about us
We're a multidisciplinary
creative workshop.
“The | Griot | Project exists to continue the ancient traditions of sharing life’s experiences one story at a time, while cultivating a new generation of griot to share their stories. We accomplish this through our 4 core programs.”
PROGRAMS
10-Min Stories
This workshop will focus on the art of storycraft in short form, participants will work from story prompts and learn to tell rich complete stories in 12 pages or less. Imagination, improvisiation and adaptation will be key. At the end of the workshop, the top stories will be selected as a part of the NU Artist Showcase.
Theater Arts
A community based theatre committed to providing quality multigenerational, multiethnic theatrical productions that both entertain and spark conversation. The|Griot|Theatre seeks to share familiar stories and new ones.
Arts After
An eight week storytelling workshop for middle and high school students designed to both expose young minds to new ways to process the world in and around them while also equipping them with new ways of communicating their ideas, thoughts, and opinions. Each after school cohort presents an evening of storytelling for the families and community at the completion of their time together.
Mission Griot
(Coming Summer 2020)
Participants will workshop and produce an original piece of work that will travel for the Summer. While in each city, participants will also serve in local schools, civic and faith communities. The objective is to expose participants to as many opportunities to grow and mature through serving and hearing new stories and sharing their own
““Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” ”
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