About Storytelling Arts, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storytelling Arts understands that literacy and effective communication skills are vital components of a socially and economically productive future for children. Our programs provide a uniquely effective way to enhance these skills and build the social capital our children need to reach their full potential.

 

Storytelling Arts, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit corporation and contributions are tax deductible as provided by law. Donations to Storytelling Arts support programming in a variety of settings serving low-income, special-needs, and at-risk populations.

 

What we are about:

 

Storytelling Arts, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing stories and the power of storytelling to classrooms, educators, and community organizations.

 

Our Beginning

Founded in 1996, Storytelling Arts’ professional storytellers have had an extensive impact on learning, teaching, and community building through long-term programs that are particularly effective for meeting the needs of low-income, special needs, and at-risk populations.  

 

Educational Programs and Their Purpose

Programs include assemblies and performances for large audiences, individual mentoring sessions for teachers and storytellers, in-class residencies for schools and community agencies, and professional development workshops. Storytelling Arts tailors its programs to meet the needs of each site, considering characteristics of the population served and goals of the program.

 

In educational settings, Storytelling Arts programs allow students to:

      ·         Improve literacy skills

      ·         Learn curriculum in a meaningful way

      ·         Explore cultural differences and similarities

      ·         Form relationships with their storytellers

      ·         Build self-esteem

      ·         Identify with the emotions of the characters

      ·         Build communications skills

 

Meeting the Needs of Educators

Our programs support core curriculum content standards for:

·         Language literacy

·         Visual and performing arts

·         Improving listening, reading, writing, and public speaking skills.

 

We are a professional development provider approved by the New Jersey Department of Education.

 

Additional Areas of Service

We provide storytelling as enriching, culturally expansive programs at:

·         Nursing homes

·         Hospitals

·         Civic organizations

·         Community groups

 

SAI storytellers draw upon folklore and myths from many world cultures. Programs present complex scenarios and transmit individual, social and cultural values. These evolve a resonance in audiences, stimulating the imagination, promoting literacy, and communicating cultural heritage. As in no other media, storytelling, because of its intensive interactive nature, develops an individual’s character, responsibility and ethics – building social capital in the populations we serve.  The impact on audience members is profound.

 

To find out more, contact Executive Director Carrie Wainwright at:

 

Storytelling Arts, Inc.

PO Box 995

Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

Phone: (609) 430-1922

Fax: (609) 750-9652

E-mail: info@storytellingarts.net

 

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