Awards and Honors for Original Fine Art Work:

National:

The Artist’s Magazine, December 2007, Finalist, “Country Living”

Art-Exchange New York Art Expo, June 2007,

Las Vegas Expo, September 2006

Who's Who in Executives and Professionals

American Mothers, Inc. 2002, Second Place, Watercolor, “Tea and Roses”

Regional:

Gwen McKenzie Fellowship Award, 2006

Silver Palette, February 2005, “Fury in the Eyes” second place

Silver Palette, February 2005, “Purple Majesty” Honorable mention

Genie Schaffer Scholarship, OAI, February 2005

Certificate of Appreciation, OAI, Publicity Chairperson 2004

Certificate of Appreciate for Art Show Chairperson 2004

Association of Nebraska Art Clubs, Honorable Mention, “Purple Majesty” 2004,

Association Of Nebraska Art Clubs, Award Of Excellence, “Country Living” 2005

Omaha Artists Inc, Honorable Mention, watercolor, “Variegated Beauty” 2004

Nebraska State Sarpy County Fair, First Place, mixed media, “Spring Into Color” 2003

Nebraska Mothers Association, First Place, Watercolor, “Tea and Roses” 2002

BAA, Silver Palette, First Place, 2001

Opal Parmentor Fellowship Award, February 2001

Grumbacher Award 2000

Hillmer Art Gallery, Fourth Place ”Marquette Michigan Lighthouse” October 2000

Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996 to present.

Emma Butz Tidball Scholarship, 1998

Kay Crawford Scholarship, UNO 1997-1998

SAP Scholarship, 1996

UNO, Margaret Naylor Scholarship, 1995-1996

Semi-finalist national poetry contest, 1996, two poems

NOMINATIONS:

* Semi-finalist national poetry contest, 1996, two poems

Special events: