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Kristy Simmons has been recognized both locally and nationally for her work. In 1990 she was named Maryland Distinguished Scholar by the Maryland Higher Education Commission for her achievements in art. This award included a $12,000 scholarship to study art anywhere in the state of Maryland. She also won many regional awards from organizations including the Washington Regional Scholastic Art Awards Foundation and the Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, and her work won her an Individual Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Montgomery County. She was selected to learn printmaking concepts at the Smithsonian Institution, and nationally her portfolio received honors from the National Scholastic Art Awards, the National Arts Recognition &Talent Search and the...