Fellowships Awards & GrantS
2010
Artist-in- Residence, the Badè Museum of the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.
Artist's Residency at Blue Mountain Center, Blue Lake, NY.
2008
Coordinators Award, "Innovations in Fiberart IV," Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
Dean's Fund Award for the "Burmese - American Art Exchange", the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
2007
Faculty Development Award, University of San Francisco.
2006
Honorary Faculty Appointment, Jilin School of Animation, the Jilin Academy of Art, Changchun, China.
Honorary Faculty Award, Department of Art & Animation, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
2006
Faculty Resource Network Award, New York University, New York, NY.
2005
Faculty Development Award, University of San Francisco
2004
Appointed Dorothy Lisky Wampler Eminent Professor for 2004, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Blue Mountain Center Fellowship, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
2004
Faculty Development Grant, University of San Francisco.
2002
Ucross Foundation Fellowship, Clearmont, Wyoming.
2001
Jesuit Foundation Grant, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Public Art Grant, Protrero Nuevo Fund, San Francisco, CA.
1998
The 1998 Award for Sculpture, The Redding Museum of Art, Redding, CA.
1990
Juror's Award, "The 2nd Annual Prince George's Exhibition," Washington, D.C.
1989
Fellowship at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Travel Awards, The Graduate School and The International Travel Fund, Office of International Affairs, The University of Maryland, College Park.
Travel Grant, Research Center for the Arts & Humanities, University of MD.
Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland.
1987
Fellowship at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Fellowship at Sculpture Space, Utica, New York.
1986
Award for "Outstanding Achievement in the Arts," City of Huntsville, TX.
1985/6
Artist-in-Education Residencies, Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas,
1984
National Endowment for the Arts/Women and Their Work, " Award for an Outstanding Outdoor Sculpture, " 5th Texas Sculpture Symposium, Austin, TX.