Storytelling Courses by locality
(This is not a comprehensive list)
Australia
Northern NSW See Jenni’s Workshops page
Lismore NSW- Southern Cross University- Storytelling as a part of the Early Education Unit
Sydney Storyworks: Writing the Stories of Our Lives- Director Bridget Brandon
www.storyworks.com.au
Courses available in Sydney, Central Australia and via email.
Sydney Parcifal College Steiner College: primarily for teacher training
U.K.
Sussex Emerson College Steiner College
Retreat Centre Cae Mabon in Wales at foot of Mt Snowden where storytelling gatherings occur. Run by storyteller, singer and songwriter Eric Maddern www.ericmaddern.co.uk
U.S.A.
U.S School of Therapeutic Storytelling, established by Nancy Mellon in 1996.
Offers experiential training in storymaking and storytelling as a creative
and transformative process. Nancy has a varied background as a teacher of
literature, painting, color therapy and drawing. As a writer, therapist and
teacher, she works to support family and community expression through the
arts.
Nancy’s work is described on her
website
East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Masters Program in Storytelling is
one of a very few select fully accredited graduate programs in Professional
and Applied Storytelling in the United States. ETSU offers either an M.A.
(30 hour with thesis) or M.Ed. (36 hours, non-thesis option) degree in Reading/Story
Arts. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
ETSU is a regional university in the heart of traditional storytelling country.
Neighboring Jonesborough is home to the National Storytelling Festival, the
premier showcase for contemporary storytelling in the USA.
Students in the ETSU Storytelling Program may concentrate on performance skills
for the sake of their present or intended professional storytelling career,
or they may focus on aspects of applied storytelling, to enhance their roles
as teachers, ministers, counselors, community workers, corporate trainers,
healers, or parents.
The East Tennessee State University Masters Program in Storytelling offers
numerous opportunities for Graduate Assistantships for fulltime in-residence
graduate students. These assistantship positions provide full tuition support
and stipends of $3000 per semester, in return for 20 hours per week of work
on research and service assignments related to the student's interests and
course of study. For further information on the ETSU Storytelling Program
and on financial aid for fulltime students, contact
Dr. Joseph Sobol, Program Coordinator.
East Tennessee State University Communication Information
Reading and Storytelling ETSU Box 70684 Johnson City, TN 37614-0684
Office Phone: 423-439-7863 Office Fax: 423-439-8362
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