2016 | Three Luminaries: Emma Amos, Faith Ringold, Lorraine O’Grady; Studio Museum in Harlem Spring Gala |
Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award from the Georgia Museum of Art | |
2013 | Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Fellowship Residency in Civitella, Italy – by invitation |
Luminary Honoree, Women’s Caucus for Art, CAA, New York, February. | |
2010 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant based on Achievement. New York, NY. |
2009 | Yaddo Artist Residency, by invitation, Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY. (October). |
2004 | Lifetime Achievement Award, Women’s Caucus For Art, College Art Association, Seattle, WA. |
2003 | Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Ceremonial & Exhibition, New York City. |
2002 | The James Van Der Zee Award, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphis, PA. (Past honorees include Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, and William T. Williams. |
1998 | Doctor of Fine Arts, Honorary Degree, the College of Wooster, OH. |
1997 | Honoree, Certificate of Honor, Georgia Commission on Women, honoring “Georgia Women in the Visual Arts,” Georgia Department of Natural Resources. |
1996 | Commission: We Will Not Forget, Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Park. Mosaics, bronzes and landscaped permanent park for the Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta. |
International Olympics poster and original print edition for the Atlanta Corporation for the Olympic Games. | |
1994 | Fellowship in Painting, Art Matters, New York. |
Commission: The Sky’s the Limit, mosaic ceiling, Intermediate School 90, Manhattan, NYC Board of Education. | |
1993 | Fellowship, and residency, Bellagio, Italy, Rockefeller Foundation. |
Award for catalogue publication, Richard Florsheim Art Fund, NY. | |
1989 | Fellowship in Painting, New York Foundation for the Arts. |
1983 | Fellowship in Drawing, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. |
The Dedicators Award, Brooklyn, NY (past honorees include Faith Ringgold, Roy DeCarava, and David Driskell). |