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QUEEN NUR
Artistic Resume
PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLER/TEACHING ARTIST
1993 to PresentPerformance Summary
High energy · Original work · Interactive games · Call and response · Audience participation · Folktales · Multi-cultural stories · Audience specific or Full age-range · Teaches values · Curriculum infused · Song, dance, poetry · Historical presentations · Spiritual stories · Educational and fun · PercussionPerformance and Workshop Venues
“Queen Nur” presents extensively to thousands at schools, libraries, museums, churches, festivals, hospitals, corporate facilities, in-services, family reunions, conferences, elder centers, retreats and special events, including:
NJN Public Television: Another View
National Black Storytelling Festival & Conference
John F. Kennedy Center,Washington, DC
Equitable Tower Theater, Broadway, New York
Tour, New York City Parks & Recreation
Smoky Hill River Festival, KS
International Children’s Showcase, Canada
National Storytelling Festival,TN Exchange Place
Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival
African-Am. Storytellers’ Retreat, NC
University of Pennsylvania
Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL
Tour New Orleans Public Schools, LA
Symphony Space, NY
The Ritz Theatre, FL.
Katzenbach School for the Deaf, NJ
Miller Theater, TX
Johnson & Johnson Corporation
The Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, NJ
Tour of Ocean County Library System
Tour of Wake County Schools, NC
Masters’ at Midnight Concert, PA
Rochester Public Schools for Young Audiences
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Playhouse Square Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
Summary of Community Projects
1990-92 Creator, Stride the Pride, Award winning self-esteem program
1992 Co-Director, Children’s Theater and Children’s March
1992-94 Counselor, NAACP ACT-SO, trained Ntl’ award winning teenage youth in drama.
1994-present Founder, Annual Willingboro Community Kwanzaa Storyfest’
1995-1997 President, Keepers of the Culture, Inc.
1997-present Board Member/Program Director, National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc.
Rosters & Residencies
1999-present Faculty, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, (Camden Schools)
1999, 2001, 2003. Artist As Catalyst, MidAtlantic Arts Foundation
• Women Against Abuse • Garden State Discovery Museum -Teenage Parents
2000-present Touring Artist TheatreworksUSA, New York, NY
2000-present United Arts Council, Wake County, NC.
2000-present Artist in Education, New Jersey State Council on the Arts•
Central Elementary School • Woodbury Child Development Center•Aura Elementary School
• Logan Township History Project: Lenape Nation •Woodrow Wilson Elem.
2001-present Young Audiences of Rochester
Publications and Recordings
1986 Editor, Harvard Law School Case Clearinghouse Catalog: games teaching dispute resolution
1996 Selections on “Love is a Mighty Fine Thing,” Keepers of the Culture Philadelphia
1998 “Sweet Potato Pie and Such”, CD Duinsity
2002 “Black Inventors Rap” in “Poems, Stories, ETC.: An Eclectic Experience, by Shirley E. Riley
2003"Queen Nur Live and Storified at the Walt Whitman Center." Historic Live
Recording with Storytelling Jazz Band. 2- CD set.
Education
1984 Northeastern University, B.S.
1985 Harvard Law School, Specialization in Dispute Resolution Certificate
1996 Temple University, Post Graduate Courses in African American Studies
2000/02 Artist Teacher Institute, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
2002 University of Pennsylvania, Post Graduate Study: Children’s Folklore
Memberships
Keepers of the Culture • National Association of Black Storytellers • National Storytelling Network • ACES (Arts Create Excellent Schools)
Profile /Performance Program/ Kwanzaa/ Duos/ Workshop/ Calendar/ Products/ Folks Say/ Contact