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Classroom Experience with Elementary Aged Children
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Minnesota Historical Society – development of gallery stories & programs
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Director of Elementary Music – Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview MN
(1-5th grades – 225 students in 3 groups – music, drama, readers theater, puppets)
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Minnesota Public Libraries – interactive storytelling (The Silly Sisters, MELSA
summer library program), developed series of Mississippi River puppet shows for Grand Excursion (Jan – May 2004) |
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School Residency Programs – Power of Mighty Idea Workshop (6th grade, teachers)
Alphabet Books (6th grade), Masking (6th grade), Create-A-Play (4th/2nd), Creativity/5000 ways to tell a story (K-6th) |
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After-school drama classes – Improvisation, play creation, puppets (pre K-6th)
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Young Author's Conferences – Interactive writing workshops throughout MN (4-8th grades)
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Head Start – developed puppet shows based on picture books
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Landfall Investigation Station – work with low income youth creating anything to do with words including puppet shows, interviews, writing puzzles and short stories and making pop-up books
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Red Balloon Bookshop – resident storyteller bringing picture books to life
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Minnesota Children’s Museum - judge story contest (3 years), write and execute gallery programming (8 years)
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Teacher at the Loft - youth and adult interactive writing programs, collaborations with the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Talking Volumes/Star Tribune
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Youth Related Published Writing
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Minnesota Historical Society – researched, wrote and performed a variety of historical characters and interactive story programs including Burma Shave, Wally the Trolley (Twin Cities trolley system), Maud Hart Lovelace and Harriet Bishop and interactive scripts for historic sites
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Dale Warland Singers - Home for the Holidays Concert – wrote and performed story about a young child and her older mentor looking at the stars and contemplating their greater meaning – Dec 2001 |
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Mighty Mississippi Passport Program - Star Tribune, Wilderness Inquiry, National Parks Service (Newspaper in Education Supplement) –4-8th - through a series of 10 adventures based on river history and facts, Freddie the Flathead Catfish and his friends share information about pollution in the river and groundwater – April 2001 |
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Children’s Literature Network –author bios (research and writing) |
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What We Did Last Summer: Some Silly Sisters’ Summer Stories – Oh You Girls! – improvised stories created as part of the MELSA summer library program – 1998 |
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Youth Related Companies
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Epoch Productions – Established to give audiences the opportunity to challenge the course of history through personal interaction with historical figures. Founding member, company in operation three years.
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The Silly Sisters - Empowering, expanding and enlivening children’s creativity through interactive storytelling, classes and puppet shows – originally started with my real sister, Greta, we have expanded this past year to include professional actresses, educators, writers and storytellers who delight in the power of the imagination. Interactive programs validate young people’s ideas and encourage creative thinking, participation and the belief that anything is possible. Work is ongoing.
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Independent Contract Work – from a wide variety of sources. Includes seasonal storytimes, writing professional journal articles, Loft workshops, Young Author’s writing workshops, after school classes & residencies – If someone calls and I think I can do the job, I will develop it for them.
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| Youth Related Professional Organizations |
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Children’s Literature Network (board member)
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Youth Performance Company (former board member)
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Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (member)
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International Museum Theater Alliance (member)
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Minnesota Reading Association (member)
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Puppeteer of America (member) |
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| Visual Artist |
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Oil Painting
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Photography |
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Stained glass
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Woodworking
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Hand molded pottery
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Paper making |
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| Boards & Education |
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Bachelor of Arts in Speech-Theater and Psychology –
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN – 1986
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Former Board Member – Youth Performance Company – theater for youth ages 9-21
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Member – SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators)
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Board Member and Charter Member – Children's Literature Network
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