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Residencies: Teller-in-Residence, International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, TN - 2024, 2019, 2014
Festivals: National Storytelling Festival, Illinois Storytelling Festival, East West Storyfest, Storytelling Arts of MN StoryFest, Governors Island Storytelling Festival, C-U Folk & Roots Festival, Ray Bradbury Storytelling Festival, 1st Asian American Storytelling Festival, Stories Connect Us All Online Storytelling Festival, Talk Story Storytelling Festival, Orcas StoryFest, Children's Humanities Festival, Keepers of the Word Storytelling Festival, Belleville Festival of Stories, STORY! Festival Story City, Just Stories Storytelling Festival, Three Rivers Storytelling Festival, Fox Valley Folk Festival, Spring Grove Storytelling Festival
Conferences: National Storytelling Network Conference, Timpanogos Storytelling Conference, Northlands Storytelling Conference, Sharing the Fire Storytelling Conference, Butler Literature Conference Dominican University, American Library Association Conference, Illinois School Library Media Association Conference
Museums and Gardens: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Illinois Holocaust Museum Docent Study Group, Chicago History Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Botanic Garden, Morton Arboretum
Senior Communities, Centers, and Groups: North Shore Senior Center, The Sheridan at Green Oaks, Lake Forest Place, Luther Village, Admiral at the Lake, The Holmstad Retirement Community, Covenant Living of Northbrook, The Merion, Three Crowns Park, Institute for Continued Learning
Schools and Libraries: Science and Arts Academy, Baker Demonstration School, College of DuPage, MCC Academy, Florida Gulf Coast University, Allerton Institute University of Illinois, Carthage College, Bernard Zell Anshe Amet, Highland Park High School, Maine East High School, Thomas Hughes Children's Library, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Wilmette Public Library, Menlo Park Public Library, Daniel Boone Regional Public Library, Prospect Heights Public Library District, Skokie Public Library, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at University of Chicago, Harper College
Podcasts: The Apple Seed on BYU Radio, Story Story Podcast
And more: Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park, Day of Remembrance Chicago History Museum, Stage Left Cafe, Storytelling Arts of Indiana, Fillet of Solo, The Good Liars Club, Better Said Than Done, The Story Space, This Much is True, Read Across America, Cork Yarnspinners Cork Ireland, Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, River Trail Nature Center, Collaboraction Theatre, 80 Minutes Around the World, Back Room Stories, Story Sessions
AWARDS
In 2024, Anne received a Circle of Excellence ORACLE award from the National Storytelling Network.
In 2023, Anne received an Exemplary Community Service Award from the Asian American Coalition of Chicago.
In 2022, Anne was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays, conferred by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan for significant contributions as a professional storyteller in promoting Japanese culture in the United States and promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.
Anne was honored with a Foreign Minister's Commendation for FY 2020 from the country of Japan for the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.
In 2019, Anne's CD - Sakura Tales: Stories from Japan - won a Storytelling World Resource Honor Award.
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