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Collecting Stories to celebrate the Dentzel Carousel’s 100th anniversary in partnership with Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture

Have you ever ridden the Dentzel Carousel at Glen Echo Park? Well we would love to hear about it! Story Tapestries is partnering with Glen Echo Park Partnerships for Arts and Culture to collect your stories in celebration of the … Continue reading

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Story Tapestries reports out about the progress of the Amplify Us! initiative to GlobalGiving

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Telling Stories, Weaving Change: a Conversation with Story Tapestries

Story Tapestries is a 501(c) non-profit located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Seeking to strengthen communities through the arts, they promote sustainable, integrated arts-based programs that provide an avenue for education and foster engagement with students of all ages and abilities. … Continue reading

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Growth requires change – check out our new look and feel!

We knew that if we were to continuously spread our impact, we had to find means of widening our reach and our voice. A new website with a refined brand was our avenue to expand this reach in the community. … Continue reading

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Powerful video stories and exciting NEWS!

In our last story, we shared with you about the Building Bridges program at Montgomery Village Middle School. To continue that story, ST Artist Jenna Murphy shares some final thoughts and reflections: That’s a wrap on Building Bridges at Montgomery … Continue reading

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Tracking Student Growth

contributed by ST Artist, Jenna Murphy Only a few weeks of rehearsals remain before the community performances of “Worlds Apart” and “Destination Unknown,” two pieces being devised with sixth-grade artists at Montgomery Village Middle School. Over the past two months, … Continue reading

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Creative Poems Build Bridges

In collaboration with Montgomery Village Middle School, Montgomery Community Media, Montgomery County Public Libraries and their nonprofit partner, Friends of the Library Montgomery County, Story Tapestries has been delivering programs thanks to funding support from the Trawick Foundation’s TeamUp grant … Continue reading

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Welcome Melissa Killeleagh to Tuesdays with StoryTapestries!

This week, we are welcoming long-time friend Melissa Killeleagh as a regular contributor to our weekly Facebook LIVE series, “Tuesdays with StoryTapestries!” Tune in Tuesday, 12/4 at 7:00pm ET on Facebook for Melissa’s first video.  We recently sat down with … Continue reading

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Rhyming and Rhythms in the Mountains of West Virginia

After our recent series of Professional Development Workshops in West Virginia the week of October 16th-20th, we asked artist Bomani Armah to share his experience: “The ultimate goal for me as an artist and educator is to make sure my … Continue reading

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Clear out old electronics and support education with one click!

Need to make room before the holidays? UPCYCLE old electronics! Old cell phones, abandoned digital cameras, outdated laptops – you name it, they take it and turn your “junk” into a gift that keeps on giving! Just visit our page … Continue reading

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