Awards
2011 Academy Art Museum Craft Show
Body of Work, Second Prize
2010 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Exhibitors' Choice Bronze Award
2009 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Founders Award
2008 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Best in Show
2006 American Crafts Exhibition, Evanston, IL
Honorable Mention
2005 American Crafts Exposition, Evanston, IL
Excellence in Wood
2004 Sausalito Arts Festival, CA
Best of Show
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Bronze Award, Exhibitors Choice
CraftBoston, Boston, MA Best of Media, Wood
2003 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Merit Award, Craftsmen's Choice
CraftBoston, Boston, MA Craftsmen's Choice Award
2002 Peabody Essex Museum
Cosmos Moon added to modern craft collection
2001 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Honorable Mention - Craftsmen's Choice Award
American Craft Council, Baltimore, First Prize
2000 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Best in Show
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Craftsmen's Choice Award
1999 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Founders Award
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD
Market Award of Excellence
1998 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
National Museum of American Art
Renwick Gallery Permanent collection
"Space Probe", "Oval", and "Inner Wisdom 67-87"
Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show
Fashioned by Hand Award 1997
Philadelphia Museum Craft Show
The Wharton Esherick Award for Wood
1995 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Founders Award
Danforth Museum of Art
Purchase Award
American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD
Fellows' Choice
1994 Crafts at the Castle, Boston, MA
First Place
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Honorable Mention
1993 Crafts America Show, Washington, DC
Best in Wood
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Honorable Mention
1991 Philadelphia Museum Craft Show
Best in Show
1982 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Biennial Exhibition Permanent Collection
ArtsPlosure, Raleigh, NC First Place
Notable
2009 New Masters of the Wooden Box
By Oscar Fitzgerald ~ Pages 200-205 2006
Good Wood Magazine, Great Britain
Views from the Bench / Issue 176
2004 Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME
Making a Small Gem / Teaching workshop
2004 Lark Books, 400 Wood Boxes, Featured Artist
2002 American Craft Magazine June/July
Designing Boxes Philip Weber, by Philip Osgood
2001 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Precision Box Making / Teaching workshop
2000 The Inspired Hand ~ Atrium Gallery
University of Southern Maine
1999 Woodshop News, Feature, Good Things Come From Little Boxes
1996 Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME
Precision Box Making / Teaching workshop
1995 Home Magazine, Diamond Back pictured
1994 The Art of Making Elegant Wood Boxes
by Tony Lydgate, Featured Artist
Award Winning Boxes by Tony Lydgate, Featured Artist
1992 Fine Woodworking Magazine, Architectural 1 pictured
1988 Art Park, Lewiston, NY
Three week demonstration of woodworking
1985-2011 American Craft Council Shows
Baltimore, Rhinebeck, W.Springfield
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