Whitworth's work is backed by numerous community–based organizations, including the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, City of Beaverton, Tin House, Mellon Foundation, Bodecker Foundation, and Collins Foundation. These sponsors recognize the significance of Whitworth's artistic contributions and have invested in their potential to enrich and inspire communities. Literary Arts, All Classical Portland Radio, Oregon Community Foundation, Prosper Portland, Portland Area Theatre Alliance, and Blick have also extended their support to Whitworth's projects, reflecting the widespread appeal and impact of their work. Additional sponsors, such as the Jeremy Wilson Foundation, Portland Art Museum, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, Oregon Humanities, and the National Endowment of the Humanities, further underscore the breadth of Whitworth's work. Local businesses have rallied behind Whitworth's events, with Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry, McMenamins, Puff Coffee, and Heart Coffee donating to demonstrate their shared commitment to promoting a vibrant arts scene in Portland.

​FELLOWSHIPS

New Media Fellow, ​​Portland Art Museum’s Center for an Untold Tomorrow, Autumn 2023
Lambda Literary, Summer 2021
Tin House,  Summer 2019 and Winter 2021

Awards

Best New Media Film, Chico Independent Film Festival, Autumn 2023
Best Music Video, Oregon Independent Film Festival, Autumn 2022
Music Video of the Year, Raleigh Film and Art Festival, Autumn 2022
Honorable Mention Short Film, Awareness Film Festival, Summer 2022
Honorable Mention Music Video, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Summer 2022
Oregon Community Foundation Fred W. Fields Creative Heights grantee, Summer 2022
Oregon Arts Commission grantee, Summer 2022 
American Rescue Plan/City of Portland Resiliency arts grantee, Spring 2022 
Best Animation, New Jersey International Film Festival, Spring 2022 
Best Music Video Finalist, Budapest Independent Film Festival, Spring 2022 
Best Music Video, Paris Music Video Underground Festival, Spring 2022 
Best Art Film, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Spring 2022 
Best Director, Italian 8 & Half Film Awards, Spring 2022 
Best Music Video, Munich Music Video Awards Spring 2022 
Regional Arts and Culture Council grantee, Spring 2022
Red Dirt International Film Festival "Best Editing" finalist, Spring 2022
New Filmmakers Los Angeles Best New Media / Experimental Film of 2021 finalist, Spring 2022
​Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival, Best Experimental Film semi-finalist, Autumn 2021
FILMHAUS Berlin, Best Short Screenplay, Best Zero-Budget Short, and Best Voiceover Narrator/Performance winner, Autumn 2021
Changing Face International Film Festival, Best Actor in an Experimental Short (for "Self Defense") winner, Autumn 2021
Changing Face International Film Festival, Best Experimental Short Film winner, Autumn 2021
Queens NY International Film Festival, Best Experimental Film semi-finalist, Summer 2021
Dumbo Film Festival, Best Experimental Film semi-finalist, Spring 2021
Falcon International Film Festival, Best LGBTQ Film winner, Spring 2021
​Under The Stars International Film Festival, Best Short Film finalist, Spring 2021
Oregon Arts Commission grantee, Spring 2021
Oregon Humanities Social Practice Responsive Program grantee, Spring 2021
Barcelona International Film Festival, Best LGBTQ Film finalist, Spring 2021
Georgia Shorts Film Festival​ Best Music Video finalist, Spring 2021
Dallas Independent Film Festival, Best Music Video finalist, Spring 2021
Munich Music Video Awards Film Festival, Best Cinematography finalist, Spring 2021
Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival, Best Short Film finalist, Best Queer Film finalist, 
Best Poetic Film finalist, Best COVID Film finalist, and Best Screenplay finalist, Spring 2021
​Oregon Short Film Festival, Best Experimental Film finalist, Winter 2021
Feel the Reel Film Festival, Best Music Video winner, Winter 2021
Oregon Arts Commission Arts Build Communities grantee, Winter 2021
IndieFEST Film Awards finalist, Winter 2021
Alder International Short Film Festival, Best Music Video winner, Autumn 2020
Open Window International Film Challenge, Best Music Video finalist, Autumn 2020
European Cinematography Awards finalist, Summer 2020
Canadian Cinematography Awards, Best Music Video winner, Summer 2020
Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Best Music Video winner, Summer 2020
Festigious Los Angeles Film Competition, Best Music Video winner, Summer 2020
Oregon Cultural Trust grantee, Autumn 2020
Portland Area Theatre Alliance grantee, Autumn 2020
Honorable mention, Best Music Video, Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Autumn 2020
Finalist, New Letters' Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction, Autumn 2020
Portland Art Museum grantee, Summer 2020
Mellon Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
Production work featured on BBC, Summer 2020
Oregon Community Foundation grantee, Summer 2020
City of Beaverton grantee, Summer 2020
All Classical Radio grantee, Summer 2020  
Queer Hero award, Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, Summer 2020
Jeremy Wilson Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Literary Arts grantee, Spring 2020
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art grantee, Spring 2020
Collins Foundation grantee, Spring 2020
Multnomah County Cultural Coalition grantee, Spring 2020
Featured writer, Portland Underground Film Festival, Winter 2020
Regional Arts and Culture Council grantee, Spring 2019
Portland Underground Film Festival finalist, Winter 2018
Art of Autism finalist, Autumn 2018
Film Pulse Selects finalist, Autumn 2018
Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Best Short Film finalist, Spring 2018

