Awards

2005 – Recipient of the Fellowship Award from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

2004 – Niche Award finalist.

2003, 2002 -“Best of Baskets, Leather & Paper” Award, the American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL

2002 – “Museum Purchase Award” for the Fuller Craft Museum, Craft Boston: Circa Now, Boston, Ma. “Third Place Award for Excellence in Craft” Baltimore ACC Craft show.

2001 – “First Place Award” in Crafts category “Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2001” Pa. State Council on the Arts. “Second Place Award” for work in the Fine Craft category at the Mayfair National Juried Exhibition “Second Place Award for Excellence in Craft” Baltimore ACC Craft show. Recipient of the Fellowship Award from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

2000 – “Best Use of Materials” award at the 6th Annual National Juried Exhibit at the Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills, Stockton, N.J.

1999 – “Grant of Excellence” The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, Pa. “Third Place Award – Best of Show” The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. “First Place Award” St. Louis Art Fair, Mo.

1998, 1997 – “Best of Show” Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Publications

Fiber Art Today – Carol K. Russell
The Complete Book of Gourd Craft – Summit & Widess
Baskets: Tradition and Beyond – Leier, Peters & Wallace
The Decorated Gourd – Dyan Mai Peterson
Design! A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists and Craftspeople – Steven Aimone
Fiberarts Design Book 7 – Susan Mowery Kieffer
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot – Vol XXVIII N0.4 Issue #112 Fall 1997 Published by the Handweavers Guild of America
Ateliers d’Art de France 2001 March/April issue
CraftArts International 2002 April issue #54
Delta Sky 2003 March 2003
FiberArts 2004 November/December