| 2013 |
Arizona Daily Star. Named one of five top Arizona artists in the last 100 years. |
| 2009 |
Joan Mitchell Painting & Sculpture Award. National. Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York. |
| 1999 |
Thanks Be To Grandmother Winifred Foundation, New York. Grant in support of Rutger's exhibition. |
| 1996 |
Arizona Arts Award, Tucson Community Foundation. |
| 1996 |
NEA/WESTAF. Fellowship in Painting. Western States. |
| 1996 |
James Anthony Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence, University of Arizona. |
| 1995 |
Arizona Visual Arts Fellowship Award, Painting, Arizona Commission on the Arts. |
| 1992 |
Faculty of Fine Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Arizona. |
| 1990 |
College of Fine Arts Incentive Grant, University of Arizona. For Memories: Past and Present, exhibition. |
| 1989 |
Tucson Pima Arts Council. Visual Artist's Fellowship. |
| 1989 |
University of Arizona Foundation and the Office of the Vice President for Research. Support grant for the St Lucy/Oedipus exhibition, book and performance video. |
| 1988 |
Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Forum Grant. |
| 1986 |
Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial. Award of Distinction. |
| 1983 |
University of Arizona Humanities Grant Program. Travel Assistance Grant toward Articulate project. |
| 1983 |
Gannett Foundation. Support Grant toward Articulate project. |
| 1982 |
YWCA. Woman on the Move Award: Achievement in the Arts. |
| 1979 |
Women's Caucus For Art, Juror's Cash Award. Aperture exhibition. |
| 1979 |
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cinema Guild Award: SCREW, A Technical Love Poem (based on a poem by Diane Wakoski). |
| 1977 |
The Poetry Film Festival, San Francisco. Third Place Award: SCREW, A Technical Love Poem. |
