1999 Thanks Be To Grandmother Winifred Foundation, N.Y. Grant to support Rutger's exhibition. 1996 Arizona Arts Award, Tucson Community Foundation. May. 1996 NEA/WESTAF. Fellowship in Painting. Western States. July. 1996 James Anthony Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence. University of Arizona. May. 1995 Arizona Visual Arts Fellowship Award, Painting, Arizona Commission on the Arts. 1992 Faculty of Fine Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Arizona. May 1990 College of Fine Arts Incentive Grant, University of Arizona. For Memories: Past and Present, exhibition. 1989 Tucson Pima Arts Council. Visual Artist's Fellowship. July. 1989 University of Arizona Foundation and the Office of the Vice President for Research. Support grant for the St Lucy/Oedipus exhibition, book & performance video. January. 1988 Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Forum Grant. April. 1986 Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial. Award of Distinction. 1983 University of Arizona Humanities Grant Program. Travel Assistance Grant toward Articulate project. 1983 Gannett Foundation, Rochester, N.Y. Support Grant toward Articulate project. 1982 YWCA. Woman on the Move Award: Achievement in the Arts. 1979 Women's Caucus For Art, Juror's Cash Award. Aperture exhibition. 1979 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cinema Guild Award: for Film, SCREW, A Technical Love Poem. (based on poem by Diane Wakoski) 1977 The Poetry Film Festival, San Francisco. Third Place Award: SCREW, A Technical Love Poem.