1994 Looking West/Glancing East: New Texas Art, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
1993 City Room Garden, University of Houston College of Architecture, Texas A&M College of Architecture, University of Texas at Arlington, California College of Arts and Crafts
1993 Conventional Forms / Insidious Visions, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
1991 IsThere Still Life In The Still Life?, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
1985 Four Emerging Artists, Art League of Houston, Jurors: Dick Wray and Robert Bourdon (Catalogue)
1985 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jewish Community Center of Houston, Juror: Henry Hopkins (Catalogue)
1985 National Drawing and Printmaking Exhibition, College of the Mainland,Texas City, Texas, Juror: Pat Stier
1984 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jewish Community Center of Houston, Juror: John Russell, Honorable Mention
AWARDS, GUEST ARTIST APPOINTMENTS, PANEL MEMBERSHIPS AND LECTURES (Selected)
2017 Juror, WVAL Members Exhibition, Wimberley, TX
2007 Artist in Residence, Laity Lodge, Kerrville, TX
Guest Speaker, Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Dallas, TX
2006 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
U.S. Art in Embassies Program – Zimbabwe
Guest Speaker, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston, TX
2005 Artists Panel Member, Conversations on Collecting, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2003 Panel Member, Discussion of Exhibit Pertaining to Painting, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Panel Member, The Business of Art, AVAA and Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
1998 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Dennison University Art Dept., Granville, Ohio
1996 Guest Speaker, Leadership in Medicine Program, Texas A & M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, TX
1995 Guest Speaker, Compassion and the Art of Medicine Series. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Visiting Faculty, Health Care and the Arts, UT Houston Medical School
Guest Speaker, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
1993 Guest Speaker, Society for Health and Human Values National Meeting, University of TX Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Guest Lecturer, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
1991 Visiting Artist (Lecture and Workshop). University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO
Guest Speaker, Compassion and the Art of Medicine Series. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Guest Speaker, The Council for the Visual and Performing Arts Series. UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX
1990 Guest Speaker, Compassion and the Art of Medicine Series. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1988 National Endowment for the Arts/Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship Award
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