ALLEMAN STUDIOS CELEBRATES THEIR 15th ANNIVERSARY
It’s hard to believe it’s only been 15 years when I reflect upon all that has happened through this time. During the past fifteen years, when I placed my first bronze cast vessel into a fine art gallery in Scottsdale, AZ (August 2001) my studio has grown and bloomed miraculously. My work has been accepted into 87 Juried Exhibitions; including 7 Juried Museum Exhibitions and has earned 17 awards including several awards in the American Women Artists Master and Signature Exhibitions and the notable Gilcrease Museum 2015 Collector’s Reserve First Place Award in 2015. Also in 2015, we were honored by the invitation to exhibit 16 works (including a retrospective) at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ in the three month running Green and Gray Exhibition. My work has been published in 15 books/magazines and I have completed five commissions. I hold the great honor to have been invited to become a distinguished Signature Member of the American Women Artists and a member of the International Artists for Conservation. And, many years ago I was so very honored to have Mighty Oak chosen as the recognition gift presented to 2004 Noble Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai in Beverly Hills, CA.
I certainly do not do this alone, rather with the immense contribution of our highly skilled foundry workers; studio office support; and many fine art gallery representatives and partnerships. I will ever be most grateful to the Redfern Gallery for their very early, amazing confidence and support of my work. It’s been an exhilarating and joyful journey! Below we reflect upon the highlights, with warmest gratitude to all of our cherished collectors…realizing you are the vital link that allows me to continue creating – thank you!
With my very warmest gratitude,
Carol
ALLEMAN AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Below is a listing of some of the recognition and awards Alleman work has received over the past fifteen years with designation of the precise piece and juried exhibit. We do not participate in any non-juried exhibitions. MANY pieces have never been submitted to any juried exhibitions (most high quality, juried exhibitions accept work completed/released within the past two years only , grossly limiting the number of qualifying pieces). Because a piece has not earned an award surely does not make it any less notable (it may well have been too popular to allow for inventory supply to support an exhibit, as was often the case). We recognize many collectors love to hear of awards confirming their choice of artwork to be “intelligent” and for those perhaps the following will be helfpul.
2015 Gilcrease Museum, Collectors’s Reserve, Williams FIRST PLACE AWARD in sculpture
2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2014 American Women Artists Master Signature and Signature Juried Exhibition; earned BRONZE AWARD
2014 Featured in Western Art & Architecture Feature Article
2014 Four Points Contemporary Juried Exhibition; Honorable Mention
2013 Art League of Hilton Head, FIRST PLACE in 3D
2013 American Women Artists Master Signature and Signature Juried Exhibition; AWARD OF MERIT
2012 Hudson Gallery NOW WOW Project II; MERIT AWARD
2012 Women’s Works; 25th Annual International Exhibition; GALLERY CHOICE AWARD
2016 Groover Studio Award, Jacksonville University Museum, AL
2014 Juried Legacy Art Exhibition, HONORABLE MENTION
2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2014 Four Points Contemporary BiAnnual Juried Competition; MERIT AWARD
2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2014 Four Points Contemporary BiAnnual Juried Competition; MERIT AWARD
2005 Sculptural Pursuit Annual Juried Competition; INDUSTRY AWARD
2004 Ministry & Liturgy Annual Juried Visual Arts Awards; BENE AWARD
2005 Art Calendar; Magazine Cover Image
2004 Ministry & Liturgy Annual Juried Visual Arts Awards; BENE AWARD
2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2012 International Miniature Exhibit; FIRST PLACE, Nags Head, NC
2013 Manhattan Arts International, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2012 American Women Artists Member Juried Exhibition; Best Sculpture Done in an Academic and Realistic Manner
2015 GREEN & GRAY Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ:
TRANSITIONS II
WOODLAND QUEENS
CELESTIAL JOY
TRINITY
GRATITUDE
GRACEFUL ONE
SEEDS OF HARMONY
TWILIGHT STARS
ILLUSION OF COMPLEXITY
MONTAGE ABUNDANCE
Gratitude, Miracles and Trillium in bisque clay
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
2014 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM, Prevailing Winds; Ginkgo: Seed of Hope
