AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2008          Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Award, in recognition of outstanding work and commitment in the arts. Ethnic and Folk Arts category

2007          Co-investment for Artistic Production Grant, awarded by the Secretary of Culture, Government of Michoacán, Mexico, for "Somos Regalado" mural

2006          Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, minority scholar in residence

2006          40^th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, National Mall, Washington, D.C., invited muralist for Latino Chicago exhibit

2005          Co-investment for Artistic Production Grant, awarded by the Secretary of Culture, Government of Michoacán, Mexico, for the painting of "Mariposas Migrantes" mural

2000-04     Illinois Arts Council Arts In Education Residency Program Roster Artist

1996          Denver International Airport public art competition, finalist (one of three)

1995          Best Work of Public Art, 1995. From the Chicago Bar Association, for “Loteria”

1994          National Endowment for the Arts Regional Artists’ Project Grant

1989-93     Community Arts Assistance Grants, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

1979-80     Selected by David Alfaro Siqueiros’s widow to restore Siqueiros murals, Cuernavaca and Mexico City