Selected FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS:
1981: ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN MEDIA ARTS. Awarded for support of the film: FILM-WIPE- FILM; The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
1983: MID-ATLANTIC REGION MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIP. Awarded for support of the film: OBJECT CONVERSATION; National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Film Institute.
1983: ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN MEDIA ARTS. Awarded for continued work in Drawing and Animated Film; The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
1985: INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT IN MEDIA ARTS: Awarded for work in Film Animation; The National Endowment for the Arts.
1986: MID-ATLANTIC REGION MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIP. Awarded for support of work in progress: UNDER THE SEA; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
1986: GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP. Awarded for work in Film Animation, travel and research in Japan; the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.
1987: CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT GRANT. Awarded for travel and research in Japan; Administered by the Howard Heinz Endowment and Pittsburgh Foundation in behalf of an anonymous sponsor.
1988: AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER GRANT. Awarded for support of the film: UNDER THE SEA; The American Film Institute.
1991: MID-ATLANTIC REGION MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIP. Awarded for continued experimentation in Computer Art and Animation; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
1994: MID-ATLANTIC REGION MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIP. Award for continued work in Computer Art and Animation; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1995: ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN INTERDISCIPLINARY ART. Awarded for continued work in Drawing, Painting, Video, and Computer Art; Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Selected AWARDS and HONORS:
1978: FIRST PRIZE IN ANIMATION. Marin County National Film Competition; San Rafael, California; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1978: SPECIAL JUROR’S AWARD. Marin County National Film Competition; awarded by juror Gunvor Nelson to DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: JURY AWARD. ASIFA-EAST Animation Awards; New York, New York; Merit Award for Sound Direction of the film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: JURY AWARD. Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: FIRST PRIZE. Big Muddy Film Festival; Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, Illinois; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: FIRST PRIZE. Athens International Film Festival; Animation Category; Athens, Ohio; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: FIRST PRIZE. Baltimore International Film Festival; Experimental Film Category; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: JURY AWARD. New York Filmmakers Exposition; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1979: JURY AWARD. The Cinematheque; San Francisco Art Institute; Award to film: DIAGRAM FILM.
1980: JURY AWARD. Sinking Creek Film Festival; Nashville, Tennessee; Award to film: FIVE IMPROVISATIONS.
1980: JURY AWARD. Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to film: FIVE IMPROVISATIONS.
1983: GRAND PRIZE. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film and Video Competition; West Orange , New Jersey; Award to film: FILM-WIPE-FILM
1983: SILVER HUGO AWARD. Chicago International Film Festival; Animation Category; Award to film: FILM- WIPE-FILM.
1985: GRAND PRIZE. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film and Video Festival; West Orange, New Jersey; Award to film: OBJECT CONVERSATION.
1986: FIRST PRIZE. Best Experimental Film; The 10th Atlanta Film and Video Festival; Atlanta, Georgia; Award to film: OBJECT CONVERSATION.
1986: FIRST PRIZE. Athens International Film Festival; Animation Category; Athens, Ohio; Award to film: OBJECT CONVERSATION.
1987: JURY AWARD. 1987 Cinamina International Film Festival; Espinho, Portugal; Award shared with 19 other animators for the collaborative film: ACADEMYLEADER VARIATIONS.
1988: FIRST PRIZE. Blue Ribbon, the 1988 American Film and Video Festival; New York, New York; Award shared for the collaborative film: ACADEMY LEADER VARIATIONS.
1989: OHIO UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MEDAL OF MERIT. Presented by the National Alumni Board of Directors of the Ohio University Alumni Association; Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art, Filmmaking, and Education.
1989: GRAND PRIZE. Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival; West Orange, New Jersey; Award to film: UNDER THE SEA.
1990: SPECIAL JURORS’ AWARD. For Technical Excellence in Animation; the 14th Annual Atlanta Film and Video Festival; Atlanta, Georgia; Award to film: UNDER THE SEA.
1990: BEST OF ANIMATION AWARD. 28th Ann Arbor Film Festival; Award to the film: UNDER THE SEA.
1990: JURY AWARD. Sinking Creek Film Festival; Nashville, Tennessee; Award to film: UNDER THE SEA.
2000: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD. Black Maria Film & Video Festival; West Orange, New Jersey; Award to computer animation video: RED FENCE
2001: ARTIST OF THE YEAR. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Awarded by a selection panel of regional art leaders and artists; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
