Awards
Select Grants, Honors, & Awards
2023
Dick and Mary Holland Leadership Award, Omaha Symphony, Omaha, NE
2021
International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement Award
2018
Commendation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Honorary Doctorate, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
2011
Master of the Media, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2010
Artist Advisory Board, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Honorary Doctorate, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2006
Honorary Doctorate, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
2005
Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London, England
1996
Fellow of the American Craft Council
1994
Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship
1985
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1979
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1967
Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship