REBECCA STONE

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, History of Art, Yale University, 1987. (G. Kubler and M. Miller, advisers)

Master of Arts, History of Art, Yale University, 1982.

Bachelor of Arts, Art and Perception, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1979. (R. Arnheim, adviser)

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor of Art History/Faculty Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas, Emory University/Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, 1996-present.

Assistant Professor of Art History/Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas, Emory University/Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, 1990-1996.

Assistant Professor of the History of Art, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and Research Associate, Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., 1987-1988.

Resident Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Fall, 1986.

Acting Instructor in the History of Art, Yale University, New Haven, 1984-1985.

Teaching Assistant II and III, V. Bonito, D. Kleiner and V. Bonito, V. Scully, Yale University, 1981-1984.

Graduate Summer Intern, Pre-Columbian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Jones, 1982.

PUBLICATIONS

Symposia and Papers

“Ancient American Art in the Rochester Collections,“ University of Rochester Museum, May 17, 2004.

“Ancient American Art and the Natural Environment: Flora, Fauna, and Shamanic Images in the Carlos Museum Collections.” Environmental Studies Seminar, Emory University, April 8, 2004.

“Shamanic Art from Ecuador in Context,” Sociology 230 –Oxford Campus, Sociological Aspects of Health and Illness, Feb. 8, 2004; Ecuador Fieldtrip co-teacher 2004 (9 days).

“Ancient Andean Art and Spirituality: Hiding and Revealing as Shamanic Aesthetic Principles," Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2, 2003.

“Andean Textiles: the Artistic Approach,“ Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 18, 2003.

“Journeys: Ancient Andean Textiles as Inspiration,” Keynote Address for Riverscape: Fiber Forum 2003, Chattahoochee Handweaver’s Guild, Norcross, Ga., March 28, 2003.

“Seeing the Unseen: Shamanism in Ancient American Art,” Michael C. Carlos Museum Public Lecture in conjunction with the reinstallation of the permanent collection, February 6, 2003.

“Brilliant Color and Patterns: Possible Intersections of Shamanic Experience and Inka Tokapu,” Roundtable on Tokapu, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. May 17, 2002.

“ Toads, Trances, and Transformations: Shamanism and Ancient Costa Rican Art in the Denver Art Museum Collections,” Denver Art Museum Symposium, Denver, March 2, 2002.

"Ancient American Art and the Reconstruction of Spirituality," Rochester Museum of Art, University of Rochester, New York, May 8, 2001.

"Aztec Objects at the Carlos Museum," Food for Thought, April 17, 2001.

“Shamanism and the Collection at Dallas,” Docent Guild, Dallas Museum of Art, March 12, 2001.

“Textiles and Shamanism,” Georgia Handweavers Guild, February 17, 2001.

“Three Paths to Meaning in Andean Art,” Panel on Meaning, West by Non-West conference, organized by Esther Pasztory to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Pre-Columbian Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 11, 2000.

"The Spiritual Art of Weaving in the Ancient Andes," Costume and Textile Department Annual Lecture, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 6, 2000.

“’Between’ and ‘Beyond’ as Primary Artistic Categories: Shamanism and the Artistic Enterprise,” College Art Association Annual Meetings, New York, February 24, 2000.

“Amarras in Context: Principles of Ancient Andean Textiles,” Third International Shibori Conference, Santiago, Chile, November 4, 1999.

“Seeing with New Eyes: Art from the Inside Out,” Great Teachers Lecture Series, Emory University, October 21, 1999.

“New Findings at the Carlos Museum: Science and Society in Ancient American Works of Art,” American Archaeological Society, Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, August 11, 1999.

“What the Ancient American Past Teaches Us in the Present: World Views Separate and Convergent,” Alumni University, Emory University, June 11, 1999.

“Ancient Andean Amarras (Resist) Textiles in Context,” International Shibori Foundation, Kyoto, Yokohama, and Nagoya, Japan, May 11, 14, 15, 1999.

“Principles of Andean Art” and “Textiles of the Andes,” Under the Wings of the Condor Lecture Series, Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia, March 9, 1999.

“Art and Culture in the Ancient Americas,” Two-day Workshop for Teachers, National Faculty, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 2-3, 1999.

"Mystery/the Mysteries: Looking at Ancient Andean Art from the Inside Out," Emory Alumni Distinguished Lecture, Florida International Museum, Tampa, Oct. 26, 1998.

"The Spirit of Ancient Peru," Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, June 15, 1998.

"Art of the Ancient Andes in its Natural Context," Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, June 1, 1998.

