User:JKizzieHumanities/Valerie Tutson

Valerie Tutson is an artist, storyteller, and arts administrator working in Providence, Rhode Island.

Tutson is Executive Director and co-founder of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers (also known as RIBS). She is originator of, and a regular perfomer in, the annual storytelling festival and fundraiser for RIBS, Funda Fest.

Tutson is an alumna of Brown University and studied theater at the university's Rites and Reason Theatre.

Awards
2019, Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts

2017, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Public Humanities Scholar Award

2016, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Rhode Island Legacy Award

2009, Rhode Island Foundation Sharon Chancellor Fellowship.