She was selected to receive the 2007 Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission as well as several grants.

Among his awards, he has had seven grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, including two Visual Artist Fellowships.

He has also been awarded Individual Artist Fellowships (Nebraska Arts Council) in 2011, 2008, 2007 and 2006 (Distinguished Artist).

In 2008, he received an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

She was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship in 1981.

Palay has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and Arts Midwest.

S. Creative Artist Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004.

In 2006, he was the recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Grants and awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship.

In 1990 John also won the Bush Foundation's Individual Artist Fellowship.