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Title
The Storytelling Center, Inc. of New York City
Description
The Storytelling Center, Inc. is New York's premier storytelling organization, offering workshops, swaps and special events. Founded in 1982, the Center has been at the heart of New York's storytelling community and has contributed to the renaissance and growth of storytelling in both the New York region and the United States.
The Storytelling Center's mission is to promote excellence in storytelling by providing opportunities to share resources, meet other storytellers, learn skills, and explore stories of enduring meaning. The not–for–profit Center also strives to increase public awareness of storytelling as an art form. It was founded in 1982 by four of America's most prominent tellers — Diane Wolkstein, Laura Simms, Gioia Timpanelli and Larraine Ackerman — who have been central figures in the renaissance of storytelling in the United States. Together with about twenty–five people, they gathered in Laura Simms' loft to plan the Center, which grew quickly into a vibrant organization offering both inspiration and practical skills to new generations of storytellers.
Over the years, the Center has offered monthly workshops on the art of storytelling led by regionally, nationally and often internationally known professional storytellers. Master tellers, teachers, authors, anthropologists, and poets from around the world have explored topics such as Oral Tradition, Mythology, Story and Healing, Storytelling and Literacy, Storytelling and Business, Personal Storytelling, Sacred Stories, Urban Tales, and storytelling techniques in the workshops and special events.
Contact
- Yougasa
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- Saint James NY
- United States 11780
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- +1.6315842208
