Honors & Awards

2026 Educator as Practicing Artist of the Year, Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland Art Education Association

2026 Juror, Student Spring Exhibition, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD

2026 Member, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, juried into AAP by Eric Shriner, President of Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY

2024 Maryland State Arts Council “Grants for Artists” Recipient

2024 Juried into National Annual Exhibition, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD, Curator: Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, director, arts researcher, and curator based in Washington, D.C. working at the intersection between contemporary art and cultural diplomacy 

2022 Member, Public Artworks Committee, Frederick Arts Council, invited to become a member of the Public Artworks Committee by the Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD 

2021 Invited to exhibit and grant recipient, The Gateways Exhibition, invited by grantor, Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD

2017 Invited to exhibit, semi-permanent collection, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD, Curator: Wendell Poindexter

2013 Juried into National Annual Exhibition, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD, Curator: Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2012, Juried into National Annual Exhibition, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD, Curator: Sue Spaid, former Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

2010 Juried into The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick, MD