Dovie Thomason

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• About the Artist:

  Dovie Thomason is an award-winning storyteller of Native and Scot Traveller descent, who has spent nearly forty years weaving the traditional tales she was taught growing up with stories from her own life. Through her storytelling, she shares her culture with listeners of all ages in schools, festivals, museums and libraries around the world.

  These are the old stories that preserve and share values over the generations to not only delight, but to gently and memorably teach proper lessons about behavior. A former teacher and artist-in-education in several states, she is a strong advocate of using storytelling in families and classrooms to affirm identity and values, as well as enhancing literacy and supporting oral language development from birth throughout life.

  Category:

  • Theater
  • Writers

  Type of Programs Offered

  • residency
  • workshop
  • auditorium
  • virtual
• • We Call the Earth Our Mother: Stories of Thanks

    Description:
    

    Stories of many cultures are the original way the “whys” of the physical
    world were explained, as science does now. The imagery and values in
    the stories from Dovie’s Native ancestry pair the “whys” of science with
    the very contemporary “hows” of living in balance on our shared Earth.

    Workshop and residency options available
    Virtual options available

    Appropriate Grade Levels:
    PreK - 12

    Curriculum Connections
    

    Storytelling, Language Arts, Speaking and Listening Skills, Social Studies, STEM, World Languages, Character/SEL

    This program is offered as:

    • residency
    • workshop
    • auditorium
    • virtual
  • Lessons from the Animal People

    Description:
    

    An intertribal sampling of the animal stories which often explain the “what”
    and “why” questions about the Earth and her animal children (why bear
    hibernates, why rabbit has no tail, etc.) – stories are used, as all stories
    are, to teach proper behavior and values.

    Workshop and residency options available
    Virtual options available

    Appropriate Grade Levels:
    PreK - 12

    Curriculum Connections
    

    Storytelling, Language Arts, Speaking and Listening Skills, Social Studies, STEM, World Languages, Character/SEL

    This program is offered as:

    • residency
    • workshop
    • auditorium
    • virtual
  • Native Voices

    Description:
    

    Traditional stories about animals and tricksters provide a clearer
    understanding of values and cultures of the First Nations of North
    America. Whether a talkative Turtle or overbearing Buffalo, characters
    face choices and life decisions.

    Workshop and residency options available
    Virtual options available
    Virtual program options may be available

    MSAC Teaching Artist Roster: AiE funds available

    Appropriate Grade Levels:
    PreK - 12

    Curriculum Connections
    

    Storytelling, Language Arts, Speaking and Listening Skills, Social Studies, STEM, World Languages, Character/SEL

    This program is offered as:

    • residency
    • workshop
    • auditorium
    • virtual
  • Booking Details

    Program Costs:
    

    Contact Bright Cardinal Creative, LLC for additional information, including program fees, or to request a program for your school or community.

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• Name or Art Agency:
  Bright Cardinal Creative
  Email:
  [email protected]
  Phone:
  +15712495220
  State / County:
  Maryland

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