Frankfort was a Core Fellow at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1999. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006.
As part of her artistic development, Frankfort spent time as a Core Fellow at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 1999. This experience was followed by her receipt of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006.