2015 GILCREASE MUSEUM, Collectors Reserve, Serenity and Twilight Stars
2015 TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM; Empire 100; Marriage of Spirit
2011 and 2012 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS; Gala Event, Gratitude and Womb of Life
2011 STICKLEY MUSEUM, Trunk Show, Five different pieces
2014 CORNELL MUSEUM OF ART; Garden of Promises
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2016 Nature Inspired, Spring 2016 Edition, Softcover Book (Trillium and Garden of Promises featured with companion writing)
2014 Western Art & Architecture; feature article
2013 and 2011 Arabella Magazine (Canadian); Fabulous Finds Feature Article
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Artists for Conservation Hardcover Book, Juried Artist
2012 Wildscape Magazine; Featured Artist
2011 Luxe Design + Interiors Magazine; Feature Article
2007 Idea House, Phoenix Home & Garden
2007 A Montage of Masterworks, The Redfern Gallery (Hard Cover book)
2006 Southwest Art; Vases and Vessels
2006 Celebrating Thirty Years, The Redfern Gallery (Hard Cover book)
2006 Phoenix Home and Garden, Feature Article
2005 Southwest Art; Artists to Watch
2005 Art Calendar – Cover (Finding Courage)
A complete listing of ALL the Juried Exhibits we have been accepted into is listed on our website on the Artist Profile Page.
OTHER MEMORABLE REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST 15 YEARS
Some of the other most notable highlights of the fifteen years include the honor of having Mighty Oak chosen as the appreciation gift presented to 2004 Noble Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai; in a Gala Award presentation via Tree People in Beverly Hills, CA. Ms. Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement. “It was while she served in the National Council of Women that she introduced the idea of planting trees with the people in 1976 and continued to develop it into a broad-based, grassroots organization whose main focus is the planting of trees with women groups in order to conserve the environment and improve their quality of life. Through the Green Belt Movement her work has assisted women in planting more than 20 million trees on their farms and on schools and church compounds. Wangari Maathai is internationally recognized for her persistent struggle for democracy, human rights and environmental conservation.” –www.nobelprize.org.
We were very proud and honored to play a small part in recognition and celebration of her worthy contributions to our global world. She left her deeply beautiful, caring, and contagious fingerprint upon our world.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is the premier cultural resource for the state of Indiana and a major arts-based institution for the Midwest. When the museum contructed its new state-of-the-art scientific research laboratory in which to house its highly respected Art Conservation Department they acquired Remembering Gratitude for the permanent collection.
“The laboratory is a high profile feature for the museum with frequent visitors, including curators, donors, trustees, and the public. It provides a captivating avenue for discussing artists’ materials, craftsmanship, the processes of material aging and how conservation intervenes, and the ways that science can enlighten us about our cultural patrimony – how an object was made, what materials were used by the artist, and how an object reacts with its surroundings.“ ~Dr. Gregory Dale Smith, Senior Conversation Scientist. Carol’s deliberate and intricate patination process is of particular interest to the museum laboratory. It is hoped that Remembering Gratitude will continue to make a significant contribution in IMA’s Art Conservation Department’s studies to help understand how to best display and preserve bronze works; and specifics on how conservation measures intervene.
We appreciated the honor of being invited to participate in the Annual Gala Event two years at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
For five running years, early in my career, we participated in the then notable Loveland Sculpture in the Park event. Three of those five years my work was among the top ten in individual artist sales for the show which exhibited nearly 300 sculptors’ works to the 25,000 visitors.
“It feels as though I’ve been doing this work for much longer than 15 years and yet when I pause to reflect over all these years, my sometimes sputtering memory is challenged. It has been a truly deep deep joy to reflect over these miraculous years – and with such extraordinary gratitude to the many foundry hands, our trusted gallery representatives and especially our many cherished collectors.”
Congratulations to all of us!
