Bowen Lee Creative
Storyteller, Artist, Educator
Bowen Lee Creative
Storyteller, Artist, Educator
I have this very big need to educate people - to tell them about things they don’t know.
Somehow, I think this is helpful. If people know more, the world will be a better place.
But it doesn’t always work that way. The things people know can make them flip and flop, and the world can get worse as well as better.
That is the power of story. More often than not, stories can transform people. Stories give people a hook to anchor themselves to something new and make it their own by reflection, connection, insight.
That is the power of art. Art is a frame around what the artist observes and that frame is a window to look through to other worlds.
Education for humanism and a culture of peace requires stories and art. In stories and art we find the truth living in the hearts of people.
Historical Chautauqua - Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mt. Everest
Family Friendly Stories for Schools, Libraries, workshops, Community Events
Workshops for professional development
Fine Art and Illustration - Janice’s Cat- Oil
Food Art
Event Decoration - The Golden Gate Bridge at Balance the Bay
Author
Chinese American Historical Fiction
Online serialized novels about my pioneer Chinese American family.
SERVICES
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Bowen Lyam Lee has been on the stage of regional and national storytelling events, conducts workshops for educators, and performs virtually with national, international, and regional programs. She has won numerous national story slams and been a National Storytelling Network Grand Slam winner. She is a Chautauqua scholar who has performed Asian women of history, including Anna May Wong and Bowen’s great grandmother, who was born and raised in the Chinese fishing village of Monterey. Bowen specializes in historical, educational, and environmental storytelling.
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Bowen Lyam Lee was a freelance Natural Science Illustrator for museums, science journals, and non-profits. Among her clients are Long Marine Lab of UC Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Regional Parks, Pt Reyes National Seashore, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Apple, the Oakland Museum, and the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. She was an event designer for several years and did dances, weddings, and special events, including Foggy Moon Contra weekend, Balance the Bay, and Contra Cruz. Her food art has graced tables at contra dance camps, parties, and for the Philip Glass Festival in Carmel and Big Sur.
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Bowen retired as a public school teacher for 35 years, teaching k-12 and adult education, specializing in English language development, science and environmental education. Bowen individualizes instruction to meet the needs and goals of individuals and small groups. She delivers guided instruction with complex concepts and sequences broken down into small parts that are modeled and repeated until the learner is comfortable and confident to proceed. Her teaching is highly creative and learning with her, especially for challenging components of a lesson, is fun. She weaves story, art, and information together to engage, encourage, and deepen learning in core educational standards and emotional intelligences.
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Bowen Lyam Lee is the author of Stories For Climate Change: Sparking Dialogue About Taking Climate Action.
Bowen is the author and illustrator for The Golden Fish
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