Storytelling and Southern Identity with members of The Moth

Inspired by the art of storytelling in the exhibitions Frank Fleming: Between Fantasy and Reality and Inherited Scars: A Meditation on the Southern Gothic, the Museum hosts an evening of southern storytelling in partnership with Arclight of Birmingham.

6:00 – 7:00 pm Local storytellers perform stories live
7:00 – 8:00 pm Catherine Burns and Tricia Rose Burt of The Moth share stories and discuss the roots of storytelling in the South

Cash Bar

For more information or to submit a story, email kpgreenwood@artsbma.org.

What is The Moth?

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. At the center of each performance is, of course, the story – and The Moth’s directors work with each storyteller to find, shape, and present it.

Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.

This performance is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.