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This is an excellent site for finding and researching traditional stories.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Appalshop has clips of storyteller Ray Hicks on ‘real audio’ and streaming video. http://www.appalshop.org/rayhicks/

Storytelling in America is flourishing! Almost every state has storytelling festivals, conferences and other annual events. There is a vast grassroots movement with local, state and regional storytelling guilds and organizations, such as the North Carolina Storytelling Guild and the Storytelling Arts of Indiana.

The Art of Storytelling Show was created by Brother Wolf as a way to support the art form world-wide. Every week he interviews a new person on the podcast. Each guest covers a different aspect of the art of storytelling with children. Listen to Brother Wolf's interview with Connie!

On the national level there are two main organizations devoted to storytelling. They are both headquartered in Jonesborough, Tennessee where the American storytelling revival was jump-started by the first National Storytelling Festival in 1973. The success of that first festival led to the founding of the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS), which eventually changed its name to The National Storytelling Association (NSA).

In 1998, The National Storytelling Association, in an effort to better serve the needs of the diverse storytelling community, divided into two separate organizations, National Storytelling Network and the International Storytelling Center.

Both organizations are dedicated to advancing the art of storytelling - as a performing art, teaching aid, and cultural transformation process.

The National Storytelling Network is a membership organization that offers services, publications and educational opportunities to individuals, local storytelling guilds and associations. These services are designed to improve the quality of storytelling at all levels - in entertainment venues, in classrooms and libraries, and wherever storytelling can make a contribution to quality of life. To facilitate that process, NSN sponsors the National Storytelling Conference, the National Storytelling Awards, offers a calendar of events, publishes the Storytelling Magazine and promotes an annual event of storytelling around the world called Tellabration!

The International Storytelling Center produces the National Storytelling Festival, staffs the Education and Interpretation Center and has a program of Tellers in Residence. It is focused on the advocacy of storytelling as an art form that brings positive change in all areas of human endeavor and is dedicated to conserving the history of storytelling. The Center features a resource center and 200-seat performance facility where the power of story can be demonstrated for the benefit of educators, therapists, attorneys, political leaders, and the corporate world.

 

Other helpful sites:

Ray Hicks was a master storyteller - and a dear friend and mentor. He was recognized and honored as the Patriarch of Southern Traditional Storytelling; through his stories and generosity, he gave us old-world gifts that have enriched our modern lives beyond measure. A fund has been established for the well-being of his widow and son. Donations are appreciated.

The National Association of Black Storytellers

For our Canadian friends: The Storytellers School of Toronto

You can now get a Masters Degree in Storytelling at East Tennessee State University!

Clinical anthropologist Robinette Kennedy, Ph.D., leads spiritual archaeology tours to the Greek island of Crete and Southern Albania – an area rich in ancient stories.

Nancy Shapiro-Pikelny has created a powerful story about the children in the Terezin Concentration Camp during World War ll. She debuted her story, A Window of Beauty, in Whitwell, Tennessee. This remarkable community is the subject of the award-winning documentary Paper Clips.

Author Marie Bartlett has more than 20 years of experience in creative nonfiction writing. She now also coaches writing students one-on-one to help guide the writer's journey.

Artist and dear friend, Damaris Pierce, taught me how to transform ordinary rock into sweet gnome homes.

Storyteller & web researcher Karen Chace has great storytelling links on her site. 

Want to listen to professional storytellers from across the country tell tales for children?  Check out Story Bee 

BeadforLife is a non-profit helping women lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Get involved by purchasing jewelry, learning about Fair Trade and hosting a bead party. You can also read about the lives of the individual Ugandan beaders and their new Habitat for Humanity Village.

If you’d like a creative approach to ‘telling’ you family story – see this amazing portraiture!  www.tonymorrisart.com

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