awards and Grants

2010

Konjuhosho Award, Emperor of Japan in recognition of her gifts of art to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, Naha City, Okinawa, Japan

2009

Legends Award, Watershed Center for the Arts presented at SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2006

Visionaries! Award, Artist Lifetime Achievement Award, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York

2004

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Craft, 28th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2003

LongHouse Medal, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York

1999

Masters of the Medium, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC

1996

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

1995

Koa Award, Lifelong Advancement of the Visual Arts, Koa Gallery, Kapi’olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii

1994

New Jersey Pride Award, “The Arts”, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Morristown, New Jersey
Gold Medal Award for Artistic Excellence, American Craft Council
National Living Treasure Award (Human Treasure Award), University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina

1993

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

1992

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1987

Honorary Doctorate, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon Living Treasure Award, Honolulu, Hawaii

1986

First Recipient of New Jersey Governor’s Arts Award, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

1983

Dickinson Arts Award, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

1980

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1975

Elected Fellow, American Craft Council

1966

Award, International Handcraft Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany
Special Jury Mention, Pottery, 48th Annual Exhibition of Work by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, Cleveland, Ohio

1964

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Jury Mention, Pottery and Porcelain, 46th Annual Exhibition of Work by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show, Cleveland, Ohio

1963

Jury Mention, Textiles in Any Medium, 45th Annual Exhibition of Work by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, Cleveland, Ohio

1962

Purchase Award, 15th Annual Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Honorable Mention, National Craft Competition, Fiber-Clay-Metal, Saint Paul Art Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Pemco Award, 22nd Ceramic National Exhibition Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Founder’s Society Award, Michigan Artists Craftsmen Show, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Jury Mention/ Juror’s Mention Award, 44th Annual Exhibition of Work by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, Cleveland, Ohio

1961

Haas Ceramic Award, Michigan Artist Craftsman Show, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Honorable Mention, 5th Midwest Designer-Craftsmen Exhibition, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Purchase Award, 14th Annual Ohio Ceramics and Sculpture Show, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

1960

Purchase Award, Smithsonian Invitational Exhibition Purchase Award, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

1959

Honorable Mention, National Craft Competition, Fiber-Clay-Metal Show, Saint Paul Art Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Purchase Award, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

1958

Horace E. Potter Memorial Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship, 40th Annual Exhibition of Work by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show, Cleveland, Ohio
Founder’s Society Purchase Prize, 12th Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

1957–1960

Honorable Mention, National Decorative Arts Exhibition, Wichita Arts Association, Wichita, Kansas

1957

Purchase Award, Smithsonian Invitational Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Mention, National Craft Competition, Fiber-Clay-Metal Show, Saint Paul Art Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Purchase Award, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

1954

Lillian Haas Prize, Michigan Artist-Craftsmen Show, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

1952

McInerny Foundation Grant, with provision to teach in Hawaii at a later date
Student Award for Best Clay Student, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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