Career Highlights
Awards
National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE Award
Regional Excellence North Central Region
Presented to artists who are recognized by their peers for creativity, professional integrity, and artistic contributions that greatly enriched the storytelling culture of their region.
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Storytelling World Award Winner (resources)
Beyond the Sword Maiden:
A Storyteller’s Introduction to the Heroine’s Journey
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Parents’ Choice Gold Award (audio)
Still a bit of sugar but even MORE SPICE
Trickster Tales from around the world
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Storytelling World Award Honors
“Three Coins” from Ladies’ Night Out (audio)
String Things… stories, games and fun! (video)
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American Library Association Notable Recording (audio)
Voices on the Wind
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Dove Foundation Seal of Approval
Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
and iParenting Media Award
StoryWatchers Club – Keys to Imagination (video)
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Over 3,200 Performances
1985 to present
Senior Centers, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, Libraries and Hospitals including Residential and Correctional Facilities
State Parks and National Forest campgrounds
Radio and Cable Television
Festivals
Concert Emcee
Museums
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Performance Highlights
Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Program – 1994 to present
National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place (Jonesborough, TN)
Northlands Storytelling Network Conference
—Cabaret, Fringe, Ghost Story & Evening Concerts – Repeat Performer
National Storytelling Network Conference/Summit
—Regional Concert/Showcase/Slam/Fringe – Repeat Performer
Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners, & Dyers – England/UK
Michigan’s Great Outdoors Culture Tour (Four seasons)
—Michigan Facts & Fables
—Beaver – Michigan’s Gold Rush
Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI)
—Sugar or Spice? – Stories of gutsy girls and wise women
—Beastly Delights – Animals of the Ancient World
—Splendors of Ancient Egypt
—Woven Splendor 500 years of European Tapestries
Storytelling Festival at The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
—Repeat Performer and Festival Emcee
Jackson Storyfest (Jackson, MI)
—Repeat Performer
Albuquerque Public Library (Albuquerque, NM)
—15 branches
Jungle Tales – An Urban Storytelling Festival (Minneapolis, MN)
Corn Island Storytelling Festival (Louisville, KY)
—Repeat Performer
Northern Prairie Storytelling Festival (Sioux Falls, SD)
Renaissance City Storyfest (Detroit, MI)
Michigan State Fair (Detroit, MI)
Great Lakes International Storytelling Festival (Detroit, MI)
Michigan Renaissance Festival (Holly, MI)
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Workshops – Showcases – Keynotes
Michigan, Midwest, National, and International
Intermediate School District and site based Teacher In-service
National Storytelling Conference/Summit
Northlands Storytelling Network Regional Conference
Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners, & Dyers Summer School – England/UK
Wayne State University
University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
Elderhostel and Elderwise
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National Storytelling Conference
—Fringe @ the NSN – initial concept proposal, selection and organizing committee (1995- present)
–Bedtime Stories: Sex, Death and Violence – Fringe@ the NSN (Fremont, CA)
—Beyond the Sword Maiden (Kansas City, MO)
—Michigan Chautauqua Historical Storytelling Project (Denver, CO)
—Airing Out the Attic – Breathing New Life into Old Tales (Kansas City, MO)
—Woven Splendor – Storytelling at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Indianapolis, IN)
—A Trickster Up Your Sleeve (Atlanta, GA)
—Tying It All Together – Using String Stories in Ann Arbor Schools (San Antonio, TX)
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Northlands Storytelling Network Conference
–Enriching the Image
–Introduction to the Heroine’s Journey
—Hero vs Heroine…. Beyond the Sword Maiden
—String Things… stories, games and fun!
—Women’s Work: Spinning Straw into Gold – Textile Imagery in Folktales
—A Trickster Up Your Sleeve
—Airing Out the Attic: Breathing new life into old tales
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Sharing the Fire (Northeast Storytelling)
—Sex, Death, and Violence – Telling the Unspeakable Story
—Hero vs Heroine…. Beyond the Sword Maiden
—A Trickster Up Your Sleeve
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Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference (Denver, CO)
—Beyond the Sword Maiden
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University of Wyoming Summer Institute (Laramie, WY)
—String Stories… stories, games and fun!
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Michigan Reading Association State Conference
—So Many Stories… So Little Time
—Storytelling… 3D Photography – Creating Vivid Images
—A Trickster Up Your Sleeve
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Michigan Council for the Social Studies State Conference
—Storytelling… 3-D Photography – Bringing History to Life!
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Michigan Foster and Adoptive Parents Association State Conference
—Storytelling Basics for Parents
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Publications
Beyond the Sword Maiden – A Storyteller’s Introduction to the Heroine’s Journey, Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber, Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, 2018.
Original adaptation “Anansi the Spider” included in String Stories – A Creative, Hands-On Approach for Engaging Children in Literature, Belinda Holbrook editor, Linworth Publishing, 2002.
Trickster Tales from around the World: An interdisciplinary guide for teachers, Barbara G. Schutz-Gruber and Barbara Frates Buckley, BGSG Storytelling, 1991.