"Live out of your imagination not your history." Stephen R. Covey Wow!
Living an image of the life that we really want to live, the story that we want to tell. The kind of life that jet propels us out of bed each morning and keeps us soaring through out the day! Imagine - Dream - Live the reality! What a compelling thought coming into a new day! To your life's image-in-action!
Grace Wolbrink
Storyteller * Arts Education * Coaching
“Dramatic... Entertaining! Unplug the TV & Plug her in!”
Sherry Pingel RN - Master’s Degree in Education
Interfaith Institute Ganges, MI
Grace's vivid retelling of traditional folk tales unites today's generations with their ancestral heritage as audiences of all ages enjoy the humor, wisdom, adventure and romance of these timeless tales. Grace’s passion for stories and the power of storytelling takes her from the stage to numerous community, clinical and educational settings. Grace particularly delights in the honor and excitement of eliciting and crafting community based stories through individual interviews and time period research.
“Thank you for telling us the stories. We loved your stories! You have talent! We love you! You are really cool. You can tell a great story! You are good at making noises! You are really funny!”
Mrs. Fongers – First Grade Class Greater Grand Rapids, MI
Grace's Bio:
Grace Wolbrink's passion for stories and storytelling originated out of her work with youth in area Migrant camps and various summer camp programs, in addition to her more intensive work with survivors of war, violence and natural disasters. Grace furthered combines her undergraduate training in education with her Master's degree in Social Work in the areas of therapeutic storytelling, storytelling arts education and coaching. Grace's training and research in the areas of wellness and expressive therapies further inspired her work in area of how the human mind works with images and imagination, the critical foundational basis for storytelling, healing and individual life changes.
We think in secret and it comes to pass. Enviroment is but our looking glass. James Allen Mirror, mirror on the wall, what life's story is fariest of them all? Hum... Time to stay tuned? Time to replace the glass? Time for a new story? This life, this living moment - what images are filling the story of your life's most treasured day?
“It was hard to visualize what a storyteller would do in the modern world. Her stories of melding her Social Work practice with story telling was amazing. I think just motivating me to add more descriptive language to my writing, and to my oral presentations. She definitely inspired me to be more expressive. Meanwhile I have a million stories of my own, hopefully someday I can relate them as well as she does!.”
Jeffery Gowell - CSPE 101, Public Speaking, Westshore Community College - Ludington, MI
Thank you Andrea' Nightingale for your countless hours of delighted listening, support and coaching in assisting me in the growth of my stories. This, coupled with your passion, vision and commitment to providing young dancers with varied performance experiences, I am further honored to share in your innovate, choreography that brings yet another voice of imagery to the retelling of these timeless tales.
“I thought you were a wonderful and very expressive storyteller. You have the ability to draw everyone into the story and get us invested in it. I also enjoyed your daughter’s dancing. Your taking the time to perform for our group was a true blessing. Thank You!”
Linda Cummins - Making Memories Day Camp for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients
Join Grace, Andrea and local Grand Rapids storytellers as Grace hosts Caledonia Cable Access TV Stations storytelling show: The Story Kettle. Listings will be posted on line as episodes are aired!
Let a Storyographer's Journey begin!
Performance Venues
- Michigan Storytelling Festival. Flint,MI
- Tulip Time, Holland, MI
- Knickerbocker Theater, Holland, MI
- Great Northern Music Hall. Howard City. MI
- Bliss Festival, Petoskey, MI
- Dog Story Theater. Grand Rapids, MI
- Grand Rapids Public Museum. Grand Rapids, MI
- Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts Grand Rapids, MI
- Time to Talk TV
- Multi-cultural Arts Center, Chicago, IL
- Deanna's Play House, Holland, MI
- Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, MI
- Caledonia Cable Access TV, Caledonia, MI
