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Awards:

1968 Max Beckman Scholarship, Brooklyn Museum Art School
1970 First Award: Ceramics, Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1972 Teaching Assistantship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1975 Artist-in-Residence, National Endowment for the Arts
1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
1978 Artist in the Schools, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
1985 American Crafts Museum Design Award, Museum of American Crafts
1986 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award
1990 ESCA Award, Empire State Craft Alliance Fellowship Award
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award
IWCAT Fellowship for study in Japan, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
1993-1994 Fulbright Professional Award, Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
1994 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award
1995 Silver Medal, 49th Concorso Internazionale delle Ceramiche d'Arte, Faenza, Italy
1997 JICA International Ceramic Fellowship, Korea
1998-1999 Venture Grant, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1999/2000 New York State Council for the Arts
Japan Foundation Special Fellowship (in honor of the Okinawa G-8 Summit)
2002 Korean World Ceramics Workshop, Ichon, Korea
2003 Grand Prize 4th Izushi International Porcelain Trienniale Competition Japan
Honorable Mention Award, 2nd World Ceramic Biennial 2003, Korea