Statewide
(Note: many other performers listed in specific regions serve a wider area; the performers listed here simply specifically serve the whole state.)
New Mexico Humanities Council Chautauqua Players and Speakers.The Chautauqua scholar, acting in character, relates the period history and spins yarns, sings songs, and recounts personal events, all with the voice of firsthand experience. The speakers bureau offers talks from archeology to cultural differences, from regional and individual histories to land use issues, with the speakers helping your group enjoy a lively discussion of the subject at hand. Through NMHC subsidies, these programs are inexpensive for libraries!
Statewide
Phone: 505-277-3705
Email: info@nmhum.org
Website: http://www.nmhum.org/
Storytellers of New Mexico. A comprehensive list of storytellers in NM, complete with contact information.
http://www.infoway.org/STNM/membersList.asp
Treasure Trunks. New Mexico Museum Resource's educational trunks filled with authentic artifacts and educational materials. Over 20 trunks available for free delivery anywhere in NM. To book contact Jamie Brytowski, Statewide Outreach Coordinator, Treasure Trunks, Museum Resources, Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Phone: 505-476-1171
Email: Jamie.brytowski@state.nm.us
Website: http://www.museumeducation.org/program_details.php?templateID=003&programID=012
Van of Enchantment,Culture To Go. Museum of New Mexico RV with artifacts and materials from the state’s museums and monuments. The Van of Enchantments brings its contents and activities to life with dynamic activities free of charge. Contact Amanda Lujan, Van of Enchantment Coordinator
Phone: 505-476-1164
Email amanda.lujan123@state.nm.us
http://www.museumeducation.org/program_details.php?templateID=004&programID=011
Zoo to You. Presented by the Rio Grande Zoo as a free traveling, statewide conservation education program available to school, community center, library, or museum in NM. Presentations include slides, biofacts, and animal ambassadors such as birds, reptiles, and mammals. See http://www.cabq.gov/biopark/common/teacherresource.html Schedule at least six weeks in advance.
Phone: 505-764-6245
Website: http://www.cabq.gov
Northeast
Dramareaders Acting Class. Dramareaders lets elementary-age people take turns reading aloud and acting to narrate the story while other act out what is read, switching roles. Contact Caroline Rackley.
Las Vegas
Phone: 505-425-6092
Northwest
Paulette Atencio.Atencio grew up in Penasco, N.M., and has been presenting authentic traditional Hispanic stories for 23 years. Her shows are augmented with costumes, music and sound effects. Now living in Chama, N.M., she also has published a pair of books – “Cuentos From My Childhood,” and “Cuentos From Long Ago.”
Chama
Phone: 575-756-2207
Website: http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/people/atencio.html
Sunny Dooley,(Navajo) Storyteller. Sunny Dooley is a Native Dine’ from a community called Chi Chil’ Tah (Where the Oaks Grow). The stories she tells are stories that have been told for generations from her matrilineal clan of the Saltwater People Clan. Having Dine’ as her first language, Miss Dooley interprets her People’s stories in English with their entire rich cultural, traditional, and historical context.
Window Rock, AZ
Phone: 505-722-0862
Jan Macek. Snake Conservation. Many native nonvenomous snakes. Her goal is to try to make people understand that snakes are wonderful creatures and nothing to fear. They are more afraid of us than we should be of them. Even rattlesnakes are not that fearsome when one educates themselves about venomous snakes. Free programs geared to children and adults. Los Alamos/Santa Fe/Espanola or anywhere she is needed.
Phone: 505-470-0907
Email: Ssmacek@aol.com
Mysto the Magi, Mitch Harwood. Mysto the Magi combines his experience as a teacher, magician, and public speaker to create a standards-based program that gives children a new excitement and appreciation for reading.
Durango, CO
Phone: 970-259-1367
Email: mystothemagi@hotmail.com
http://www.mystothemagi.com/
Ken Nebel. An illustrator from Los Alamos, Ken Nebel takes children on an adventure artistically through fairy tales, picture books, and book jackets. He loves folk tales and telling stories, and his artwork mirrors that love.
Los Alamos
Phone: 815-298-8691
Email: kennebel@hotmail.com
Luke Renner, New MexicoYo-Yo Slinger. Mr. Renner has over 18 years of yo-yo performance experience from the streets of Berlin to the coasts of California. He began performing as a yo-yo man at the Farmington Public Library back in 1991 after winning a yo-yo contest in Durango, Colorado. Performances are a combination of expert skill on a string complete with a magical touch.
Farmington
Phone: 505-564-8331
Email: LukeRennerStringSlinger@live.com
Website: http://www.lukerenneryoyomagic.com/
Voss & Osborne. "Singing America's History" through historic folk and popular music. Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne have performed in schools, libraries, museums, festivals, and concerts coast-to-coast for 30 years. Programs include "By the Bend of the River," "Singing Green," "All In, Down & Out: The Great Depression in Song & Story," "I Want to Be Bad: The Flapper & Her Song," "The Ragtime Century."
Aztec
Phone: 505-334-9716 or toll-free, 866-245-9743
Email: mail@janevoss.net
Website: http://www.janevoss.net
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. Great wolf education programs featuring a live wolf. Audiences of all ages seem to enjoy this. Located in the high-desert country of New Mexico, Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary provides a permanent home to over fifty wolves and wolf-dogs. Their mission is three-fold: to educate the public, to rescue abused and abandoned captive-bred wolves and wolf-dogs and to provide our residents with permanent, safe sanctuary.
Ramah
Phone: 505-775-3304
Email: info@wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org
Website: http://www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org/
Southeast
Travis Erwin. This Eastern New Mexico University music faculty member presents an engaging, interactive guitar performance.
Portales
Email: Travis.Erwin@enmu.edu
Website: http://www.myspace.com/aprilshade
Lynette Harris, Sandhill Sage: Tales of Wisdom. Drawing from children’s literature, folk tales, and her own experiences, Ms. Harris chooses stories that feel right from the beginning. Blending the rhythm of her drum and the spoken word, her enchanting stories captivate listeners. Ms. Harris also is a first grade teacher and coaches an after school storytelling youth group.
Portales
Email: lsharris@yucca.net
Andy Mason. Popular musician from Portales with guitar and song. Great with kids (and adults too!).
Portales
Phone: 575-356-2191
Email: kewsdad@hotmail.com
Website: http://andymasonmusic.org/index2.htm
Southwest
Terry Alvarez. “The Gypsy Storyteller” provides entertainment through story dance. Kindergarten age children to seniors. Tells folk tales, fariy tales, and New Mexico tales. Also perform Gypsy-style Middle Eastern dance.
Las Cruces
Phone: 575-526-5940
Asombro Institute for Science Education. This nonprofit organization strives to foster an understanding of the Chihuahuan Desert through a wide variety of educational programs. They are very professional, and have a whole list of programs for different age groups.
Las Cruces
Phone: 575-524-3334
Email: information@asombro.org
Website: http://asombro.org/
Jamie O’Hara, “The Magic Guy.”Jamie O’Hara is a popular performer who entertains with illusions and magic. He brings smiles and loud laughter wherever he goes, and loves to include the audience in his shows.
Las Cruces
Phone: 800-848-4752
Email: jamieohara@aol.com
Website: http://themagicguy.com/TMG_NEw/Welcome.html
Karuna Warren and the New World Drummers. Lively African drumming performances and workshops.
Las Cruces
Phone: 1-575-523-0664
Website: http://www.myspace.com/karunaw
