Alison B is an educator, artist and storyteller with over thirty years of experience engaging children and adults.
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Alison B has been performing, teaching and creating unique programming for all ages for over 30 years. Best known for her Ghost Stories and her one woman show Deconstructing Barbie, she’s shared stories with children and adults in museums, independent bookstores, schools, libraries, theatres, and festivals from Pittsburgh to New York City, often accompanied by her original puppets. Alison has collaborated and held residencies with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Museum of Art, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Frick Art & Historical Center, First Night Pittsburgh, Attack Theatre, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, Gateway to the Arts and the Mattress Factory. Alison has over three decades of teaching experience in public, private and charter school settings and universites. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership in the Arts from Bank Street College of Education and Parsons School of Design in New York City. She holds PA certification in Early Childhood and Art K-12, and has been a certified yoga instructor since 2000.
What People Are Saying
“All of the teachers have commented that yours is the best program that we have come to our school!”
— Pam P.
“Alison brings a great combination of traits that make her an outstanding teacher. She is confident, intelligent, and eloquent. Alison’s delivery of instruction demonstrates expertise while letting me, as the learner, feel confident that I can do it too. My young daughter and I both have enjoyed learning with Alison. In her classes, I always think to myself, “She is going to help me know how to do this thing!.”
— Lisa W.
“She is engaging, energetic, and empathetic to student needs and concerns..”