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Share "Spoken Stories Creating Community." FGCU Storytelling presents oral storytelling events as a performance art, community art, healing art. Produced by Dr. Joel Ying and Prof. Lori Cornelius for the Dept of Language and Literature and the Dept of Integrated Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). Sponsored by Seidler Foundation, Wasmer Art Gallery, Florida Storytelling Association.
Description
Tim Tingle is an Oklahoma Choctaw and an award-winning author and storyteller. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and his paternal grandmother attended a series of rigorous Indian boarding schools in the early 1900’s. In 1993, Tingle retraced the Trail of Tears to Choctaw homelands in Mississippi and began recording stories of tribal elders. www.timtingle.com
Date & Time
Tue, Jan 30, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Details
Florida Gulf Coast University Art Galleries, Wasmer Art Gallery, Arts Complex
10501 FGCU Boulevard SouthFort Myers, Florida 33965