"The Ancient Americas, an Introduction," National Faculty Two-Day Workshop for Elementary School eachers, Henderson/Madisonville, Kentucky, May 14-15, 1998.

"Cyclical Completion: Maize Process and Product in the Michael C. Carlos Museum Paccha, [Inca Ritual Watering Device]," International Conference "Kay Pacha: Earth, Land, Water and Culture in the Andes," University of Wales, Lampeter, April 4, 1998. (accepted for publication)

"An Introduction to Shamanism in Ancient American Art," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Teacher Workshop, March 17, 1998.

"The Shaman in Transformation," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Collaborative Discovery Teacher's Course, March 5, 1998.

"The Spirit of Ancient Peru," Gallery Talk and lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tenn., December 12, 1997.

"Glimpses of Shamanism in the Permanent Collection," Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 18, 1997.

"The Weaver's Point of View: Wari Textiles," Georgia Handweavers Guild, November 15, 1997.

"The Cultural Implications of Formal Patterning in Inca and Related Textiles," Dumbarton Oaks Conference "Variability in the Expression of Inca Power," Washington D.C., October 19, 1997.

"The Inka Royal Tunic," Public Lecture, Michael C. Carlos Museum, July 22, 1997.

"The Ancient American Skies," (with David Dundee, Fernbank Planetarium) Michael C. Carlos Museum, Teacher Short Course, March 20, 1997.

"Jade in the Ancient Americas," (with Dr. Bill Size, Geosciences) Michael C. Carlos Museum, Teacher Short Course, March 6, 1997.

"Introducing Ancient American Art in Introductory Art History," "Post pre-Columbian Art: The Legacy of the Sesquicentennial," SECAC annual meetings, Charleston, South Carolina, October 26, 1996.

"Ferocious Fertility: Art and Culture in Ancient Central and South America," Dekalb College, October 16, 1996.

"Ancient Andean Openwork Headcloth," Food for Thought, Michael C. Carlos Museum, April 9, 1996.

“Andean Drinking Vessels,” Food for Thought, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 25, 1995.

“Nasca, Moche, and Inca Art and Landscape,” Teacher Workshop, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 24, 1995.

"Visible and Invisible Planes: Textiles and Earthworks in the Ancient Andes," Michael C. Carlos Museum, in conjunction with the exhibition "Planet Peru: Photographs of Marilyn Bridges" for the Ancient Americas Society, September 22, 1995.

"Images of Females in the Permanent Collection," Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 28, 1995.

"Andean Women Weavers: Art and Social Change in Historical Context," Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 15, 1995.

"Writing In the Ancient Americas: the Inca and Maya Cases," Secondary School Teachers Workshop, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 22, 1994.

"Current Research in Ancient Central and South American Art," Association for Latin American Art History session "Current Research," College Art Association Annual Meeting, New York, February 18, 1994.

"Materials and Politics in the Art of the Ancient Americas: Jade, Gold, and Textiles in the Museum Context," the National Faculty, Two-day Workshop for Teachers, Michael C. Carlos Museum, for January 26-27, 1994.

"To Weave for the Sun: Textiles as Text in the Ancient Andes," Scholar's Bookshelf, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, December 2, 1993.

"Elite Material Culture of the Ancient Americas: Studying Jade, Gold, and Textiles in the Museum Context," the National Faculty, Two-day Workshop for Teachers, Washington D.C., November 15-16, 1993.

"Visible and Invisible Planes: Textiles and Earthworks in the Ancient Andes," Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, in conjunction with the exhibitions "Planet Peru: Photographs of Marilyn Bridges" and "Andean Textiles from the Permanent Collection," October 17, 1993.

"The Clash of Expectations: Contact between the Americas and Europe from Both Sides Now," Social Sciences Building, Emory University, in conjunction with exhibition at Schatten Gallery "New Worlds, Ancient Texts," September 20, 1993.

"An Introduction to Human Body, Human Spirit: A Portrait of Ancient Mexico'" Emory Alumni Association, Emory University, September 18, 1993.

"Fiber as Fine Art," Public lecture, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, May 24, 1993.

"The Thibadeau-Witten Andean Textiles at the Carlos Museum," Georgia Rug and Textile Society, May 23, 1993.

"Why the Aztecs 'Lost': Cultural Perspectives on New World Encounter," Emory Alumni Assembly VIII "Building a World-Class University: Faculty," Oxford campus, Emory University, Oxford, Georgia, November 13, 1992,.

