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Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller
- 47, Female
- Shreveport
- United States
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Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller's Groups
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Poet Go Round
33 members
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Clubs & Venues
39 members
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Magazines-ezines-journ...
13 members
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller's Discussions
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller's Page
Latest Activity
In these interesting "times" I am spending most of my time and energy working the sites that get me paying gigs and sales, sadly none of the ning rings I am in have done that when I was working them regularly and hard. Feel free to email me jb@bal...
Profile Information
- What type of NWO artist are you
- writer, performer, supporter, art lover, actor, visual artist, designer
- Who refered you to join The NWO
- Bunches of folks so I gave in and signed up!
- Tell us about yourself
- I am a storyteller in the oral tradition, the written tradition and thru my art.
Now booking for WINTER and SPRING!
Festivals, Events, Parties, Family & Friends get-togethers and Holidays.
For photographic memories, storytelling, spoken word or art and folk art jewelry vending as well as workshops
email ~ jb@ballardsbytes.com
Joanna Ballard's Bio
Joanna Ballard’s blend of original stories, poetry, folk tales and fairy tales from around the world along with her unique performance delights both young and old. Ms. Ballard engages the audience in dialog and often gets them to participate with her in the art of storytelling.
Joanna is a Northwest Louisiana native and current member of the Trapped Truth Society, the Shreveport Writers’ Registry, the Red River Storytellers, the Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery, and founding member of the West Edge Artists Co-op. Ms. Ballard began her storytelling and writing career before she could even read or write by creating her own songs and stories. She was first published at the age of 16 and has been widely published and won numerous contests. Joanna earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a Theater Minor from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia AR in 1986. Her lifelong love of words and stories carries over in her enthusiastic storytelling adding flair and flavor to her shows.
Joanna Ballard also shares her stories in other formats as an artist intertwining her love for words and color digitally in her own self styled “poetic art”. This art has grown out of her talent and enjoyment in sharing her stories thru web design and photography. For more details visit Ms. Ballard's website http://www.ballardsbytes.com or email her at jb@ballardsbytes.com
Artist Statement
Words and their origins, textures, sounds, and symbols have always fascinated me. I was making up songs and stories, even before I could read and write, as well as questioning where words came from and why and how people, places, and things got their names. I have always been fascinated by color, especially the vibrant colors around me in Northwest Louisiana. Until the internet came along, I was never satisfied with what came out of my hands onto the page with drawing and traditional art the “stories” never came out quite right.
The internet combined with my photography has given me free range with blending my words with sight and sound (spoken word and music) in an exciting way to share my visual ‘stories”. I had never considered taking them away from the web and blending them for display till a few years ago. I am constantly exploring and experimenting. I often combine different photos taken with different cameras and at times add my poetry to the mix in an attempt to get my visual “stories” just right. There is no telling where my imagination and creativity will take me and my visual “stories”!
As far as oral storytelling goes, people and their stories have always intrigued me. I agree with Mark Twain who said "There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy." I love listening and learning from others of life and in particular their own stories which often find their way dressed up and rearranged in my oral storytelling art.
Words, sounds and color, to me, are exciting mysterious and challenging in any medium! I enjoy exploring and sharing my “stories” in many avenues to a wide and varied audience.
Harmony and Peace,
Joanna Ballard ~ Storyteller/Artist
Ballard's Bytes
PO Box 44494
Shreveport LA 71134
318.868.2840
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"Well, now we have seen each other," said the unicorn "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" Lewis Carroll
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by Joanna Ballard with music by Henry Turner Jr. recorded at Turner's Recording StudioCD, MP3's and chapbooks also available @ www.ballardsbytes.com
Joanna Ballard
Speaks up at the Speakeasy Cafe' Thursdays 4 PM PST 7 PM EST | Reads at Re-Verse Every other SUNDAY12 PM PST 3PM EST |
http://www.myspace.com/thespeakeasycafe
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Apologies
In these interesting "times" I am spending most of my time and energy working the sites that get me paying gigs and sales, sadly none of the ning rings I am in have done that when I was working them regularly and hard. Feel free to email me jb@ballardsbytes.com or message me on any of the sites below. My apologies for missed messages and comments.
Thanks for your understanding and support!
Harmony and Peace,
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller/Artist
jb@ballardsbytes.com
Ballard's Bytes… Continue
Thanks for your understanding and support!
Harmony and Peace,
Joanna Ballard ~ Louisiana Storyteller/Artist
jb@ballardsbytes.com
Ballard's Bytes… Continue
Posted on September 18, 2009 at 2:33am —
The Lost One (Poem)
Surprise, I can't sleep again, more than one young person of late has told me. "I'm lost." Sooooooooo thus this is born ....
Enjoy!?
The Lost One
You catch him
in the
corner of
your eye.
Bald,
pierced,
tattooed.
Apparently
juiced,
high,
or
a nut,
with a
screw
loose.
Someone
else's
problem.
A lost
one.
You don't
dare
care.… Continue
Enjoy!?
The Lost One
You catch him
in the
corner of
your eye.
Bald,
pierced,
tattooed.
Apparently
juiced,
high,
or
a nut,
with a
screw
loose.
Someone
else's
problem.
A lost
one.
You don't
dare
care.… Continue
Posted on January 30, 2009 at 1:26am —
My Dream Eye (Poem)
I couldn't sleep last night soooooooooooooo I wrote *shrug*
Enjoy!?
My Dream Eye
is out of focus.
When I
try
to
adjust,
blurs,
whirs,
nonsensical
kaleidoscopic
bursts.
By Joanna Ballard
January 27, 2009
© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved. No reproduction of this material, in any form or medium, is permitted without express permission of the author.
Enjoy!?
My Dream Eye
is out of focus.
When I
try
to
adjust,
blurs,
whirs,
nonsensical
kaleidoscopic
bursts.
By Joanna Ballard
January 27, 2009
© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved. No reproduction of this material, in any form or medium, is permitted without express permission of the author.
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 1:02pm —
History is Made (Poem)
Maybe it is just my cynical idealism, ... maybe it is folks the world over pining hopes on one human being with all the frailties and glory being human entails, ... maybe just maybe it is all the stories I am entrusted with the unsung heroes and heroines, that NEVER make the news, that have fallen in wide cracks of our justice and medical systems, ... maybe it is the reality of the good ole boys network, wars, poverty, injustice, ... maybe the stories I know and can do nothing but weep over .… Continue
Posted on January 20, 2009 at 4:03am —
Do You (Poem)
Do You
Know
the need
to make
music
that
swims
in
colors?
Can You
grasp
the yearning
to build
words
that
dance
in
pictures?
Can you
realize
the compulsion
to share
my visions
in ways
the soul
can
taste,
sensualize,
know?
Do you?
By Joanna Ballard
January 17, 2009
© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved.… Continue
Know
the need
to make
music
that
swims
in
colors?
Can You
grasp
the yearning
to build
words
that
dance
in
pictures?
Can you
realize
the compulsion
to share
my visions
in ways
the soul
can
taste,
sensualize,
know?
Do you?
By Joanna Ballard
January 17, 2009
© 2009, Joanna Ballard. All rights reserved.… Continue
Posted on January 18, 2009 at 1:00am —
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