Awards
Kempner is a recipient of the following awards, grants, and fellowships:
- 2008 National Endowment for the Arts
- 2001 Women of Vision award from D.C.'s Women in Film and Video chapter
- 2001 Media Arts award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture
- 2000 DC Mayor's Art Award.
- 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1995 Individual Artist Grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1993 NEA Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship
- 1992 NEA Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship
- 1991 Individual Artist Grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1990 Individual Artist Grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1988 Individual Artist Grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1987 NEA Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship
Additionally, her films have received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities boards.
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