Storyteller Clara Kamunde: Afri-Crafty Tales

About this event

Kenyan-born performer Clara Kamunde will ignite your imagination with African “How & Why” and “Origins” tales! **About Clara Kamunde:** Clara Kamunde is an Oakland-based, Kenyan-born cultural worker practicing at the intersection of arts education and social justice. Her career began with the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles where, as a grantee for the Artist-In-The-Community program, she collaborated with community organizations to produce and present site-integrated programming in urban parks, recreation areas and historic sites, and schools located in underserved communities throughout Greater Los Angeles. For her contribution in supporting access to quality arts programming with DCA, she was awarded an Honorary Citation by the City of Los Angeles. She was formerly a fellow at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State University where she earned a master’s degree in Creativity Studies. The power of creativity and play to catalyze personal change inspires Clara’s work. Clara brings her experiences to the classroom to encourage play-based self-realization and to enable individuals and communities to thrive. **About Storytelling:** Storytelling is telling stories--without using a book. * It's an ancient art form that predates libraries, and books, and writing. * It's not necessarily for children! * Traditional-style storytelling creates unique images in the mind of each listener. * According to the [National Storytelling Network](https://storynet.org/), "storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. In storytelling, the listener imagines the story.” * According to the [Storytelling Association of California](https://www.storysaac.org/) (an organization dedicated to promoting storytelling as a living art form), storytelling is “orally passing on adventures, wisdom, experiences, surprise, history, laughter,…