Film festival selections

Portugal International Film Festival, Spring 2023
​Sweet Democracy Film Awards, Autumn 2022
Sound Unseen Film Festival, Autumn 2022
Portland Film Festival, Autumn 2022
Orlando Film Festival, Summer 2022
Newport Beach Film Festival, Summer 2022
Sidewalk Film Festival, Summer 2022
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, Summer 2022
Edmonton International Film Festival, Summer 2022
International Activism Film Festival, Summer 2022
San Antonio Film Festival, Summer 2022
Washington, DC Whistleblower Summit for Civil and Human Rights Film Festival, Summer 2022
Love Wins LGBTQIA Film Festival, Summer 2022
Marina del Rey Film Festival, Spring 2022
San Francisco Black Film Festival (collab with BIPOC film group), Spring 2022
Oklahoma City deadCenter Film Festival, Spring 2022
The People's Film Festival, Harlem, Spring 2022
New Jersey International Film Festival, Spring 2022
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Spring 2022
Shockfest Film Festival, Autumn 2021
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Black Joy and Resilience co-producer selectee, Autumn 2021
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival selectee, Autumn 2021
North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival selectee, Autumn 2021
Portland Film Festival, Autumn 2021
San Antonio Pride QFest selectee, Autumn 2021
Awareness Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Newport Beach Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Buffalo International Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
​Oslo Fusion International Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Kerry International Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
QueerX Music, Film, and Culture Festival selectee, Summer 2021
​Pasadena International Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Seattle Queer Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Tryon International Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Lesbian and Gay Association of Germany "Pride on Screen" Berlin civil rights short film festival selectee, Summer 2021
Long Beach Queer Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
Bideodromo Basque Country Experimental Film Festival selectee, Summer 2021
PRISM LGBTQIA+ film festival selectee, Summer 2021
​Adirondack Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021​
Burbank International Film Festival​ selectee, Spring 2021​
Last Shot Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021​
​Oregon State International Film Fest (known as Das Filmfest moving forward) selectee, Spring 2021​
​New Hope (Pennsylvania) Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021​
Northeastern France RED Movie Awards selectee, Spring 2021​
qFLIX Philadelphia LGBTQ+ Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021
British Independent Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021
Phoenix Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021
Lift-Off Global Indie Film Festival selectee, Spring 2021
Pride Arts Film Festival - Quarterly Shorts selectee, Spring 2021
Muskoka Queer Film Festival selectee, Winter 2021
Los Angeles Indie Film Festival selectee, Winter 2021
​Munich Music Video Awards selectee, Winter 2021
Indie Shorts Awards Cannes selectee, Winter 2021
Redwood Shorts & Scripts Festival selectee, Winter 2021
Queen Palm International Film Festival selectee, Autumn 2020
Across the Globe Film Festival selectee, Autumn 2020
​Los Angeles Film Awards selectee, Summer 2020
Tracks Music Award selectee, Summer 2020
Goa Short Film Festival selectee, Autumn 2020

residencies

Sou'wester Historic Lodge & Artist Resort, Spring 2023
​Portland Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Artist in Residence, Spring 2023
Oregon State University's Trillium Project poet in residence, Spring 2019 and Fall 2022
HJ Andrews Experimental Forest ​poet in residence, Autumn 2022
Suttle Lodge artist in residence, Winter 2020
Arcosanti Urban Laboratory artist in residence, Fall 2019
Portland Parks and Recreation artist in residence, Spring 2019