Fellow of American Craftsmenʼs Council (now American Craft Council) (inaugural group)
1983
Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts, Womenʼs Caucus for Art, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1987
American Craft Councilʼs Gold Medal Award
1992
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Lenore Tawney and MICA President, Fred Lazarus, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1992
1999
Master of the Medium Award, Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2000
Visionaries Award, American Craft Museum (now Museum of Arts and Design), New York, NY
