Maria LoBiondo
Princeton, NJ
609-497-7378
marialobiondo@gmail.com
Maria LoBiondo believes that a story is a gift from heart to heart between teller and listener. A professional writer and editor, her love of fairy, folk, and wisdom tales has been life-long, although studies leading to her bachelor’s degree in education from Boston College and years as a preschool teacher deepened her appreciation.
She has told stories for nearly 20 years at schools, libraries, churches, and the New Jersey Storytelling Festival. She is a member of the Princeton Storytelling Circle and an affiliated artist with Storytelling Arts, Inc.
Storytelling Arts
Contact Carrie Wainwright, Executive Director
609-430-1922 or
Email at info@storytellingarts.net
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. 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.
www.storytellingarts.net Storytelling Arts, Inc. mission is to preserve, promote, and impart the living art of storytelling to develop literacy, strengthen communities, and nurture the human spirit.
Our professional storytelling programs have been in schools, juvenile detention centers, youth shelters and community organizations throughout New Jersey — programs that serve both teachers and students by opening the door to literacy in a unique and resonant way. 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. SAI tailors its programs to meet the needs of each site, considering characteristics of the population served and goals of the program. For more information on our storytellers and programs, visit our website or contact Carrie Wainwright, Executive Director, at 609-430-1922 or by email at info@storytellingarts.net
For a Storytelling Arts workshop initiative on Bullying, click here.
Susan Danoff
Princeton, NJ
609-921-0916
susandanoff@yahoo.com
Susan Danoff has loved stories all her life and began exploring the art of storytelling in 1979. She is author of the book The Golden Thread: Storytelling in Teaching and Learning and has produced three audio recordings. Women of Vision is now available on CD.
After working as an independent teaching artist in New Jersey schools from 1982 – 1996, including five years with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Artists-in-Education Program, in 1996 Susan founded the nonprofit corporation Storytelling Arts, Inc., where she served as Executive Director until 2007. Under her leadership, Storytelling Arts forged partnerships with more than fifty schools and institutions, served approximately 18,000 children in long-term programs to support learning and literacy, and provided extensive teacher training in storytelling.
Since 1986, Susan has taught weeklong intensive workshops in storytelling at Princeton University. Her summer programs have been designed to help teachers learn the art of storytelling and its relevance to community building, literacy, and learning.
Susan has also taught storytelling to undergraduates at Princeton, for docents at the Princeton University Art Museum, for the Friends Council on Education, in the School of Education at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, and at numerous teacher in-services. From 1985-1992 she taught “The Craft of Writing” at Princeton University.
Susan offers keynote speeches, workshops, retreats, and performances.
Member since 4/08
The Garden State Storytellers’ League
Hamilton, NJ
609-890-3378
englearnr@aol.com
The Garden State Storytellers’ League was founded in 1982. Membership in the league is open to adults who are storytellers or are interested in the Art of Storytelling. Monthly meetings, workshops, and Story Swaps are held. Storytellers perform at various places such as museums, libraries, community fairs, Girl/Boy Scout meetings, etc. Members receive Here and There, a newsletter, a yearbook with a themed annotated storytelling bibliography, Story Art, a magazine for storytellers, and information about national and regional storytelling conferences.
Member since 11/09
The Princeton Storytelling Circle
Princeton, NJ
likelystories@yahoo.com
The Princeton Storytelling Circle is an informal group of tellers from the greater Princeton area, both professional and amateur, who meet to swap stories and information about storytelling news and events.
Genres of stories range from folk and literary tales to poetry and original stories. The group meets during the academic year, 7:30 p.m., on the third Tuesday of the month. For more information contact Eva Foster at likelystories@yahoo.com. Members of the Circle and pictured in the photo include (from left to right): Eva Foster, MaryAnn Paterniti, Luray Gross, Lisa Garwood, and Maria LoBiondo.
Red Mill Museum Storytelling Festival Sunday, July 8, 2012
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