| Level | Adult, All Skill Levels, Children, Preteen, Teen |
|---|---|
| Number of Students | One, Two |
| Age | Adult (age 18+), Child (10 yrs or younger), Child (10 yrs or younger) and Adult (18+), Youth (11-17) |
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Price range: $60.00 through $100.00
Holiday Workshop – Build Your Own Crankie
Saturday, November 29, 2025
1 PM – 4 PM
All Ages (children 10 years old and under MUST be registered with an adult to accompany them for the entire workshop).
Individual $60.00
Child & caregiver $100.00
All supplies will be provided
*Stair access only. This workshop will take place in the basement studio, while the Open House and Pop-Up Market event (11 am – 8 pm) is happening upstairs.
Create your own storytelling apparatus!
In this workshop, multi-talented artist and expert crankie maker Debra Lyn Neufeld will guide you through each step to complete your own CRANKIE! You just bring a song, story, or poem that you want to see come to life!
What is a Crankie?
A crankie, also known as a moving panorama or crank scroll, is a simple, captivating storytelling device that consists of a long, illustrated scroll of paper or fabric wound around two parallel spools or dowels and housed in a decorative box or frame.
As a storyteller manually turns a crank handle attached to one of the spools, the continuous artwork slowly passes across a viewing screen creating a moving, panoramic scene that unfolds before the audience. Historically popular in the 19th century and now enjoying a resurgence in folk arts and puppet theater, crankies often feature sung or spoken narration that synchronizes with the moving images to tell a cohesive, handcrafted narrative, from simple ballads and poems to complex, sequential stories.
The frame and spool mechanisms will be premade for you. The balance of time will be spent on creating your “Story” in a whole new artistic way and then assembling the pieces together to finish. This Crankie Workshop is the perfect opportunity to grow your creativity!
Optional Performance: At 7 PM on Saturday, November 29 a Crankie Performance will take place upstairs in the front studio room. The performance will be part of the Open House event, and Crankie Workshop participants will be welcome to try out their newly made Crankies! Please note that workshop participants are not required to perform, it is optional.
Debra Lyn Neufeld – Growing up near Pembina Hills, before moving to Winnipeg, Debra Lyn notes the prairies as a great place for creativity to grow and is inspired by the influence of vast open spaces and intimate details. Debra Lyn is experienced in using any medium to make her ideas happen, and her Crankie work is a great example of her resourceful creativity. She brings her ideas to life with drawing, re-purposing materials, storytelling, song writing, and playing guitar, and believes that creativity grows when we challenge and embrace new ideas and new ways to express them.
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