Awards
2025
Pots and Prints Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place Award, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas,
Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas
2019
TRAHC's 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place Award, Texarkana, Texas
2016
Ink and Clay 42, Juror's Choice "Ink" Award, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, California
2015
California State University, College of the Arts, Small Faculty Travel Award to work at Black Church Printmaking Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2011
Most Inspirational Professor Award, California State University of Long Beach Alumni Association, Long Beach, California
College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach, CA, Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Travel Award
2009
Anonymously nominated for a Visual Arts USA Fellowship
Impressions, A Printmaking Exhibition, Second Place Award, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
2007
Conference Travel Grant, awarded by the California State University Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee
2005
Bold Expressions: 50th Annual International Exhibition, Award of Merit, Northern California Arts, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California
Lines Into Shapes, Best in Show Award, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
2004
Annual National Juried Exhibition, Award of Merit, 38th Placerville Art Association, El Dorado Hills, California
2003
34th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Utrecht Manufacturing Corporation Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
1999
The 26th Annual Juried Competition, Juror’s Award, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
The 31st Annual Counterpoint Exhibit, Juror’s Award, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
1997
Golden Key National Honor Society, Honorary Membership Award
Release Time Faculty Grant, California State University, Long Beach, California
Summer Stipend Award, California State University, Long Beach, California
1996
68th Annual Juried Exhibition, First Place Award, Prints and Graphics, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
9th McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, Purchase Award, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
1994
25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
1993
At the Edge II, A National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Touring Citation Award, granted by the Mid-America Arts Alliance, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Cimmarron National, Purchase Award, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Award, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois
Affirmative Action Faculty Development Grant, California State University, Long Beach, California
1991
South Bay Museum of Contemporary Art, Purchase Award, Torrance, California
Kirkwood College's 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Best in Show and Purchase Award, , Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1990
At The Edge II: A National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Touring Citation, awarded by the Mid-America Arts Alliance
1989
Endangered Species, Artists' Space Grant, New York, New York Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York at Purchase, New York
1985-87
9th University of Dallas Print Invitational, Purchase Award, Travelling Exhibition, Irving; Dallas; Beaumont; Fort Worth; Abilene; Wichita Falls; Commerce; and Corsicana, Texas
1985 Stockton National – 3rd Print and Drawing Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Stockton, CA
16th River Road Art Competition, Honorable Mention, Louisiana Art and Artist’s Guild, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Women Art Annual, Second Place Award, Fine Arts Center En Taos, Taos, New Mexico
15th National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Prize, Minot, North Dakota
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Full Tuition and Stipend, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New York
1986
Kansas Eleventh National Small Painting, Drawing, and Print Exhibition, Purchase Award, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Continuing Education for Women Scholarship, for the study of photography, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1984
Eighth Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
1982
12th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, First Place Award, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1978
Certificate of Appreciation from VSA: The International Organization on Arts and Disability
Iowa State Arts Council Grant, Art in County Care Homes, Iowa and Washington Counties, Iowa
1974
Grahame Scholarship to attend The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1973
Proudfoot Scholarship to attend The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa