Across the Divide: Race, Culture and Understanding Our Neighbor
Wonderworlds: Writing Poems about our Planet
Integrate natural science lessons with poetry.
- Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
- Discipline: Literary, STEAM
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Storytelling: Get Ready to Move!
Linda Gorham presents interactive and educational character-based storytelling for grades K-12.
- Program Type: Performance
- Discipline: Literary, Storytelling
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
- Cultural Context: African, African-American, Caribbean
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Earthbeat – Heartbeat – Drumbeat – Sing!
It’s about participation! Sing-alongs, bang-alongs, and an improvised song prove to each student that they are indeed a musician! Themes/skills include creativity, patterns and rhythm, ecological awareness, science and geography.
- Program Type: Performance
- Discipline: Music, STEAM
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Read and Bloom! (Interactive Literacy Concert)
Read and Bloom! promotes learning through music by integrating reading, language arts, confidence building and science for Pre K-2nd & 3rd-5th grades.
- Program Type: Performance
- Discipline: Literary, Music, STEAM
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Weave or Knot! Together
Students weave a project on a treadle loom or their own backstrap loom. Residencies feature weaving activities adapted to specialized classrooms.
- Program Type: Workshop/Residency
- Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, STEAM, Visual Arts
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Does Not Accept bookings in Johnston County
- Specifically adapted for students with disabilities
Weave or Knot!
Students build, set up, and weave a strip on their own backstrap loom in 5 days while they learn all about weaving and fibers. Short residencies (1-2 day) feature weaving and spinning demonstrations.
- Program Type: Workshop/Residency
- Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary, STEAM, Visual Arts
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
- Does Not Accept bookings in Johnston County
The Troubadour Tradition
Demonstrating the role of the “musical historian / storyteller / news bearer” throughout history.
- Program Type: Performance
- Discipline: Music, Storytelling
- Grade Level: Middle
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
The Magic of Mask Theater
Explore movement, character development, masks, and the illusions of mime.
- Program Type: Workshop/Residency
- Discipline: Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
- Grade Level: High, Middle
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
Before Rock ‘n’ Roll
History, story & music; back in time to the rhythms and music that gave rise to Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Program Type: Performance
- Discipline: Music
- Grade Level: Elementary, High, Middle
- Cultural Context: African, African-American, European
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County