Awards and Collections

Awards

2008

“Rise,” Site Specific Art in Public Places Commision. Miami Dade College, Hialeah Campus. Hialeah, FL

Artist in Residence. Ucross Foundation. Clearmont, WY

Artist Access Grant. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs. To support Residency at The Ucross Foundation in Clearmont, Wyoming

Finalist, Site Specific Sculpture Proposal. AppalCART Art in Transit /Federal Transit Administration (FTA)Design and Art In Transit Project, Boone, North Carolina

2007

Creative Capital Professional Development Program. Miami-Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs. Miami, FL

Site Specific Sculpture Installation. MDCPS/ Schools of Choice, Museum Magnet Program. South Side Elementary School. Miami, FL

“Duty and Remembrance” Site Specific Art in Public Places Commision, Monroe County Art in Public Places / Florida Keys Council of the Arts. Key Largo, FL

Artist Enhancement Grant. State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. To support a Residency at OCAC for the purchase of a digital camera.

Artist in Residence. Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland, OR

Artist Access Grant. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs. To support a six week Residency at Oregon College of Art and Craft.

Summer Arts Institute. Advanced Digital Imaging (CS3/ Large Format Epson Printing) with J. Tomas Lopez. MDCPS/ University of Miami. Coral Gables, FL

Winner of 2006 Florida Artist’s Book Prize. Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library. Broward County Public Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2006

3 Month Juried Artist’s Residency. ArtCenter South Florida. Miami Beach, FL

Artist in Residence. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Porter, IN

Summer Arts Institute. Intermediate Digital Imaging with J. Tomas Lopez. MDCPS/ University of Miami. Coral Gables, FL

Artist Enhancement Grant. State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. To pay for a Summer Studio at ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

2005

Artist Access Grant. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. Longstitch Bindings and Laminated Covers with Rory Golden at the New York Center for the Book. NY, NY

2004

Artist in Residence. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Glen Arbor Art Association. Glen Arbor, Michigan.

2003 Florida Artist’s Book Prize, Honorable Mention. Bienes Center for the Literary Arts. Broward County Main Library. Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Artist Access Grant. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. To attend a Letterpress and Pamphlet Binding Workshop by Kerry McAleer at Pyramid Atlantic Center for Print, Paper & Book Arts. Silver Springs, MD

2003

Summer Arts Institute. Digital Imaging with J. Tomas Lopez. MDCPS/ University of Miami. Coral Gables, FL

2001

Artist Access Grant. Tigertail Productions/ Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. Traditional Japanese Woodcut Printmaking with Takuji Hamanaka at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Springs, MD

Presenter. ACE/FAAE. Annual Conference. Broward County.

Summer. Site Coordinator, Gallery Miami. 4 - 10’ X 50’ Murals. Summer Youth Employment and Training/ MDCPS Life Skills- Special Projects. Miami Jackson Senior High. Miami, FL

2000-2001

Visiting Artist. ArtCARE. Miami Dade Art in Public Places/ Baypoint Schools. Miami, FL

Participating Teacher. MasterPeace 2000. MDCPS/ Miami Dade Art in Public Places. Miami Beach, FL

Summer. Site Coordinator, Gallery Miami. SYETP/ MDCPS/ Life Skills Special Projects, JESCA, Miami Beach Senior High. 170’ X 25’ Mural, 2 - 8’ X 30’ Murals.

Visiting Artist, ArtCARE. Miami Dade Art in Public Places/ Department of Cultural Affairs, Bay Point Schools. Miami, FL

1999

Teacher Incentive Grant. Arts for a Complete Education/ Florida Alliance for Arts Education.

Visiting Artist, PATH Project. Miami Dade County Art in Public Places. Liberty Square: People, Places and Things. 15’ X 6’ Woodcut Print. Liberty Square Housing Project. Miami. FL

Artist. Hoops and Dreams: two murals, 2 - 30’ X 8’ Murals. Hialeah Housing Authority. Hialeah, FL

1996-2000

Coordinator. Annual Summer Mural Projects 1-5, 170’ X 25’ Mural. Miami Beach Senior High. Miami Beach, FL

1992-1994

Full Tuition Remission/ Scholarship. University of Miami. Coral Gables, FL

Collections

Monroe County Art in Public Places/ Florida Keys Council of the Arts. Key Largo, FL

Miami Dade Art in Public Places. Miami, FL

Miami Dade Public Library System, Art Services. Miami, FL

Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward County Public Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Arthur and Matta Jaffe Collection of Books as Aesthetic Objects, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Florida Atlantic University, Department of Art. Boca Raton, FL

Mary Luft, Tigertail Productions. Miami, FL

Chris Ingalls, Ingalls and Associates. Miami, FL

Barry Fellman, Center For Visual Studies. Miami, FL

Jay Rosenbaum, Hirsch Fine Art. Santa Fe, NM

Brook Dorsch, Dorsch Gallery. Miami, FL

Bernice and Harold Steinbaum, Miami, FL