WINTER/SPRING 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

BUTLER SPOTLIGHT: STEVE SCHEURING

NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS

CHER PRUYS: GOLD AWARD

JULIE BECK: AUDREY LOVE AWARD

JOHN BELARDO: SILVER AWARD

JOYCE HANSON: BRONZE AWARD

BUTLER AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHTS

ALMENARA AWARD

IN MEMORIAM

NEWSLETTER STAFF

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Michael Gabriele

ADVISORY BOARD

Gabriela G Dellosso

Gary T. Erbe

Chantell Van Erbe

BOARD

PRESIDENT

Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso

VICE PRESIDENT

Chantell Van Érbe

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

Arturo Garcia

TREASURER

Christina Debarry

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Zeny Erbe

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

Beata Szpura

MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANT

Elissa Prystauk

ASSOCIATE ONLINE SHOW CHAIR

Annie Patt

AWARDS CHAIR

Nadia Klionsky

SCULPTURE EXHIBITION CHAIR

Mikos Sebek

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

Yuka Imata

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Michael Gabriele

CATALOG CHAIR

Steve Scheuring

SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM

Chantell Van Erbe

Billy Seccombe

Arturo Garcia

Annie Patt

COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

Mike Rohner

MAIL MANAGER

Bob Palevitz

CONTACT LIST MANAGER

Vincent Nardone

PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Gary T. Erbe

Mitzura Salgian

Thomas Valenti

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Members, Associates and Friends,

As spring approaches we celebrate beginnings and the renewal of life. Allied Artists of America continues its cycle of excellent exhibitions and offering recognition and awards to deserving artists. We have been blooming with talent and awarding it with the monetary support so that artists can continue to create. Awards are a way to inspire and we are thankful to all our donors for providing this valuable and important facet to our exhibitions.

This year, I am very pleased to inform you all, that our award total is $45,000 for our 111th annual exhibition. There are several new awards, as well as higher monetary cash awards to accompany our beautiful medals. Our Gold medal will be accompanied by $6000 cash award, the Silver medal with $4000 in cash, and the Bronze by $3000 in cash. There will be new $3000 awards entitled “Allied Artists of America Awards” in every category. We are also very happy to offer a new $1000 award entitled “the “Almenara Art Prize Award” sponsored by David Gutiérrez, the CEO of The Almenara Collection and The Almenara Art Prize competition.

We will exhibit again at The Butler Institute of American Art, which is a premier museum venue, we are thankful for that. This year we are going to occupy two galleries at the Butler for two months, which is a very long run! How lucky are we?

Submissions for the 111th are open!! To enter click here:

https://showsubmit.com/show/aaa-111th-annual-exhibition

I would like to mention, there is an available position on the Allied board on the social media team. If you have skills and are qualified, please contact me for more info at: [email protected]

Lastly, I would like to summarize how fortunate we are to be part of this incredible community of artists. Allied is very proud to offer monetary prizes to help artists continue in their creative quests. Offering awards is a way to honor the memory of a loved one and do something really positive and meaningful for the artistic community. If you would like to create an award in loving memory of someone, please contact me at:

[email protected]

With Warm regards,

Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso

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ALLIED ARTISTS BUTLER SHOW ARTICLE 2023

Photo shown above:: Allied Artists of America 109th reception at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

By Steve Scheuring

On September 9th, The Allied Artists of America held the opening of a special exhibition of 110th show award winners, special invitees, and Board Members at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. This exhibition ran from September 10 thru October 8, 2023. I was fortunate to attend the opening...

NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS

Chris Conover

Kristie Madsen IV

Lewis Issac Testa

Patt Baldino

Ted Fuka

Joyce Hanson

Dora Hagge

Congratulations to our newly elected board members! Click below to learn more about these artists.

CHER PRUYS, $3,000 GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD

From her home in Devlin, Ontario, Canada, Cher Pruys can look out across the Rainy River and see the northern border of Minnesota, imagining what sort of adventures and experiences she might find by making a passage across the border.

In her painting, “Entranced,” three little ballet dancers look through a large window at older ballerinas and wonder what sort of adventures and experiences they’ll find in the passages of their lives.

Pruys’ painting, acrylic on 300-pound hot-press paper, received $3,000 Gold Medal of Honor award at the 110th annual Allied Artists of America juried exhibition, displayed online and at the renowned Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH.

JULIE BECK, AUDREY LOVE MEMORIAL AWARD

Julie Beck confessed that the eclectic collection of objects in her award-winning still life somehow, mysteriously, adds up to a self-portrait. The oil painting captured the $5,000 Audrey Love Memorial Award, the top honor for the 110th annual Allied Artists of America Juried Exhibition, displayed online and at the renowned Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH.

JOHN BELARDO, SILVER MEDAL OF HONOR

“Tyche,” the Greek goddess of fortune, is a complex, Baroque style, terra-cotta statue of intertwined figures by John Belardo, representing a narrative of prosperity and decline. Perhaps it’s also a narrative of the tribulations and trials in the career of every artist.

As fate would have it, Tyche has brought good fortune to Belardo. His work garnered the $2,000 Allied Artists of America Silver Medal of Honor...

JOYCE HANSON, BRONZE MEDAL OF HONOR

Master pastelist Joyce Hanson said she enjoys an endless view of trees in the verdant, majestic Adirondacks mountain range of upstate New York. Inspired by this endless view, she depicted an intimate forest-floor ecosystem of color, shadow and sunlight, titled “Trail to Long Pond,”...

SPOTLIGHT ON BUTLER AWARD WINNERS

A diverse array of talented artists from a variety of locations filled the ranks of the 110th annual Allied Artists of America juried exhibition, displayed online and at the renowned Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. Click links below to learn more about these artists...

TONY ARMENDARIZ

ROBIN ANTAR

GWYNN WALKER DI PILLA

GAIL ROBIN MEYERS

GAYLE MADEIRA

SHARON PEARSALL

FABIO CUFFARI DIALLEY

ALMENARA AWARD

David Gutiérrez, the CEO of The Almenara Collection and The Almenara Art Prize competition based in Cordoba, Spain, will sponsor a new $1,000 award for oil painting (the “Almenara Art Prize Award”) for the 111th juried exhibition of Allied Artists of America Inc., which will be held at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, September 8 to November 10, 2024.

THE ALMENARA ART PRIZE

IN MEMORIAM

Frank Liljegren

Rhoda Yanow

﻿NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS

ALMENARA AWARD

NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS