GRANTS, AWARDS, LECTURES

2005 Lecture and Slide presentation, Stanford University, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford, CA
2005 Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Lecture, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Alan Houser Memorial Award, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Judge of paintings, Indian Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Selection judge for Indian Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Selection judge for Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Lecture, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Panel Discussion, "Continuum," National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
2002 Judge of "Pathways . . ." Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Panel Discussion, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2001 Panel Discussion, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2001 Panel Discussion, Art Libraries Society of North America, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Panelist Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day, National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, New York
1998 Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory, Sante Fe
1998 “California Indians and the Gold Rush” symposium speaker, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland
1998 Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day, The Heard Museum, Phoenix.
1997 Slide lecture at “Memory and Imagination in 20th Century Native American Art” symposium; Artist in Residence, Memory and Imagination: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1996 Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1996 National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
1993 Lecture, University of Wisconsin/Madison, WI
1992 Gallery talk for OBJECTS OF MYTH & MEMORY: American Indian Art from The Brooklyn Museum and Chico Maidu Dancers exhibits, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1992 Lecture, Museum of American Indian Art and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Lecture, Crocker At Museum, Sacramento, CA
1992 Lecture, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, NM
1992 Lecture, Amerika Haus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1992 Lectures, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Potsdam, Heidelberg, Germany
1992 Lectures, "The Cultural Relevance of American Indian Art," Amerika Haus Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
1992 Lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1992 Lecture, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1992 Panel, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1991 Lecture Series, "Eye of the Artist," Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1991 Lecture, Das Deutsch-Amerikanische Institut, Heidelberg, Germany
1991 Lecture, The Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1991 Panel, "Encounter and Responses," Shared Visions Conference, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1990 Panel Discussion, "The Sacred Land: Ideas, Issues and Imagery," California State University, Sacramento, CA
1990 Panel, "Artifacts for the 7th Generation", American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
1989 Group Lecture, Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
1989 Lecture, "Coyote: A Myth in the Making," National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1987 Lecture, "Coyote: A Myth in the Making," Millicent Rogers, Taos, NM
1987 Lecture in conjunction with Coyote and Rock Art exhibitions, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1986 Lecture, "Contemporary American Indian Art: Diversity in Traditions," Artist Lecture Series, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Lecture, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Honored by the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California
1995 Mural project, St. Catherine Indian School, Santa Fe, NM
1983 Film: "Fonseca: In Search of Coyote", 30 minutes, color.
Directed & Written by Mary Louise King, Narrated by Harry Fonseca.
Independently produced by Shoshoni Films for the artist's 10 year retrospective at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe.
1980 Fellowship from the Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs
1980 First Place in Oil Painting, Graphics and Best of Division (Painting), Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
1979 Best of show Award, "Indian Art Now," Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1979 First Place in Painting NM State Fair (Indian Art Show) Albuquerque, NM
1978 Purchase Award for "The Earthmakers," aquatint etching, Auburn Arts Festival
1977 Artist in Schools and Community Grant from the California Arts Council
1976 Special Projects Grant from the California Arts Council to Aid in the Maidu Story of Creation