- 2020 Caldecott Honor
- 2019 Recipient Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Maine College of Art
- 2018 University of Southern Maine Artist In Residence
- 2016 Residency, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Maine
- 2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Ellen’s Broom
- 2011 Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Artist Exchange Project
- 2010 Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Artist-in-Residence, Sapelo Island, Georgia
- 2008 James Washington House and Studio, Artist-in-Residence, Seattle WA
- 1997 Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle Artists 1997 Visual Arts Category, Artist-in-Residence,
Tacoma Art Museum, Artist-in-Residence, Pacific Arts Center - 1994 National Endowment for the Arts and Arts International, Travel Grants Fund for Artists, Salvador Bahia Brazil