Welcome!
Northstar Storytelling is a Minnesota nonprofit serving storytellers and listeners throughout the state. We sponsor regular storytelling events in the Twin Cities, including an annual all-day storytelling festival. Events are open to the public, and Northstar membership is open to all.
May Workshop with Amy Salloway
Northstar continues its new workshop series on May 21 with “Funny Up: Using Humor in Story.” More info and registration here.
Thank you!
To everyone who made Tellabration! 2011 such a success! We are changing the festival’s name next year; please join us for Minnesota StoryFest in 2012. Pictures of Tellabration! 2011 coming soon…
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Northstar is a membership organization, but membership fees represent just 6 percent of our budget. We rely on donations from individuals as well as private and corporate foundations, corporate sponsors, and government grants to make our work possible.
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Thank you!
Tellabration! 2010
Thank you to all of the performers, presenters, hosts, volunteers, audience members and everyone else who made Northstar Storytelling League’s 10th Annual Festival of Stories possible.
Check out photos of the event at flickr:
Northstar Storytelling League is a fiscal year 2010 and 2011 recipient of a Minnesota Festivals Support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Northstar Storytelling League
Mission:
Northstar Storytelling League promotes storytelling and develops and supports storytellers.
Core Values:
Tradition
The art of storytelling is deeply rooted in oral tradition. Northstar honors and protects the oral tradition of storytelling as an art form while also encouraging dialogue with other narrative arts.
Inclusion
Northstar welcomes storytellers of all cultures, experience levels, backgrounds and styles. We seek to make storytelling accessible to a diverse audience and encourage the use of storytelling in other professions.
Outreach
Storytelling bridges cultures, encourages understanding, and creates a common ground of humanity. Northstar promotes storytelling as an outreach tool to connect individuals, communities and organizations.
Growth
Northstar acknowledges and respects the power of story to change and inspire. We value creative expression on all levels and provide opportunities for storytellers to grow and develop as artists.
Vision Statement
We imagine a society in which storytellers are recognized for their ability to provide a relevant, inspiring and transformative service to individuals and the community through the art and craft of spoken narrative. We envision Northstar as a leader in promoting storytelling as a performance art form as well as fostering its application within such areas as education, historical interpretation, health care, psychotherapy, spiritual direction, and organizational life. Northstar helps storytellers develop professionally and work productively within and across these fields. To accomplish this, Northstar acts as a:
Connector of individuals, guilds and other partner organizations who come together to learn from each other, accomplish common goals, network and promote their trade;
Coordinator and producer of educational and performance events that provide opportunities for Minnesota storytellers to develop their craft and showcase their best work;
Clearinghouse of information about storytelling and storytellers;
Collector of organizational best practices and quality indicators that raise the community profile of storytelling.
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To learn more about our members, or to become one, click here.
