Honors & Awards

2026 Named Educator as Practicing Artist of the year for Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland Art Education Association. 

2026 Juror, Student Spring Exhibition, Frederick Community College

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

2024 Maryland State Arts Council “Grants for Artists” Recipient

2024 Juried into National Annual Group 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 Invited by The Frederick Arts Council to become a member of the Public Art Works Committee, Frederick, MD 

2021 Invited by The Frederick Arts Council to participate in the Gateways Exhibition, Frederick, MD

2017 Invited to exhibit as part of FCC’s semi-permanent collection, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD

2013 Juried into National Annual Group 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 Group 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