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QUEEN NUR

 

Queen Nur is a nationally renown storyteller and teaching artist. Sharing her gift, she has performed in venues from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to Equity Theater on Broadway, from the National Black Storytelling Festival to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro. She has been the recipient of MidAtlantic Artist as Catalyst Grants for her work with Teens-at-Risk and Women’s Shelters.

The mother of three and grandmother of one, Queen received her B.S.from Northeastern University, a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Harvard Law School, and has taken post-graduate courses in African-American Studies and Folklore at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches Storytelling at Rutgers Camden’s Artist/Teacher Institute.

Queen has recorded 2 CDs. “Sweet Potato Pie and Such,” is an IParenting Media Golden Award Winner. “Live and Storified,” for teens an up, was recorded at the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center in Camden, NJ.

A more detailed artistic resume can be found here.

 

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