Presenting Valerie Tutson as our Keynote Speaker!

Valerie Tutson of Rhode Island Black Storytellers has been telling stories in schools, churches, libraries, festivals, and conferences since 1991. She draws her stories from around the world, emphasizing African traditions. Her repertoire includes stories and songs she learned in her travels to South Africa, her experiences in West Africa, and stories from African American history. In addition, she is gaining quite a reputation for her exciting retelling of age-old Bible stories.


She graduated from Brown University with a Master's Degree in Theatre Arts and a degree in a self-designed Major-Storytelling as a Communications Art.