Workshop for Montgomery Community College, Firing a Groundhog kiln at Jugtown, 2006.

• Master Artist featured in the Southern Arts Federation's Tradition/Innovation Exhibit, 2008
• The Potters Eye, an exhibition at the NC Musem of Art 2005
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from North Carolina State University, 2000
• National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1996
• North Carolina Folk Heritage Award, 1994