Imagination

Fueled

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STORYTELLING

to spark bright ideas 

& vibrant community

Your

favorite

facilitator

of

imagination

✶

Your favorite facilitator of imagination ✶

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Once upon a time I was an art teacher. Now poof I’m a storyteller!

I energize schools, arts & culture, & mission-driven business to turn disengagement into connection, curiosity, and creativity through the power of storytelling.

We are meant to be fully alive in imagination & human connection.

My high-energy folktale performances, workshops & media get communities buzzing with:

  • imagination

  • engaged learning

  • social emotional skills

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Featured  Storytelling  Services

SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES & CLASS VISITS

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It’s time to celebrate! Turn your students into highly engaged learners who listen deeply, retain information, love literacy, and think outside the box.

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ARTS & CULTURE PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS

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Rev up your audiences’ imagination with performances that captivate and build authentic community, putting your mission & themes front & center.

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SPEAKING, CORPORATE EVENTS & TRAINING

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* Dynamic team building for companies & non-profits

* Performances for corporate family day events

* Professional Learning for museum & library educators

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Check Out The Podcast That Builds Creative Independence

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Check Out The Podcast That Builds Creative Independence 〰️

Screen-free creative activity time for your kids,

made easy!

The Fairy Tale Art Cart is an interactive draw along storytelling podcast where your kids become the illustrators of the stories they listen to!

This 5-star, top 100 podcast will have your kids begging for one more story!

Listen to the latest episode:

The Fairy Tale Art Cart Podcast keeps your kids independently entertained with imaginative storytelling, drawing prompts, and music filled illustration breaks.

Want to create a calm, fun screen-free environment? All you need is paper, crayons, and 20-30 minutes.

Each episode blends a folktale with creative drawing prompt breaks so that kids become the illustrators of the part of the story they just listened to.

Venture To The Podcast Page
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with your host Rachael Harrington

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UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

May

  • 10am. South Mountain Reserve Fairy Trail

  • 2pm in The Garden

  • 3-4pm. Interactive folktales for the howle family in the Riverside Park 102nd Street Fieldhouse.

  • 3:30-4:30pm. Interactive folktales and art making at the library!

  • Interactive folktales all about ELEPHANTS!

  • 3pm at Buunni Coffee, Inwood.

June

  • 3-4pm.

  • 3pm. Interactive folktales for the whole family at the Riverside Park 102nd Street Field House.

  • Old Stone House in Park Slope, BK

  • 2pm in Independence Park in Riverdale, BX

July

  • July holds lots of family time and rest for me this year, in addition to some behind the scenes buidling and the continued current season of The Fairy Tale Art Cart: Draw Along Stories For Kids.

In The Media

Bringing folk & fairy tales to life so that you can create a community buzzing with imagination and social emotional growth. Using the power of storytelling to increase engagement, literacy, vocabulary retention, and creative problem solving in students of all ages.

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