Dianne Hackworth

Dianne says “Storytelling transports us out of ourselves to a place of enchantment and back again… with a better understanding of who we are… or can be.”

Although she has honed her skills with a Master’s degree in Storytelling, Dianne comes to storytelling naturally, having learned many of her stories from her parents and grandparents. She keeps all these stories alive by passing them on to you!  As well as telling stories for programs and festivals, she also shows others their own hidden talent for storytelling. She teaches story-telling classes at John C. Campbell Folkschool, is an artist in residence in the schools of western North Carolina through the Mountain Arts Program, and provides storytelling workshops throughout the southeast region. Dianne is included in the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Directory and is on the South Carolina Arts Commissions Approved Artists Roster and The Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts in Education Artist Roster. 

            Dianne Hackworth blends Multi-culture Folktales with Appalachian Tales, Musical Ballads and more. She uses storytelling not only as exciting entertainment, but also as an educational method and a way of preserving and recounting the past. Hackworth offers confidence, encouragement, and guidance to others enabling them to tell their own stories. Through her exhilarating tales and teaching, Hackworth encourages everyone to participate in one of the world’s oldest art forms.
 

Media by Dianne Hackworth:

Tales And Tunes

Mountain Tales