
OVER SIXTY NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL JURIED INVITATIONS AND AWARDS
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SELECTIED HONORS, JURIED INVITATIONALS, AND AWARDS:
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2017 "WHAT GOES AROUND" REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBIT, PEOPLE'S CHOICE RUNNER- UP
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2012 FINALIST FOR OMAHA ENTERTAINMENT AND ART AWARDS
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2009 ART WORK FEATURED IN OMAHA.COM
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2000 FREE MALE ART INVITATIONAL, Omaha, NE
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1998 UNITED ARTS OMAHA, FINE ARTS EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
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1997 PRAIRIE LIGHT, REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, BEST OF SHOW, MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
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1997 PURCHASE AWARD, MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART
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1995 PRAIRIE VISIONS, REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY
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1994 FREE MALE ART INVITATIONAL, Omaha, NE
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1992 FREE MALE ART INVITATIONAL, Omaha, NE
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1991 AWARDED MEBRASKA ARTIST EDUCATOR OF 1990-1991 (STATEWIDE COMPETITION)
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1988 FEATURED ARTIST, OMAHA WORLD HERALD, ART SECTION
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1986 NINETEENTH JOSLYN BIENNIAL, AWARD OF MERIT, JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, NE
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1984 FINE ARTS CENTER EN TAOS (FACET), WORKS ON PAPER, NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Taos, NM
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1984 PHOENIX ART GALLERY, INTERNATIONAL SMALL WORKS, JURIED EXHIBITION, Atlanta, GA
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1983 NATIONAL PAPER WORKS TOURING EXHIBIT, SPONSORED BY ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE
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1982 SPRINGFIELD ART LEAGUE NATIONAL JURIED ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION, HONORABLE MENTION FOR PAINTING, SPRIENGFIELD FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Springfield, MA
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1982 WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON NATIONAL PAINTING EXHIBITION, JURIED, Washington,PA
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1981 MIDLANDS OPEN PRINT AND DRAWING REGIONAL COMPETITION, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, Omaha, NE
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1981 BALL STATE NATIONAL DRAWING AND SMALL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, JURIED, Washington, PA
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1978 COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY NINE STATE JURIED SHOW, Omaha, NE
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1978 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN TEN STATE JURIED SHOW, Lincoln, NE
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1977 MIDLANDS DRAWING COMPETITION, THIRD PRIZE
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