Barbara G. Schutzgruber

Storyteller & Weaver

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Awards

Parents' Choice Gold Award - audio
Still a bit of sugar but even MORE SPICE
Trickster Tales from around the world

Storytelling World Award Honors
"Three Coins" from Ladies' Night Out (stories for adults - audio)
String Things... stories, games and fun! (video)

American Library Association Notable Recording (audio)
Voices on the Wind

Dove Foundation Seal of Approval
Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence
and iParenting Media Award
StoryWatchers Club - Keys to Imagination (video)

Over 3,000 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

Performance Highlights

  • Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Program - 1994 to present
  • National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place (Jonesborough, TN)
  • Northlands Storytelling Network Conference (Wisconsin & Iowa)
    • Cabaret, Ghost Story & Evening Concerts - Repeat Performer
  • National Storytelling Association Conference (Indianapolis, IN)
    • Regional Concert
  • 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"
      • Commissioned to create three different programs based on tapestries in the special exhibit
  • Storytelling Festival at The Ark - Repeat Performer and Festival Emcee (Ann Arbor, MI)
  • Jackson Storyfest - Repeat Performer (Jackson, MI)
  • Albuquerque Public Library - 15 branches (Albuquerque, NM)
  • Jungle Tales - An Urban Storytelling Festival (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Corn Island Storytelling Festival - Repeat Performer (Louisville, KY)
  • 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)

Publications

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.

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

National Storytelling Conference

  • Fringe Festival - initial concept proposal, selection and organizing committee (Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Gatlinburg)
  • "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)

Northlands Storytelling Network Conference (Wisconsin & Iowa)

  • "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"

Sharing the Fire (Boston, MA)

  • "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve"

University of Wyoming Summer Institute (Laramie, WY)

  • "String Stories... stories, games and fun"

Michigan Reading Association State Conference

  • "So Many Stories... So Little Time"
  • "Storytelling... 3D Photography - Creating Vivid Images"
  • "A Trickster Up Your Sleeve"

Michigan Council for the Social Studies State Conference

  • "Storytelling... 3-D Photography - Bringing History to Life!"

Michigan Foster and Adoptive Parents Association State Conference

  • "Storytelling Basics for Parents"

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