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Partial listing (1997-2003)

PERFORMANCES

San Luis Obispo University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland Museum, CA
20th Annual Summer Solstice folk music, dance, and storytelling Festival, Calabasas, CA
Oakland Public Libraries, Oakland, CA
Los Angles Women’s Theatre Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Lulac Retreat, UFW Headquarters, La Paz, Keene, CA
The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Glendale Public Library, Glendale, CA
Beverly Hills Public Library, Beverly Hills, CA
Bakersfield Author's Festival, Bakersfield, CA
Design for Learning, UCLA, CA
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
MACLA, San Jose Center for Latino Arts, CA
Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA
The Border Book Festival, Las Cruces, NM
Pitkin County Library, Aspen, CO
Institute of Texan Culture, San Antonio, TX
Mexican Heritage Corporation, San Jose, CA
Arte Americas, Fresno, CA
UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Chandler Community College, Chandler, AZ
San Diego University, San Diego, CA
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
California Association for Bilingual Education, CABE, San Jose, CA
Portland University, Portland, OR
First Unitarian Church Conference, Nashville, TN
De Alberston College of Idaho, Boise, ID
American School of Tampico, Tampico, MX
South Mountain Community College, Tempe, AZ

On the Roster of:
The Los Angeles Music Center-Education Division
Cultural Center of Santa Cruz, Spectra
Children’s Creative Project, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

(I perform at many schools and libraries around the country. A complete list is available upon request.)

July, 1994, ’97-98
Yajalone Mission, Chiapas, MX

August, 1994
Barra de Navidad, MX

Juana Briones Performances (partial list)
San Juan Bautista
Museum of History and Art, Santa Cruz
Fort Guajarra, San Diego
California History Center
De Anza College, San Jose
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland
History Museum of San Jose
Oakland Museum
Orinda Library
Richmond Museum Association
El Cerritos Historical Association
Mesa Museum, Mesa, AZ
Elko Storytelling Festival, Elko, NV
Sunnyvale Middle School (auspices of Del Arte)

KEYNOTES

Weaverville School District, CA (theme storytelling and diversity)
Quality Improvement Conference, Sonoma County Association for the Education of Young Children (theme storytelling and diversity)

STORYTELLING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Teaching experience
3 years, 4th grade teacher, one year 4/5th combination,
5 years, co- founded and taught at Alternative School, Equinox School k-8
5 years, substitute teacher k-l2
3 years, Foothill High School, Family Learning Center, Teen Panel
2000 Arts Connect (working with at-risk students)—Group Homes: Blue Ridge, Harmon,
Advent Boys, Mt. View, CA., Osborne Juvenile Hall
Napa High School, Napa, CA
Mexican Heritage Corporation, 4 residencies
Santa Clara Headstart Program, (parents and teachers)
San Jose Snake River Learning Academy, Nampa, ID
California Arts Council grant (3 years) 86-89
Yo Puedo Program, migrant Ed UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
Ukiah Library Literacy Program, Ukiah, CA
ACSO, two-week migrant Education residency- Medford, OR
Orange County Performing Arts Center, Gates Elementary, Costa Mesa, CA
Wellspring Renewal Center, Boonville, CA
Shasta North State Reading Conference, Redding, CA
Two-week residency, Southern Oregon, Arts Council, Medford, OR
Three-week residency, Ashland, OR
MACLA Residencies, San Jose, CA
Marshall Elementary School, San Francisco, CA
Glendale School District, Glendale, AZ,
Brownell Middle School, Gilroy, CA
Anderson Valley Elementary, San Jose, CA

RECORDINGS

The Storytellers Collection, two videos and cassettes, cassette Tio Conejo Uncle Rabbit (trickster tales)

BOOK and PUBLISHED MATERIAL

1997
“Momentos Mágicos, Magic Moments
A collection of 15 stories from Latin America published in English and Spanish by August House.

1998 “Aesop Accolade
1998 Americas Award Honorable Mention, 1999 International Reading Association Young Adult Choice

2001 A story called “The Belly Button Monster” was part of a collection called “More Ready to Tell tales from around the world, August House.

2003 A story called “Growing up In East Los Angeles” was part of a collection called The Healing Heart-Communities published by New Society Publishers.

GRANTS & HONORS

1997 Chosen for Teatro Visiòn’s (only one in 1997)
1997 New Works Festival—playwright
1997 California Council for the Humanities for California Commission— Juana Briones
1995 Commission by Mexican Museum of Fine Arts to research Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1999-2002 California Arts Council Artist on Tour
1986-89 California Arts Council Storytelling program chosen model program ’88/89
1993, 1996,
1998, 2000, 2002 Chosen to present at National Storytelling Conference


FEATURED STORYTELLER

2000 Ghost stories for National Storytelling Festival
Storytelling Celebration, Kansas City, MO
Tcha Tee Man Wi Storytelling Festival, Corvallis, OR
Sierra Storytelling Festival, Nevada City, CA
Schaumberg Storytelling Festival, Schaumberg, IL
Atlanta Storytelling Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN
Illinois Storytelling Festival, Springrove, IL
Nebraska Storytelling Festival, Omaha, NE
Bay Area Storytelling Festival, Mills College, CA
Sierra Storytelling Festival, Nevada City, NV
Mariposa Storytelling Festival, Mariposa, CA
Oklahoma Winter Tales, Oklahoma City, OK
Kansas City Storytelling Festival, Kansas City, KS
St. Louis Storytelling Festival, ST. Louis, MO
Weber State Storytelling Festival, Ogden, UT
Grand Rapids Storytelling Festival, Grand Rapids, MN
First, Second, and Fifth Eugene, Oregon Multicultural Storytelling Festival, OR
1st Festival Iberomericano de Cuentacuentos (First Festival of Latin America Storytellers)
, Guadalajara, MX

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