2007                Best of Show, second place, Rhonda Schaller Gallery, Chelsea New York, NY

2005                Steven Heater Merit Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado

2003                Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts, Colorado Council on the Arts

2003                Artist Grant, U.S. Embassy, Bratislava, Slovakia

2003                Artist Grant, U.S. Steel, Kosice, Slovakia

2002                Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, Vermont

2000                Residency, Dorland Mountain Art Colony, Temecula, California

1999                Best Gallery Show - Solo, Best of Denver 1999, Westword

1998                Living Treasures of Colorado, featuring Virginia Folkestad, award winning artist

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1997                Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts, Colorado Council on the Arts

1996                Best Installation Show, Best of Denver 1996, Westword

                       Juror’s Award, Postcards II, Dearing Gallery, Taos, New Mexico

1994-95           Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute Associateship and Grant