Walsh, Vicki. Interview about family connections to Witless Bay, rug hooking, story telling and Newfoundland Ponies.

• Main Author: Barrett, Terra
• Other Authors: Walsh, Vicki
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Oral traditions; expressions and the written word; Animals; Families; Hooked rugs; Storytelling; Towns; Ponies; Communities; Walsh; Vicki; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/5583

Interview with Vicki Walsh in Convent Chapel in Witless Bay focuses on family connections to Witless Bay, rug hooking, story telling and Newfoundland Ponies. Introductions; Vicki Walsh was born in 1955 in Corner Brook but moved to the Southern Shore when she was 6 months old; Discussion of Witless Bay connection; Family history; Discussion of grandfather's family and work; 3:34 - VW describes her mother's siblings and their jobs; Visiting her grandparents in Witless Bay; Fishing in Lower Pond in Witless Bay; Family in Witless Bay; Memories of Witless Bay in the 1950s and 1960s; 6:02 - Description of VW's great grandfather's house; Grandfather's first house in Witless Bay; Renovations to WV's great grandfather's house; 8:59 - Discussion of VW's family's move to Newfoundland; VW's cousin as a family historian; Family history; Family's move to Newfoundland; 12:33 - VW describes learning how to rug hook; Going to craft school in St. John's; Taking MUN extension courses; Going to art school and moving to fine art; Teaching textile work; Creating interpretive props; Learning traditional arts and crafts in craft school; Rug hooking as a medium for artwork; Shift from rug hooking herself to teaching rug hooking; 18:04 - WV's student's son learning to rug hook by helping his mother with her rug; Family connection to student's son; Family relations; 24:01 - Rug hooking and Newfoundland Pony project; Discussion of Newfoundland Ponies; Criss-crossing traditions such as rug hooking and Newfoundland Ponies; 26:19 - Storytelling and quilting; Crazy quilting; Artsmarts project on quilting; 29:55 - VW's involvement with the Artsmarts program; Different Artsmarts workshops; Exchange program with the London Art Museum and the Artsmarts program; Shift away from school involvement as her children grew older; 38:21 - VW's involvement in storytelling; Family's oral traditions; Working as an interpreter in Salmonier Nature Park as a form of storytelling; Storytelling with children especially folktales; Discussion of Jack tales; 42:31 ...