Margo Stutts Toombs - Performance Artist
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Juanita from the 2012 Fringe Festival. Photo by Steve Patlan.

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Special Jury Award @ World Fest Film Festival 2012 for Liz Un-Caged
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Margo Stutts Toombs is a performance artist, internal humorist and filmmaker.  She has performed in a variety of venues including –

*Mona: Meditation Maven - Performance piece and video for the Houston Fringe Festival, 2017

* Bitch is Ready for Tea - video and performance "bitch off"

* Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Texas- FronteraFest 2013

* Super Happy Fun Land - Houston Fringe Festival 2012
  
* Frenetic Theatre in the Houston Fringe Festivals 2009-2011

* Barnevelder & Diverse Works -- Fieldworks Showcases

* Some cheesy sports bars

* Anywhere people will shut up and listen

Margo’s poetry has been published in –

* Untameable City: Poems on the Nature of Houston -  Mutabilis Press

* The 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar

* Love over 60:  An Anthology of Women’s Poems

* Archway Gallery anniversary chap books


In addition to web-commercial videos and videos to enhance her performances, Margo has received a few awards for her serious work:

Music/rap video - "Antidote for the Wicked World We Live in" screened at the 2017 Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival. Here is what Hal Wixon - director of the festival shared with the Houstonia Magazine -
Antidote for the Wicked World We Live In: “Director Margo Stutts Toombs has made several music videos, she’s won many awards, and she’s made several types of films. She never sticks to one genre. Most people that like modern music will enjoy this film a lot—people who enjoy rap will enjoy this. And her camera work is amazing, she uses a lot of striking angles that come together to make this a standout piece.”

Music video - *Let Love Be the Change* screened at Arts in Action Saturday, August 20, 2016 It won 2nd place in the My Hero contest. It screened at the Lake Charles Film & Music Festival.
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Music video, Hope in my Veins (https://vimeo.com/134895239) won a silver Remi award at WorldFest Film Festival, 2016. Screened at the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival, 2016.

The video, How Did We Get from There to Here, screened at the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival, 2016. This video is part of the collaboration *The Lover's Eye*. https://medium.com/@pmneist/the-lover-s-eye-1790afba8bef#.xdxn9zpqq


Music video, Liz’ Song

* Best music video – Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival – Houston

* Second place (music video) My Hero Film Festival – California

* Selected for screening at the Glen Rose Film Festival

Short documentary, Liz Un-Caged

* Special Jury Award – WorldFest International Film Festival, Houston, 2012.

* Best Student Project in the Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival, 2012

Other Videos

* Two videos, starring jhon r stronks, played at the show at The Barn - All of a Sudden!  An impromptu pop-up evening of 
   dance  and performance with Muscle Memory Dance Theatre and "there...in the sunlight" Contemporary Dance.

* The short video, Prisoner of Love, screened at the Salon de Refusés - BlueOrange Art Gallery, 2013 and the Gulf Coast Film Festival, 2014.


 A Day at Work 

* Played at the Aldine ISD Technology Conference, 2013 

* Won Best Digital Story in the Category of Art (Teacher Level) - Storytelling Digital Contest / North American University, UT-     San  Antonio, University of Houston.

* Received an Honorable Mention at the My Hero Film Festival, 2015


Contact Margo if you would like to chat about ways her writing, performance, voice & speech coaching, or filmmaking skills can enhance your professional or artistic endeavors.  For information about speech, voice and presentational skills training, check out Margo's speech/language pathology website.

Bitch is Ready for Tea screened at the Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival (2015)

Let Love Be the Change - music video with Jaunetta Cooper / won a Silver Award at WorldFest in Houston, Texas 2017

Margo Stutts Toombs
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                                                                                        Photo & art by donna e perkins