Jon Spelman, Storyteller
Meet Jon Spelman, Emmy award-winning and internationally known storyteller from Baltimore, Maryland.
We are particularly grateful to Jon for his willingness to jump-start the new Telling Moments Storytelling Theater by donating his March 20th performance, giving us a headstart on the funds we need to attract other out-of-area storytellers for everyone to enjoy. (Thanks, Jon!)
We are particularly grateful to Jon for his willingness to jump-start the new Telling Moments Storytelling Theater by donating his March 20th performance, giving us a headstart on the funds we need to attract other out-of-area storytellers for everyone to enjoy. (Thanks, Jon!)
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"... a stunning wordsmith and a riveting performer."
The Washington Post |
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Spelman has developed more than thirty hours of performance material, all of which he continues to present to a wide variety of audiences in a wide variety of venues throughout the U.S. and in Europe.
He performs at colleges, theatres, schools, libraries, festivals, museums, and arts centers. He was the first American to perform at the International Festival of Solo Performers in Tel Aviv, Isreal, and represented American performers at the Colloquim of the Revival of Storytelling held in Paris, France. ("Spelman's story was one of the big grand moments of this meeting," said Association Le Renoveau du Conte.)
Spelman has four times been a Featured Teller at the American National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.
He performs at colleges, theatres, schools, libraries, festivals, museums, and arts centers. He was the first American to perform at the International Festival of Solo Performers in Tel Aviv, Isreal, and represented American performers at the Colloquim of the Revival of Storytelling held in Paris, France. ("Spelman's story was one of the big grand moments of this meeting," said Association Le Renoveau du Conte.)
Spelman has four times been a Featured Teller at the American National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.
Spelman's work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Maryland Arts Council, the Arts Council of Florida and the District of Columbia, as well as the National Storytelling Network and the Cummington Press (in honor of Harry Duncan).
He has been an Artist in Residence at the Blue Mountain Center in upstate New York, and the Ballagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation, on Lake Como in northern Italy.
He has received a Children's Radio Award, an Achievement in Children's Television Award, and two Emmy's, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for Three Stories Tall, which he hosted for six years. He has been admitted into The Circle of Excellence of the National Storytelling Network.
He has been an Artist in Residence at the Blue Mountain Center in upstate New York, and the Ballagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation, on Lake Como in northern Italy.
He has received a Children's Radio Award, an Achievement in Children's Television Award, and two Emmy's, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for Three Stories Tall, which he hosted for six years. He has been admitted into The Circle of Excellence of the National Storytelling Network.
