"From scripture to fairy tale, cartoons to cyberbullying, the raw power of stories to inspire and enchant, spread lies or to inform, simply has no equal. THE ART OF STORYTELLING: Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth was the American Visionary Art Museum's supremely original exhibition featuring embroidery, diorama, sculpture, film, graffiti, and PostSecret confession—promoting all manner of acute 'visual listening' and delight for the whole family. A major educational component was in joining forces with educators to help prevent student cyber-bullying and to celebrate Maryland’s passage of “Grace’s Law” - among America’s strongest anti-bullying, civility, legislation. The embroidered first person testimony of Holocaust survivor, Esther Krinitz, with their heartbreaking tenderness, formed the exhibition’s heart, along with tiny fairy furniture formed out of gathered woodland materials, the multi-decade creations of Mike and Debbie Schramer." - Founder, Director, and Chief Curator, Rebecca Hoffberger