Call for Workshops, Showcases & Fringes for the 2019 Confabulation!
in Madison, Wisconsin
April 26–28, 2019 Proposals Due October 15, 2018
CONFABULATION:
In psychiatry, confabulation (verb: confabulate) is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive.
Don't let the above definition deter you! This is one of the most prestigious and well-run conferences in the storytelling community.
AZ Storytellers Project - Our Family, Our Culture Thursday - September 13th - 7:00 pm Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix
Every family has its own quirks, traditions, recipes and memories. Join The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com for a night of tales about the families we’re born into and the ones we choose.
Emcee: Megan Finnerty, founder of the Storytellers Project.
Featured tellers:
Becca Smouse
Amy Carney
Shawn Jordan
Anwar Newton
Megan Finnerty
Accessibility Note: If you require ASL Interpretation Services for this event or a future Storytellers event, or if you require accommodations related to mobility or seating, contact Kaila White at kaila.white@arizonarepublic.com
Saturday - Sept. 15 10AM - Noon We will meet in 3rd floor Tucson Room of the Joel Valdez Main Library, 101 N Stone Avenue, downtown (parking is free in the garage under the library).
Research for storytellers is not an option, it's a responsibility
This tip comes from Csenge Zalka, a great storyteller and author from Hungary. She recently told at the FEST, Federation for European Storytelling conference in Ljubljana. She came away with some extremely important thoughts about storytelling. The begining of here blog is below. Click here or at the bottom of this post to read her entire post about research. It's VERY CRUCIAL!
Research for storytellers is not an option, it's a responsibility
At the 2018 FEST (Federation for European Storytelling) conference in Ljubljana, Heidi Dahlsveen presented the results of a survey that FEST commissioned to lay the groundwork for the EU grant project titled Professional training and development of storytellers on a European scale. Basically, FEST created a survey asking questions about how storytellers work, how they learn, how they are trained, and what skills they think would be most important to incorporate in a "European storytelling curriculum." A little over 300 storytellers filled out the survey. While there were many fascinating, intriguing, and occasionally baffling results in Heidi Dahlsveen's presentation, there was one that particularly caught my attention:
On the list of professional and artistic skills that storytellers think are important to their work, "research" was almost at the bottom.
GCC Storytelling Students - Extra Credit: Write at least 150 words about the specific things you have done to RESEACH your folktale. I want MEAT, not FLUFF - E-mail it to Mark@Storytellermark.com before THURSDAY, Sep 13 - 2:00PM. - Possible total of 10 points extra credit
She's Baaaack! Colleague and trainer Karen Dietz is back with more curated material at Just Story It. She had taken a break, but is now back and is postiing articles of interest to storytellers, especially in Business Storytelling (but there is always a nugget!).
Visit here webpage and browse all the topics. She gives you the "gist" of the article and reviews it so you can tell if you want to read the whole thing!
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-------------------CHECK EACH WEBSITE OR THE CALENDAR PAGE TO CONFIRM DATES AND TIMES ---------------------------------CALL TO MAKE SURE THE EVENT IS STILL ON
FStorytellers - Female Story Tellers - Tucson
Usually sometime during the first week of the month - but check their website) at 7 pm - TUCSON http://www.fstorytellers.com/index.html
West Side Story Tellers - Storytellers Guild First Saturday of each month - GLENDALE *NO meetings in July & August http://westsidestorytellers.weebly.com
East Valley Tellers of Tales -Storytellers Guild Second Saturday of each month - SCOTTSDALE - *NO meetings in July & August http://www.evtot.com
Storyfind Fourth Saturday of each month (usually - check calendar) - *NO meetings in June & July
SMCC Storytelling Institute
A monthly workshop designed to help storytellers build community and deepen repertoire. See the Calendar
- National Storytelling Network? You should be.
Thursday - September 13th - 7:00 pm
Friday - September 14th - 7:00 pm
Monday - Sep. 24th 6:30-8:30
Colleague and trainer Karen Dietz is back with more curated material at Just Story It. She had taken a break, but is now back and is postiing articles of interest to storytellers, especially in Business Storytelling (but there is always a nugget!).
