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<\/a>Welcome to my website: <\/strong>Here’s a bit about me:
– Adventurous creator working in literary and visual arts
– Author of non-fiction prose and poetry touching readers with sensory experiences
– Inspiring storyteller writing and performing personal experience stories for adults
– Vibrant educator in front of classrooms, in-person and online
– Ever-evolving fine artist exhibiting my original fine art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storytelling<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As a spoken-word performing artist I touch audiences with unique personal narrative stories that tap into sensory experiences and universal themes. My work is compelling, layered, and can be humorous. I inspire audiences on journeys from loss to redemption or defying stereotypes to personal empowerment. With messages about creativity and resilience, passionately delivered, audiences tell me they are inspired by my deep reflections, expressed in poetic and innovative ways. They tell me I\u2019ve beautifully recited my life\u2019s complexities and how touched they are to hear them. Storytelling engages active listening, communicates ideas, builds trust, plus it generates meaning and community. To learn more about my storytelling, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where else but through story, artfully told, could you sit in one place and travel decades and across the globe, artfully and heartfelt. Thank you for your story Adair.<\/p>\n\u2013 Denise Page, Equity Coach, Consultant, and Story Artist\/Women Tell: Our Stories Through the Decades<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sharing stimulating information in programs, workshops, and classrooms for students of all ages. Inspiring and expanding ways of thinking and how to communicate unique points of view. I teach in a non-judgmental and energizing manner that encourages individual expression. To learn more about my teaching, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adair is an excellent teacher, engaging speaker, and experienced instructor … Adair really knows her stuff and I would be delighted to have her return to our class!<\/p>\n\u2013 Mike Barlow, Adjunct Professor, University of Bridgeport<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Writing<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As a force for good, I have a deep love and empathy for humankind and the natural world. My prose and poems are inspired by place. I can grapple with and untangle true and challenging issues with messages of hope and healing. I also express profound connection with nature. My writing is selected for publication in books and in online big tent e-publications. To learn more about my writing, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adair your story is wonderful and a beautiful honoring of the deeper relationship we can have with our animal allies.<\/p>\n\u2013 Sacred Stories Publishing and Media<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Artwork<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

With a rich background in the fine arts and as an award-winning, exhibiting artist for decades, I lost 50 years of my work in a silent flood in 2018. After the flood I challenged myself to create solely from materials and supplies that survived the flood or what I create digitally. I’m currently working in printmaking, photography, and mixed media as well as exhibiting decades-old work that survived the flood. It turns out they still have important visual stories to tell! To learn more about my artwork, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve admired and collected Adair\u2019s fine art for 30 years. Her art speaks to me of honesty, thoughtfulness, energy, and peace, and at times a humorous spoof.<\/p>\n\u2013 Patrice Barrett, Painter and Printmaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Live storytelling, The Story Collider, Under St. Marks Theatre, NYC, photo Arin Sang-Urai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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