Awards
| 2023 | Sara Gilfert Award for paper excellence, Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH |
| 2022 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Just What is Impressionism Anyway? Lecture presented, June 2022 |
| 2022 | Behind Walker Hancock’s Sculptures, The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA. May 2022 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Gifts from the Sea: Seascape Painting in the New England Tradition, Lecture presented, June 2021 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, History of Public Art Lecture presented, May 2020 |
| 2019 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, History of Public Art Lecture presented, May 2019 |
| 2019 | Special Recognition Awards Juror, The Healing Power of Art 2018–19, Manhattan Arts International. Renee Philips, Principal Owner |
| 2014 | State of New Hampshire, 1% for Art Grant, Philbrook Center, Concord, NH |
| 2014 | Manhattan Arts International, Healing Power of Art, 2nd place winner. Juror: Barbara Markoff, owner, Theartconsultant.biz and ARTRAGEOUS |
About Sara Gilfert
Sara Gilfert learned the art of Japaneses hand paper making with the renowned paper artist Kazuhiko Ando. In 2002, with Rural Action as a fiscal agent, Sara to Nelsonville, Ohio and renovated the current 35 West Columbus Street. In 2003, Paper Circle was incorporated as non-profit arts organization with the mission of the preservation, advancement and celebration of the paper and book arts. Every year, one paper artist is awarded the Sara Gilfert award. This year, I am proud to share that I am that person.
I am proud to share I am the Arnold Grummer Award Winner for 2022 Paper on the River Exhibit, Paper Museum, Appleton, WI.
With jurist Kathryn Clark of Twin Rocker, Arnold Grummer Museum, October 2021.
