Barbara G. Schutzgruber

Awards

2000
- Parents' Choice Gold Award: Still a bit of sugar but even MORE SPICE (CD)
- Storytelling World Award Honor Title: "Three Coins" (from Ladies' Night Out - CD)

1996 - Storytelling World Awards Honor Tape: String Things... stories, games and fun! (Video)

1994 - American Library Association Notable Recording: Voices on the Wind (audio cassette)

1991 - Parents' Choice Gold Award: Trickster Tales from around the world (audio cassette)

Over 2,000 Performances include:

• Senior Centers, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, Libraries and Hospitals including Residential and Correctional Facilities
• Radio and Cable Television
• Festivals
• Concert Emcee

• 1994-2006 - Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Program
• 2003 - Friday Caberet, Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
• 2002 - Jackson Storyfest, Jackson, Michigan
  - Ghost Stories Concert, Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
• 2000-03 - Michigan's Great Outdoors Culture Tour
• 2001 - Storytelling Festival at The Ark, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1999 - Jackson Storyfest, Jackson, Michigan
  - Saturday Evening Concert, Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Dubuque, Iowa
  - Storytelling Festival at the Ark, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1998 - Detroit Institute of Arts "Beastly Delights - Animals of the Ancient World", Detroit, Michigan
  - Albuquerque Public Library (15 branches), Albuquerque, New Mexico
  - Jungle Tales - An Urban Storytelling Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  - Detroit Institute of Arts "Splendors of Ancient Egypt", Detroit, Michigan
• 1997 - Regional Concert - National Storytelling Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1996 - Detroit Institute of Arts "Woven Splendor 500 years of European Tapestries", Detroit, Michgan
• 1995 - Jackson Storyfest, Jackson, Michigan
  - Corn Island Storytelling Festival, Louisville, Kentucky
  - Northern Prairie Storytelling Festival, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• 1993 - Corn Island Storytelling Festival, Louisville, Kentucky
• 1992 - Renaissance City Storyfest, Detroit, Michigan
  - Corn Island Storytelling Festival (New Teller), Louisville, Kentucky
• 1990 - Storytelling Festival at the Ark, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1989 - National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place, Jonesborough, Tennessee
  - Michigan State Fair, Detroit, Michigan
• 1988 - Jackson Storyfest, Jackson, Michigan
• 1987 - Great Lakes International Storytelling Festival, Detroit, Michigan
  - Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly, Michigan
• 1984-85 - Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly, Michigan

Workshops/Showcases:

Michigan, the Midwest, and National

• Intermediate School District and site based Teacher In-services
• National Storytelling Conference
• Northlands Storytelling Network Regional Conference
• Wayne State University
• University of Michigan
• Eastern Michigan University
• Elderhostel

2005
- "String Things... stories, games and fun!" Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Madison, Wisconsin

2002
- "Michigan Chautauqua Historical Storytelling Project" National Storytelling Conference, Denver, Colorado
- "Women's Work: Spinning Straw into Gold" (textile imagery in folktales) Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
- "So Many Stories... So Little Time" Michigan Reading Association State Conference

2001
- "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve" Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Madison, Wisconsin

1999
- "So Many Stories... So Little Time" Michigan Reading Association State Conference
- "Storytelling: 3-D Photography - Bring History to Life!" Michigan Council for the Social Studies State Conference

1998
- "Airing Out the Attic" National Storytelling Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
- "Airing Out the Attic" Northlands Storytelling Network Conference, Dubuque, Iowa
- "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve" Sharing the Fire, Boston, Massachusetts
- "Storytelling: 3D Photography" Michigan Reading Association State Conference
- "Storytelling Basics for Parents" Michigan Foster and Adoptive Parents Association State Conference

1997 - "Woven Splendor: Storytelling at the Detroit Institute of Arts" National Storytelling Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana

1995 - "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve" National Storytelling Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

1994 - "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve" Michigan Reading Association State Conference

1992 - "Tying It All Together: Using String Stories in Ann Arbor Schools" National Storytelling Conference, San Antonio, Texas

1991 - "String Stories" University of Wyoming Summer Institute in Library Media Studies, Laramie, Wyoming