Awards, Honors, and Commissions

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).