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Imaginations Soar With
Christine Petrell Kallevig
Together as one,
Two arts combined,
Doubles the fun!
Storytelling + Origami = Storigami
Originally intended as a fun addition to her children’s novels, Storigami instead evolved into an enticing experience that captivates audiences and sends them hurtling back and forth across an enchanted bridge connecting language with art, a bridge where you definitely want to let your fingers do the walking.
HOW? Christine relies heavily on her background as a former classroom teacher and music therapist when she selects material that's appropriate for various ages and settings. Teaching creative writing and simple origami techniques are both a part of every Storigami session, but she also likes to donate more elaborate origami models to the schools she visits.
The Origami Dog Sled Team pictured here is a sculpture Christine designed specially for a school in Alaska during a visit in April 2004. She's also folded origami safari animals like this lion, giraffe, and African elephant.
Other recent gifts to schools included falcons, wolves, bulldogs, cardinals, dragons, bears, eagles, black panthers, tigers, elk, and bison. Most were special origami mascots in school colors for school media centers, principal desks, or lobby showcases.
The most unusual origami sculpture Christine Kallevig made in 2007 was a Ceramic for Crooksville K-8 School (Crooksville, Ohio).
Their mascot is a man at a potter's wheel. 
An interesting origami challenge in 2008 was designing an origami Railroader for a school in Garrett, Indiana. 2009 introduced two design opportunities: a Redford, Michigan St. Valentine's Volt (she created a spinning three-dimensional flash of blue and white lightening) and a Smethport, Pennsylvania Hubber, which she constructed out of twelve interlocking origami smiles in alternating school colors. Christine visited schools in Washington DC in 2010 and gave them each an origami bald eagle folded out of wallpaper, one of her favorite folding media.
WHY? Kids love origami, but they need stories:
- Stories touch hearts and feed minds.
- Stories peel away layers of resistance and false sophistication.
- Stories reveal roots of intelligence and creativity.
What are some other educational benefits resulting from the combination of origami and language? Storigami is good for our brains! When a story is illustrated by progressive origami folds, recalling the events of the story is the same as recalling the steps necessary to create the origami figure. Short-term memory is greatly enhanced, the whole brain is activated, and everyone has fun while learning exciting, new paper folding skills. Click here to download more information about the educational, developmental, and emotional benefits of combining origami and stories.
WHO? Christine Petrell Kallevig presents literary programs and storytelling workshops at schools, libraries, museums, churches, festivals, and conferences throughout the world. Although her audiences are usually young authors themselves, she loves to speak to "young at heart" adults as well, especially at holiday banquets, art festivals, storytelling events, or association meetings. Creative writing techniques, such as how to research, edit, and develop characters are included in every school program and author visit.
Read news articles and see photos of Christine Petrell Kallevig in action:
- Origami Fun at an Indiana School
- Leaping into Literacy for an Ohio Right to Read Week
- Origami Adventures at the Akron, Ohio Art Museum
- Christine Kallevig presents Storigami at Children's Book Festival in Toledo, Ohio
- Christine Petrell Kallevig accepts the Florence Temko Award in New York City
- Origami Storytelling in Elementary School Education
- Storigami at Cornwall Elementary's Art in Our School Day in Cornwall, PA
| Christine Kallevig is presenting programs in:
If you would like a discounted author visit or Storigami presentation near any of these locations, call 440-838-4881 immediately to add your school or library to her schedule while she's touring through your area. |
WHERE? 
Save travel fees by booking Christine Petrell Kallevig when she's traveling through your area. She appeared in several regions throughout the world during the last few years and is currently accepting bookings for visits internationally and nationwide for 2012 and 2013.
Many private and public schools, art organizations, storytelling associations, and libraries have enjoyed special discounts and saved money by joining together to sponsor literacy workshops, author visits, and Storigami presentations.
upcoming Storigami performances
Send your booking request to foldalong@att.net
Act now to reserve your preferred date!
There are almost always last-minute openings for schools within driving distance from Cleveland, Ohio, especially in Western New York, Western Pennsylvania, Southern Michigan, Eastern Indiana, and anywhere in Ohio. Contact Christine Kallevig ASAP and she'll try hard to fit an author visit or spontaneous Storigami performance into her travel calendar. For some amazing BEST EVER origami jet plane instructions, Click Here!
Interested in Christine Kallevig's new presentations about Ohio public art? She believes in the educational values inherent in all art forms, so she's written wonderful new student workbooks and teacher guides called OUR SCULPTURES OURSELVES. They reveal the hidden and often forgotten facts about historical Ohio monuments and sculptures, such as the amazing Guardians of Traffic and The Free Stamp in Cleveland, Ohio.
It's easy to involve your children or students in this new public art curriculum. Simply order individual workbooks or classroom sets with a credit card at the Storytime Online Store. Do you need to be reimbursed by grant, discretionary, or PTA funds? You can also download a purchase order form to submit through your district's official purchasing channels.
SPECIAL NEWS FOR OHIO ART TEACHERS: Christine Kallevig presented the workshop, Northeast Ohio Public Sculptures: The Stories They Tell, Nov. 12, 2009 at the Ohio Art Education Association Conference in Cleveland, OH. Lesson Plans she distributed at her workshop are available to download.
CONTACT: Click HERE for complete descriptions Call (440) 838-4881 or send an E-Mail to foldalong@att.net for references and availability.
Christine's Origami Crane Necklace: All the books in the blue Amazon.com box (above) feature origami as an important part of the plot and are recommended as followup books after Christine's school author visits. Your school or public library probably already has most of them. Plan ahead. Reserve them to enjoy after Christine's visit. You'll be amazed at how much your students learned about origami during her live Storigami presentation.
of Christine's school visits, conference presentations, and other storytelling programs, including fees, recommended ages, group size limits, and references - or keep reading and then follow the PRESENTATION DETAILS link near the bottom of the page.
Christine's Amazing Fabric Origami Hat Band:
See close-up photos of the eight fabric origami models on her hat band.
Christine often wears a crane necklace along with her fabric origami frog necklace when she tells Storigami tales during school author visits. The necklace is almost as popular as the origami stories! Christine is always asked where it can be purchased. Well - all you have to do is click on the Amazon.com link above to buy a similar crane charm to wear with your own silver chain.
Christine Petrell Kallevig is welcomed warmly and creatively at the schools she visits. Check out some of the origami posters, window displays, and bulletin boards students have created:
Christine is honored by such creative students, teachers, and librarians!
Who knows what surprises await her next visit?
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