From Amity Region 5 Schools: Connecticut author and story-teller Matthew Dicks will visit Amity Regional High School next week to present two master classes in the art of storytelling. Matthew Dicks is the author of several novels, including Something Missing, Unexpectedly Milo, and The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, and his new release Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling. His book, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, was nominated for a Connecticut Nutmeg Award. He has performed as a storyteller around the country and has won the Moth StorySLAM more than twenty times.
Matthew will speak to students from Amity’s English Language Arts classes involved in creative writing and literary analysis and will discuss the process for creating written and oral narratives. Students who have prepared stories will have the opportunity to perform and receive feedback from this seasoned story-teller. At the end of the school day, a Storytelling Slam, open to the entire student body, will be held.
The event will be hosted by Amity librarians Robert Musco and Victoria Hulse, and made possible by the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation. More information about the Foundation’s mission and work can be found at: jamiehulleyartsfund.org. This event is not open to the public.
