Awards + Commissions

2016

Visiting Artist, Digital Art Studio, Carnegie Mellon University (Spring)

“Alphabet Reading Garden,” with Laura Jean McLaughlin and Joël LeGall, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (commission)

2014

“The Written World,” Center for Jewish History, New York, New York (commission)

2013

American Academy in Jerusalem, 10-week Fellowship

Rockefeller Foundation, 4-week Fellowship at the Bellagio Center in Italy

2011

Honorary Ph.D., Chatham University

2008

Honorary Ph.D., Seton Hill University

2007

Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania Award

2006

“Lines of Sight,” Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (commission)

2005

“Faith and Form” Award for Religious Art in Architecture

2004

“Luminous Manuscript,” Center for Jewish History, New York, New York (commission)

Harry Award, Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2000

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship

1998

“Alphabet Garden, ” Gedenkstätte Grafeneck, Gomadingen, Germany (commission)

1995

“International Graphics Biennial,” Györ, Hungary

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship

1987

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship

Award of Excellence, National Concrete Masonry Associates, Pittsburgh Zoo Plaza

1986

“Seven Sculptures,” Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (commission)