Honors and Awards

• 2006 We the People Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Beyond Amistad: The African American Struggle for Citizenship, 1770-1850

• 2005 Award of Merit for The Hartford Connection from The American Architectural Foundation

• 2003 Achievement Award from the New Haven Public School System

• 2003 Certificate of Commendation for New Haven’s Cultural Landscape: its changing people and places from the American Association for State and Local History

• 2003 Recipient of Award of Merit for New Haven’s Cultural Landscape: its changing people and places from the Connecticut League of History Organizations

• 2003 Awarded $190,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop The Hartford Connection

• 2000 OpSailCT, 4 day Festival, New London, Connecticut: provided hands-on activities for 7,000 participants

• 1999 Master Teaching Artist Appointments from Young Audiences/Connecticut and Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

• 1999 Presenter at the National Art Education Association Convention in Washington D.C.

• 1998 Presenter at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development National Convention in San Antonio, TX

• 1997 National Institute Honors Award for Education, American Institute of Architects

• 1996 Public Education Award, American Institute of Architects/Connecticut

• 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Week-long Arts Festival, New Haven, Connecticut: Provided hands-on activities for 20,000 participants (Box City, Searching for Signs)

• 1995 Golden Rule Award for Education, JC Penney

• 1994 Community Arts Education Award, Connecticut Alliance for Arts Education

• 1994 Renaissance Award for Education, Hartford Downtown Council

• Call To the Visionary Artist Program is one of twenty programs worldwide selected to be part of an international tour, Architecture + Children, opening September 1994 in Zutphen, Netherlands

• 1993 Presenter at the International Summit for Architecture + Children: Learning through the Natural, Built, & Cultural Environment, Albuquerque, NM

• 1993 Urban Enrichment Award from the National League of Cities

• 1993 Public Education Award from the American Planning Association

• 1992 Creativity Award from the International Downtown Association

• 1992 Representative was one of thirty delegates chosen to represent the United States at the International Experiences Trust Conference in Cambridge, England