"The Unwritten Wor(l)d: Indigenous American Visual Communication and European Encounter," International Conference on the Word and World of Discovery, Atlanta, Georgia, October 18, 1992.

"Fiber Solutions/Fiber Arts: Three Millennia of Textiles in the Ancient Andes," Lecture Series in Conjunction with To Weave for the Sun, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 15, 1992.

"The Art of Technology: Pre-Columbian Approaches to Materials and Techniques," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, September 27, 1992.

"Seeing Pre-Columbian Art with New Eyes: Cultural Perspectives on Ancient American Aesthetics," Emory University, June 10, 1992.

"An Inca Llama-Handled Ceremonial Knife: Food for Thought," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, May 5, 1992.

"Power and Authority in Pre-Columbian Art: Selected Examples from 'Seeing with New Eyes'," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, March 29, 1992.

"Comparing Mapping Traditions: Europe and America, A.D. 1500," in conjunction with the exhibition at the Schatten Gallery "Maps and the Columbian Encounter," Emory University, Feb. 24, 1992.

"The Americas in 1492: Indigenous Perspectives on the Columbus Quincentennial," Archaeological Institute of America, Atlanta Chapter, Emory University, November 5, 1991.

"Gold of the Ancient Americas," Food for Thought series, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Atlanta, October 8, 1991.

"Teaching Pre-Columbian Culture through Art," Teacher's Workshop, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, January 29, 1991.

"Pre-Columbian and Colonial Andean Fiber Arts in the Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Textile and Costume Society, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 13, 1990.

Discussant, "Writing Ethnography in Latin America: A Symposium," Sessions I and II, April 23, 1990, Emory University.

"Technological Style in Ancient Andean Textiles," Symposium "Woven, Wrapped and Twined: Fiber Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas," University of Missouri - St. Louis, March 24, 1990.

"Sacred Textiles of the Ancient Andes: Virtuoso Artists in Fiber," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, November 16, 1989.

"The Inca Paccha: Object of the Month," Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Atlanta, September 27, 1989.

"The Indigenous Basis of Colonial Latin American Culture," Guest lecture, Latin American Studies 101, Emory University, Atlanta, September 7, 1989.

"Introduction to the Fiber Arts in Context: the Ancient Andean Example," Workshop "The Fiber Arts in Context: Cross-Cultural Perspectives," College Art Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, February 16, 1989. (Workshop Chair).

"The Re-presentation of the Wari State in Stone and Thread: A Comparison of Pikillaqta and Tapestry Tunics," 29th Annual Meeting, The Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley, California, January 7, 1989 (in collaboration with Dr. Gordon F. McEwan).

"Textiles of the Ancient Andes," Archaeological Institute of America, Atlanta Chapter, Emory University, December 7, 1988.

"Wari and Tiwanaku Textiles in Context," Art Institute of Chicago Planning Conference for "Nuevo Mundo: Man and Nature in Pre-Columbian Art," (1992), October 15, 1988.

"The 'Width-wise Warp' in the Creation of the Huari-style Tunic: the Implications of Innovation in Textile Technology for Design and Culture," 46th International Congress of Americanists, "Technology, Ideology, and Society in the Andes," (read by Dr. Susan A. Niles, coordinator), Amsterdam, July 5, 1988.

"The Re-presentation of the Wari State: Pikillacta and the Wari Tunic Compared," Art History-Anthropology Colloquium, Baltimore Museum of Art, April 26, 1988.

"The Archaeology of Style in the Art of the Andes," Guest Lecture in Anthropology 185, George Washington University, Washington D.C., December 1, 1987.

"Environment and Art in Ancient Peru," Docent Program, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., October 23, 1986.

"Horizon and Horizon Style in the Study of Ancient American Objects: Concept, Category, Challenge," 1986 Dumbarton Oaks Symposium "Latin American Horizons," Washington D.C., October 11, 1986.

"The Dumbarton Oaks Collection of Huari Textiles," Docent Seminar, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., May 9, 1986.

"The Cultural Implications of Technique in Huari Tapestry Tunics," Tertulia, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., April 24, 1986.

"Shape Variation in Huari Tunics," Colloquium on Visual Arts of the Andes, George Washington University, Washington D.C., March 28, 1986.

"The Face Among the Frets: Huari Textiles as Clues to Huari Conceptual Patterns," Guest Lecture in Prehistoric Archaeology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, November 18, 1985.

"The Concept of the Anomaly in Huari Textile Design," Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. , October 22, 1985.

