Awards and Recognition

  • Thomas J. Watson Traveling Fellowship, (Research on Art in the Environment/Environmental Design in Europe North Africa, Mexico and the Near East), 1972
  • Mary L.S. O’Neill Prize in Art, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1972
  • Quality of Life Award, charter award from the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce for improving the quality of life in the city through mural and environmental work, 1973
  • Presenter, American Institute of Architects, New Orleans Chapter, 1973
  • National Endowment for the Arts Visiting-Artists-in-the-Schools Program, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes, LA, 1973
  • National Endowment for the Arts-through the LCMPA Artist-in-the-Schools Grant for the New Orleans Parish Schools, 1973-1974
  • National Endowment for the Arts Artist-in-Residence Program, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 1974 and 1976
  • Special Guest – Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, CO, July 1974
  • Century Club Artist – Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1983
  • Guest Moderator – Art & Architecture, Thomas J. Watson Foundation Conference, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 1985
  • Outstanding Women in the Arts, Visual Arts Award, awarded by YWCA, New Orleans, LA, 1988
  • A Atwater Kent Jr. Award, First Prize, “50th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings”, The Society of the Four Arts, Douglas G. Schultz, Juror, Palm Beach, FL, December 1988
  • YWCA Role Model, 1989
  • Society for the Arts in Healthcare Blair Sadler 1st Place International Healing Arts Competition Award for work at Ochsner Health Center, their Hospital for Children, and Pediatric Intensive Unit, 2005
  • Presenter and Panelist for the Society for the Arts in Healthcare Annual International Conference, Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, 2005
  • Presenter for the American Institute of Architects Healthcare Conference, Palo Alto, California,  2006
  • St. Tammany Parish President’s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award, 2016