Morgan and her husband, visual artist Roman Schatz, offer storytelling-based arts residencies to schools and communities. These include individual and collaborative creations, concerts and exhibitions, tailored to your curriculum requirements. The contention that Art and Storytelling are global languages lies at the heart of their storytelling based arts programmes. As such, these ‘languages’ can be expressed and understood by students of all cultures, abilities and ages.

Nurturing children as storytellers addresses three key areas of their educational development; oral, cultural and language literacy. Respectively it assists in the development of their receptive and expressive language skills, provides a credible basis for their understanding of folklore, cultural traditions and social values, as well as offering a sound foundation for their pursuit of, and their competency, in reading and writing.

When storytelling is partnered with art and music, students develop additional communication skills and cultural awareness, as well as visual and information literacy, and an understanding of art and music history, mathematics and philosophy. As well as academic outcomes, storytelling based arts programmes offer a universal and inclusive pedagogy. They challenge prejudices, celebrate diversity and promote tolerance and resilience in the participants. Please visit our gallery to see examples of student work.