 2006
Joy Thomas is the artist and author of the book, "The Art of
Portrait Drawing" published in 2006 by North Light Books a division
of F&W Publishing.
2003
Best of Show, Indiana Plein Air Painter's annual "Paint-Out"
competition, New Harmony, Indiana
1994
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Juried National Exhibition
Mississippi Museum of Fine Art, Jackson, Mississippi, International Juried Salon
Salmagundi Club, New York City, Juried National Exhibition
Central South Art Exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee,
Eight State Juried Show - Michelangelo Award
The Artist's Magazine, Finalist in National Competition
Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky - Eight State Juried Show
Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, Kentucky - Juried Statewide Exhibit
Elizabethtown Community College, Solo Exhibition
1993
Madisonville Community College, Solo Exhibition
Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio
1992
The Salmagundi Club, New York City,
Annual Juried Exhibition
National League of American Pen Women,
Women's National Juried Exhibition
The Grand Exhibition, Akron, Annual Juried Exhibition
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Juried Competition - Purchase Award
 Kentucky State Fair
- First place, portrait
- First place, watercolor
- The Kentucky Watercolor Society Award
1991
National Arts Club, New York City, Pastel Society of America
- Uschi Greuterich Award
- Edith Raron Purchase Award
-1991 PSA Scholarship recipient
National Arts Club, New York City,
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club's 95th Annual Exhibit
National Exhibition for Women (NLAPW) - Honorable Mention
PASTELS '91 Midwest Pastel Society Exhibition, Chicago
Kentucky State Fair
- First place, watercolor
- The Kentucky Watercolor Society Award
1989
Central South Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN
1988
Central South Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN
- Shoney Award
- Richards & Southern Award
International Oil Pastel Association Exhibition, Holbein Award
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