hiː wʌz ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ɐ dʒˈɑːn sˈaɪmən ɡˈʌɡənhˌaɪm məmˈoːɹɪəl faʊndˈeɪʃən fˈɛloʊʃˌɪp ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn, hɐz ɹᵻsˈiːvd θɹˈiː ˈɑːɹɾɪsts ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ ɡɹˈænts fɹʌmðə nˈæʃənəl ɛndˈaʊmənt fɚðɪ ˈɑːɹts, ænd, ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks, wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd tə ðə kˈɑːlɪdʒ ʌv fˈɛloʊz ʌvðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən kɹˈæfts kˈaʊnsəl.
He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1969, has received three artist's research grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and, in 2006, was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Crafts Council.