Awards

2020

  • Bird, nest, nature: Juror's award, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA
  • Best of show: "Going Solo" award in the Foundry Art Center: "Paperworks VII" Exhibition, St. Charles, MO
  • 2019

  • Award of Excellency Society of Animal Artists, San Antonio TX.
  • CraftForm 2019 Juror's award, Wayne PA.
  • Endangered: Fine art and photography contest 2019; second place; Miami FL.
  • Addition of my work "Balance" to the permanent collection of "Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau WI
  • 2018

  • Award of Excellency Society of Animal Artists, St. Petersburg, FL.
  • Honorable mention Summer Annual of the Artist League at MOFA, Tallahassee FL.
  • 2017

  • CraftForm 2017 Award of Merit, Wayne PA.
  • 2016

  • CraftForm 2016 Honorable Mention, Wayne PA.
  • Creative Tallahassee 2016 2nd place award.
  • 2015

  • Smithsonian Craft Show 2015 Exhibitor's Choice Gold Award.
  • NICHE Award 2015.
  • 2014

  • Individual Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts, Florida.
  • CraftForm 2015 Award of Merit, Wayne PA.
  • 2013

  • NICHE 2013 Award Finalist in Fiber (Flying above and under the sea)
  • CraftForms 2013 Juror's Award, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA.
  • Best in Show Award in the Florida Craftsmen Annual Member Art exhibition, in the Gadsden Art Museum, Quincy FL (Barefoot in the wild garden)
  • 2012

  • Bronze Award at the Smithsonian Craftshow 2012, Washington DC
  • Award of Excellence at the American Craft Council Show in Atlanta 2012
  • 2011

  • NICHE award 2011
  • craft NEW YORK 2011, Best in Show Runner-up
  • First place of Florida Craftmen’s Out of Hand (Beauty and Beast)
  • 2010

  • Judges Choice Award: Chain of Parks, Tallahassee FL;
  • Second Place Pinnacle national juried art competition, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee FL;
  • Purchase for permanent collection of Swiss papercutter society museum (at exhibit Kontour Pur at the Bellerive Museum in Zurich).
  • 2006-2009

  • Bronze Exhibitor's Choice Award: Smithsonian Craft Show 2009, Washington DC
  • Award of Excellence: CraftArt 2009, St. Petersburg FL
  • Louise Binswanger Price for the Best Artist New to the Show: Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show 2008, Philadelphia PA
  • First Place in Category "Leather, Wood, Fiber, Paper": Festival of the Masters 2008, Disneyworld, Buena Vista FL
  • Judges Choice Award: Chain of Parks 2008, Tallahassee FL
  • Honorable mention: Artist League, Summer Annual Exhibition 2008, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee FL
  • Best of Show: Florida CraftsArt 2007, St. Petersburg FL
  • First Place in Category "Leather, Wood, Fiber, Paper": Festival of the Masters 2007, Disneyworld
  • Purchase Award: Festival of the Masters 2007, Disneyworld
  • Individual Artist Enrichment Grant 2007: State of Florida
  • Award 3rd Place: Artist League, Summer Annual Exhibition 2007, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee FL
  • Award of Merit: Chain of Parks 2007, Tallahassee FL
  • Best of Show: Florida CraftsArt 2006, St. Petersburg FL
  • Award of Merit: Chain of Parks 2006, Tallahassee FL
  • Honorable Mention Award: Art at the Port 2002, Anacortes WA
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