| Selected Awards |
| 2009 |
Lifetime Achievement Award, Ohio Designer Craftsmen |
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Finalist, SCHOONHOVEN SILVER AWARD 2009, Schoonhoven, the
Netherlands |
| 2008 |
First-Place Award, TOLEDO AREA ARTISTS 85th ANNUAL EXHIBITION,
Toledo Museum of Art |
| 2006 |
Excellence in Metals Award, THE BEST OF 2006, Ohio Designer
Craftsmen |
| 2005 |
Received Distinguished Professor of the Arts title, Bowling
Green State University |
| 2004 |
Bowling Green State University Presidential Medallion. Designed
and created ceremonial medallion for BGSU President Sidney Ribeau |
| 2003 |
June Hauck Memorial Award, JEWELRY AND OBJECTS, Michigan Silversmiths
Guild Biennial Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center |
| 2001 |
Michigan Silversmiths Guild Award (1st Place), JEWELRY AND
OBJECTS Michigan Silversmiths Guild Biennial Exhibition, Ann
Arbor Art Center |
| 2000 |
3-D Grand Prize, QK 2000, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art,
Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship |
| 1999 |
Challenge Award (Best of Show), Ohio Designer Craftsmen BEST
OF 1999 exhibition |
| 1997 |
Artist in Residence, Institute for the Study of Culture, Society
and Human Values, Bowling Green State University |
| Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship |
| Juror’s Award (Highest Award), MATERIALS HARD AND SOFT,
Center for Visual Arts, Denton, Texas |
| 1995 |
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship |
| Olscamp Research Award, Bowling Green State University. Annual
university-wide award for outstanding scholarly or creative
accomplishments within the previous three year period |
| 1993 |
Honoree, the White House reception to honor the seventy participating
craft artists in the First Permanent Craft Collection at the
request of the President and Mrs. Clinton |
| 1992 |
Challenge Award (Best of Show), Ohio Designer Craftsmen BEST
OF 1992 exhibition |
| Designer Craftsmen Guild Award Best of Show in Craft Media,
REGIONAL ARTISTS BIENNIAL, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne,
Indiana |
| 1991 |
Honorable Mention, SILVER: NEW FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS III,
Fortunoff Silver Competition |
| 1990 |
Grand Prize Winner 3rd American Crafts Awards, Kraus Sikes,
Inc., Tabletop Category |
| 1988 |
Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Grant |
| 1987 |
Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual
Arts Fellowship |
| 1986 |
Best of Show Wichita National All Media Crafts Exhibition
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| Merit Award Spotlight '86, Southeastern Crafts |
| 1985 |
First Runner up Society of North American Goldsmiths/Johnson
Matthey Platinum Competition |
| National Society of Arts and Letters 1st Place Career Award
in Art |
| Purchase Award 31st Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show,
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana |
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