the board of YBCA for six years. Awards For her unique artistic vision, Jenkins has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1980), an Irvine Fellowship in Dance, the San Francisco Arts Commission Award of Honor, three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (Izzies), and the Bernard Osher Cultural Award for her outstanding contributions to the arts community in San Francisco and the Bay Area and 2015 a Sustained Achievement Award from the Izzies. April 24, 2003 was declared “Margaret Jenkins Day” by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. On that day, she also received a Governor's Commendation from Governor Gray Davis. In 2013, she was awarded a residency at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy. References External links Margaret Jenkins Dance Company website KQED (public broadcasting station in northern California) website James Irvine Foundation Site American choreographers Dance in California Juilliard School alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Living people 1942 births People from San Francisco