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Two years after the first festival, Smith founded the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS), [1] an organization that led America's storytelling renaissance. In 1994, the name of the organization was shortened to the National Storytelling Association (NSA). [2]
Two years after the first Festival, Smith founded the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation, [4] the organization that would become the International Storytelling Center. [5] In 2002, ISC opened a facility in downtown Jonesborough that serves as a headquarters for the organization and a beacon for storytelling throughout ...
Regan-Blake is well-known for her role as part of The Folktellers storytelling duo. She was a founding member of the National Storytelling Network or NSN (formerly the National Association for the Preservation and the Perpetuation of Storytelling or NAPPS). Regan-Blake served as the Artistic Director from 1975 until 1983.
Several other storytelling organizations started in the U.S. during the 1970s. One such organization was the National Association for the Perpetuation and Preservation of Storytelling (NAPPS), now the National Storytelling Network (NSN) and the International Storytelling Center (ISC).
Jimmy Neil Smith, the founder of the National Storytelling Festival (and the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation, [10] which would later become the International Storytelling Center), refers to DeSpain as “a pioneer of the American renaissance in storytelling.”
Davis received the Circle of Excellence award in 1996 from the National Storytelling Network after being recognized by his peers as a master storyteller. [citation needed] He is the former Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Storytelling Association and has been a featured teller at the Smithsonian Institution and the World’s ...
Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 1982, followed in 1984 by the creation of the National Association of Black Storytellers. [13] Goss served as the Association's first president, from 1984–1991. [ 12 ]
She is a regular performer at the National Storytelling Festival. She was selected as a "Listener's Choice" at the 30th Anniversary National Storytelling Festival and a Storyteller-In-Residence at the International Storytelling Center. She was the first recipient of the John Henry Faulk Award from the Tejas Storytelling Association.