Awards and Accolades
Special Award, Il Gioiello Etrusco Contemporaneo, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Pontecagnano, Salerno, Italy
Winner of Grand Prize, American Jewelry Design Council’s National New Talent Contest, Jewelers of America International Jewelry Show, New York, New York, 2001.
Jewelers of America Golden Apple Award for Allure, New York, New York. Awarded to the exhibitor conducting the most creative and effective publicity program, 2001.
National winner, Ring Category, Lapidary Journal’s Jewelry Arts Competition, 2002.
Best of Show, Sun Valley Festival of the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho, 2008.
Best of Show, Portland Arts Festival, Portland, Oregon, 1999.
Best of Show, Creative Metal Arts Guild, Portland, Oregon, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Best of Show, 30th Annual Associated Arts of Ocean Shores, Washington, 1999.
Best New Designer, Oregon State Jewelers Association, 1999.
Juror Award, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Oregon, 2007.
First Place, Jewelry, Portland Arts Festival, Portland, Oregon, 1998, 2001, 2006.
Second Prize, American Jewelry Design Council’s New Talent Contest, Jewelers of America International Jewelry Show, New York, New York, 1999.
Juror, Bellevue Art Museum Fair, Bellevue, Washington, 2000.
Juror, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2007.
Juror, Sun Valley Festival of the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho, 2009 (pending).
Award for Excellence, Bellevue Art Museum Fair, Bellevue, Washington, 1999.
People’s Choice Award, National Pearl Jewelry Exhibition, Eugene, Oregon, 1992.
European Honors Student, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy, 1984 – 1985.
Honors Student, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982 – 1985.
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Scholarship 1983 – 1984.
Johnson – Matthey Scholarship 1982 – 1983.
Jewelry, Light Metals Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design 1982 – 1983.