"Ancient Andean Textiles," Lecture and Museum Demonstration One-Day Seminar for Project Learn (Connecticut Secondary School Educators), New Haven, July 15, 1985.

"Color, Culture and Cosmos in a Selected Group of Huari Tapestry Tunics from Ancient Peru," International Congress of Americanists, Art and Anthropology Symposium, N. de Friedemann and R. Duncan, Coordinators, Bogotá, Colombia, July 4, 1985.

"Creativity within Constraints: Artistic Freedom in Huari-Tiahuanaco Textile Production," "Art and Social Identity in Reaction to State Control: Peru, A.D. 500 - 1985," College Art Association Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, February 16, 1985. (C. Klein, Chair).

"Color Patterning and the Huari Artist: the 'Lima Tapestry' Revisited," Second Junius B. Bird Textile Conference, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., April 8, 1984.

"Color and Abstraction in a Tapestry from the Ancient Andean Middle Horizon (A.D. 500 -1000)," Frick Symposium in the History of Art, Frick Museum and New York University Institute of Fine Arts, New York, April 7, 1984.

"Searching for the Artist in Pre-Columbian Art," Visual Research Workshop, Yale University, February 22, 1983.

"Uses, Roles and Meanings of Chavín-Style Painted Textiles," First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Cornell University, Ithaca, November 14, 1982.

Articles and Books

Under the name Rebecca Stone-Miller :

“Thoughts on Color Use and Visionary Spirituality in Andean Textile Traditions," accepted for festschrift for Terence Grieder.

“Human-Animal Imagery, Shamanic Visions, and the Ancient American Aesthetic,” to be published in RES: Journal of Anthropology and Aesthetics, Vol. 45, Spring, 2004.

Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas. Michael C. Carlos Museum/University of Washington Press. 2002. (Winner of the Association for Latin American Art, 2002 International Book of the Year Award, awarded February 2003, New York City.)

Art of the Andes from Chavín to Inca, revised edition (World of Art series), Thames and Hudson Ltd., London and New York, 2002.

Book review, Moche Art and Archaeology, J. Pillsbury ed., for CAA website, 2003.

Book review, Toasts with the Inca: Andean Abstraction and Colonial Images on Quero Vessels, by Thomas B. F. Cummins, for International History Review, December, 2003.

Book review, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric: An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding by Penelope Z. Dransart and

Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals by Andrea Heckman, for Textile History.

"Mimesis as Participation: Imagery, Style, and Function of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Paccha, an Inka Ritual Watering Device." To be published in Proceedings of Kay Pacha: Earth, Land, Water and Culture in the Andes, University of Wales, Lampeter. Forthcoming.

Size, W.B., Stone-Miller, R., Watkins, V, and Bean, C., Non-Destructive, Quantitative Analysis Applied to Pre-Columbian Jade Artifacts from Central America. 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Abstracts Volume (CD-ROM), 2000.

Book Review, "Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks," Hali, Vol. 98, May, 1998: 103.

Abstract for "Cyclical Completion: Maize Process and Product in the Michael C. Carlos Museum Paccha, [Inca Ritual Watering Device]," International Conference "Kay Pacha: Earth, Land, Water and Culture in the Andes," University of Wales, Lampeter, Wales, 1998.

"'And All Theirs Different from His': the Inka Royal Tunic in Context," Proceedings of the 1997 Dumbarton Oaks Conference "Variability in the Expression of Inka Power," eds. Richard Burger, Craig Morris, and Ramiro Matos, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Forthcoming.

Abstract for "Introducing Ancient American Art in Introductory Art History," Proceedings of the 1996 SECAC meetings, Charleston, S.C., 1996.

Illustrated Brochure "Tears of the Moon: Ancient American Precious Metals from the Permanent Collection [of the Michael C. Carlos Museum]," Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996.

Descriptive catalogue entries on Costa Rican, Northern and Central Andean and Mesoamerica pieces, Handbook, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996: 73-95.

Descriptive catalogue Entries (on Veracruz, Colima, La Tolita, and Jama-Coaque sculpture), Rings: Five Passions in World Art, ed. M. Shapiro, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1996: 50, 176, 182, 216, 258.

Art of the Andes from Chavín to Inca , (World of Art series), Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1995, New York, 1996. (Also released as L'Art des Andes, Thames and Hudson Ltd., Paris, 1996.)

"Current Research in Central American and Andean Art," Abstracts and Program Statements, 82nd Annual College Art Association Annual Meeting, 1994.

