Telephone Stories

Artist Lesley Wilson gathered and captured the stories of three older people living in Skye by talking regularly by telephone between December 2020 and February 2021. She worked in partnership with SEALL – a community-focused performing arts charity in Skye. Lesley worked one-to-one and held hours of conversation to hear and gather stories from their lives. She then worked collaboratively with the participants to edit and refine a written record.

This project was one of four creative collaborations, part of Creative Ageing in the Pandemic, exploring different ways that artists and older people can work together safely.

An older woman is sitting outside, beside a large pot of geraniums in a stunning highland landscape — Patricia Walsh, part of Telephone Stories, Creative Ageing in the Pandemic (c) Willie Urquhart

A woman is standing on a walking trail in the highlands — Artist Lesley Wilson, part of Telephone Stories, Creative Ageing in the Pandemic

An older man stands at the door of his whitewashed house — John Nicholson, part of Telephone Stories, Creative Ageing in the Pandemic

Jane Horsfall, part of Telephone Stories, Creative Ageing in the Pandemic