part of the Underground Railroad. Most of the stories are from an 1870s book written by William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad and Secretary of the Philadelphia Abolitionist Society. His book shares the stories of over 500 people who ran from slavery, including some who used the locks, canals and waterways to escape.

Sheila Arnold has been gifted by God with performance skills and has been using this talent since she was eight years old. She has been a full-time Storyteller for seventeen years traveling through the United States and sharing a variety of stories - “whatever fits in her mouth”, as well as doing Historic Character Presentations and Christian Monologues. At her core, Ms. Sheila, as she is commonly called, is a Professional Imaginator with a passion, vision and ministry of healing hearts, unifying communities and reminding people to share their stories.

Sheila Arnold ~ Locks Opened: Waterways to Freedom

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