"An Overview of 'Horizon' and 'Horizon Style' in the Study of Ancient American Objects," Latin American Horizons, ed. Don S. Rice, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., 1993: 15-40.

To Weave for the Sun: Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1992 (reprinted by Thames and Hudson, London and New York, under the title To Weave for the Sun: Ancient Andean Textiles, 1994).

"Camelids and Chaos in Wari and Tiwanaku Textiles," The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, ed. R. F. Townsend, Art Institute of Chicago, 1992: 334-345.

"To Weave for the Sun," Hali, Vol. 64, August, 1992: 120-127.

"The Representation of the Wari State in Stone and Thread: A Comparison of Architecture and Tapestry Tunics," RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, Vol. 19-20, 1990-1991: 53-80. [co-author Gordon F. McEwan]

Under the name Rebecca R. Stone:

"Introduction to the Fiber Arts in Context: the Ancient Andean Example," Abstracts and Program Statements, 77th Annual College Art Association Annual Meeting, ed. Charles Rhyne, 1989: 52.

"Technique and Form in Huari-style Tapestry Tunics: the Andean Artist, A.D. 500-800." Ph.D. Diss. Department of the History of Art, Yale University, 1987.

"Color Patterning and the Huari Artist: the 'Lima Tapestry' Revisited," The Junius B. Bird Conference on Andean Textiles, Proceedings, ed. Ann P. Rowe, The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., 1986: 137-149.

Descriptive catalogue entries on West Mexican Sculpture, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, ed. G. Kubler, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1986: 175, 181, 182.

"Possible Uses, Roles and Meanings of Chavin-related Painted Textiles from the South Coast of Peru," Investigations of the Andean Past: Proceedings of the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, ed. D. Sandweiss, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1983: 51-74.

Descriptive catalogue entries on African and Mesoamerican Sculpture, Yale University Art Gallery: Selections, ed. A. Shestack, Yale University, New Haven, 1983: 104-111.

Descriptive catalogue entries on Pre-Columbian Andean Textiles, A Sense of Pattern: Textile Masterworks from the Yale University Art Gallery, ed. L. Staples, Yale University, New Haven, 1981: 50-54.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS

ICIS research award (with Mike McQuaide and Lucas Carpenter) for travel to study Ecuadorian petroglyphs, March 2004 ($2000 for Stoe-Miller, $6000 total to all three).

Association for Latin American Art, 2002 International Book of the Year Award for Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas, awarded February 2003, New York City ($1000).

Center for Teaching and Curriculum/Faculty College Science Council Course Development Award, with William Size, to develop Art and Environment in Costa Rica: (ArtHist 393/ENVS393) Summer, 2001 for Fall 2002 ($3,000).

J. Paul Getty Grant Program, for the publication of Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas, by or before 2002 ($35,000).

Science and Society Fund, Emory University, to supplement scientific testing for Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas ($10,000).

J. Paul Getty Grant Program, for the preparation of Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas, completed ($76,000).

University Teaching Fund Award, Shamanism Course development with Dr. Gary Laderman, Dept. of Religion, Emory University, Summer, 1999 ($2500).

Emory Languages Across the Curriculum, course development Grant, Summer 1997 (to design Spanish-language component to ArtHist 226- Introduction to Ancient Central and South American Art) ($1500).

Emory College Summer Faculty Development Award (for final draft Art of the Andes from Chavín to Inca), 1995 ($2000).

Emory College Summer Faculty Development Award (for first draft Art of the Andes from Chavín to Inca), 1994 ($2000).

Emory College Summer Faculty Development Award (for beginning Envisioning the Unseeable: Perception, Form, and Meaning in Ancient Central and South American Art), 1993 ($2000).

Emory College Summer Faculty Development Award (for the Study of Costa Rican Jades), 1992 ($2000).

University Research Committee, Summer Grant (for the Study of Costa Rican Art), Emory University, 1991 ($3750).

Emory-Mellon Post-doctoral Fellow in Art History, Emory University, 1988-1990.

Junior Fellowship, Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, 1985-1986.

Dissertation Research Grants, Yale University, 1983-1985:

Jaffee-Hall Fund for the Study of Pre-Columbian Art,

Concilium on International and Area Studies,

Josef Albers Traveling Fellowship for Study in Latin America,

Tinker Foundation for Latin American Studies,

Robert Lehman Fund.

Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Study in Peru, 1983 (declined).

University Tuition Fellowships, Yale University, 1980-1984.

Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Michigan at the University of Michigan, 1979.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Flowers in the Dark: Visions and the Artistic Enterprise in the Ancient Americas . (first draft stage)