Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO: “New Work by Regional Artists” ~ Two submissions selected for juried show and awarded 2nd place. February 2016
Micro Grant; Durango Arts Center. Funding for Pastel materials to further personal studies. Spring, 2015
Durango Arts Center: “Members Exhibition” ~ Pastel painting submission selected for juried show and sold. Nov, 2014
Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve & Education Center, Mancos, CO: “Artist Residency in Photography” ~ Recently awarded for summer/fall, 2014
Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO: “New Work by Regional Artists” ~ Submission selected for juried show and awarded 3rd place. February 2014
Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO: “Exposure” ~ 2 submissions selected for juried photography show with one awarded for “Excellence”, December, 2013
Durango Arts Center: “Journey Stories” ~ Submission selected for juried show receiving Honorable Mention, November, 2013
Career Development Grant; Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. “Pastel; The Next Level”,
Workshop with master artist and teacher Richard McKinley. 2012
Quick Start Opportunity Grant; Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. “Pastel Stages; Emphasis Underpainting and Underdrawing”, Workshop with master artist and teacher Richard McKinley. 2012
Career Development Grant; Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. “Pastel Painting & Photography”,
One-on-one mentoring with master photographer Julianne Jonker. 2011
Quick Start Opportunity Grant; Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. “Studies in the Movement of Nature”,
Exhibit of personal work at the Open Eye Figure Theatre. 2011
Merit Award; Professional Photographers of America International Competition. Into the Mist, 2009
One Hundred and Fifty Lives That Make A Difference. Hamline University’s 150th anniversary, 2005 I was chosen as one of the 150 people, in Hamline’s history, to be recognized/honored in the book
Northeastern Minnesota Book Award; Non-Fiction, Art, Scholarship for The Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga. 2002
