Awards

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2024 

• Purchase Award - Inclusive, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Artwork: Face # 5 Christmann

2023 

• Artistic Excellence Award - Circle Foundation for the Arts,  Lyon, France. Artwork: Childhood Memories

2022 

• Artistic Excellence Award - Circle Foundation for the Arts,  Lyon, France. Artwork: Face# 3 Zwiener

 

2020

• Best in Show Juror's award at #Woman Exhibition MFA - Maryland Federation of Art, Artwork: Moonlight Paddle

• Honorable Mention Award - Art on Paper Exhibition MFA - Maryland Federation of Arts. Artwork:

• Artist Award by The Arkansas Committee of The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Body of work.

• Honorable Mention Award Artist of the Year - Circle Foundation for the Arts -Lyon France. Artwork: Waves of Music

2019

• Best in Show - National Exhibition Celebration of Art - Fayetteville, AR 
  Artwork: Picasso, the Pet Pig

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2018

• Best of Mixed Media ANA -24th Regional ANA show. Artwork: Autumn 

         

2015

• Downtown Bentonville Art Market, Bentonville, Arkansas - Best of 3D 

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2014

•  Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, VA - Honorable Mention Award. Artwork Bridge to Paradise

•  The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Special Merit Award. Artwork: Bridge to Paradise

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Grants

 

2020

•  Artist 360 Program -  Funds provided by the Walton Family Foundation through the Mid-America Arts Alliance in the category of Creative Research and Professional Advancement.

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2018/2019

• Artistic Innovation Grant, Mid-America Arts Alliance  - Project Neighbor & Neighborhood A collection of twelve works that depict life at Beav-O-Rama Park on the outskirts of Fayetteville, Arkansas. A rural community, the modest site is located on the banks of the White River and at its entrance a sign reads  "Home of Friendly Neighbors ". We live in a fragmented and divisive world, increasingly separated by differences of opinion, race, and economic status. Non-language forms of integration and communication are becoming ever more necessary. The artist's objective is to inspire people to both initiate and be open to experiencing the same type of inclusiveness that the artist experienced at Beav-O-Rama.
  Project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts