About: Ellen Munds
Full Name
Ellen Munds
Website
http://www.Storytellingarts.org
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Ellen Munds is the executive director of Storytelling Arts of Indiana and one of three co-founders. She has served as the chair of the Organizer's & Producers SIG, the chair of the Awards Committee and served as the State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network. She writes about her organization… Storytelling Arts of Indiana is a very unique organization in the storytelling community. The board of directors is comprised of individuals from the community with special skill sets (not storytellers), we are not a membership organization and that we have year round programming. Programs include: Hoosier Storytelling Festival, Storytelling Series and Special Events Frank Basile Emerging Stories Fellowship and Premiere Sharing Hoosier History Through Stories in collaboration with the Indiana Historical Society Weekly storytelling at Riley Children's Hospital The As I Recall Storytelling Guild Family Programs in collaborations with other Not-for-profits Storytelling Performances in the Neighborhood Parks in collaboration with Indy Parks & Recreation JawBreakers Newest program: Using Storytelling as an Educational Tool: Teaching English/Language Arts Indiana State Standards, Grades K - 5 (Workshop and a CD of 50 activities) We have a book coming out in celebration of our 20th birthday, The Scenic Route: Stories from the Heartland published by the Indiana Historical Society Press. And we are kicking off a $100,000 Endowment Campaign: The Story Lives On in October, 2007.
