Title: Independent Artist, Professor Emeritus
Company: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Location: New Haven, CT United States
Achievements:
- Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement (2018)
- Recipient, Artists Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2005, 2014)
- Recipient, James & Stephiana McClennen Fellowship for Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York (2000)
- Recipient, Artists Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council / Somerville Arts Council (1999)
- Recipient, Faculty Development Awards, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (1996-1997, 1999)
- Recipient, Design in Transportation Award, National Endowment for the Arts / Department of Transportation (1996)
- Recipient, Federal Design Achievement Award, National Endowment for the Arts (1995)
- Recipient, Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts (1990-1991)
- Recipient, First Place in Single Median Design, Clayton, Missouri Highway Medians Design Competition (1990)
- Recipient, Second Place for Design for Three Consecutive Medians, Clayton, Missouri Highway Medians Design Competition (1990)
- Recipient, Grant for Collaboration with Mid America Dance Company, Missouri Arts Council (1989)
- Recipient, Graduate Faculty Research Grants, SIUE (1979-1983)
- Recipient, Grant for Collaboration with Metro Theater Circus, Missouri Arts Council (1981-1982)
- Recipient, Project Completion Grant, Illinois Arts Council (1981)
- Recipient, Curator’s Grant, Saint Louis Art Museum (1980)
- Grantee, Ford Foundation Grant (1979)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women (2008)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in American Education (1993, 2007)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the Midwest (1992)
Designations:
- Master of Fine Arts, Washington University in St. Louis
- Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley College
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