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.