Alleman Studios 15th Anniversary

ALLEMAN STUDIOS CELEBRATES THEIR 15thANNIVERSARY

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 hasearned 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.

TWILIGHT STARS

2015 Gilcrease Museum, Collectors’s Reserve, Williams FIRST PLACE AWARD in sculpture

2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ

SEEDS OF HARMONY

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

REMEMBERING GRATITUDE

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

MIGHTY OAK

2016 Groover Studio Award, Jacksonville University Museum, AL

2014 Juried Legacy Art Exhibition, HONORABLE MENTION

CELESTIAL JOY

2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ

2014 Four Points Contemporary BiAnnual Juried Competition; MERIT AWARD

ILLUSION OF COMPLEXITY

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

FINDING COURAGE

2005 Art Calendar; Magazine Cover Image

MONTAGE ABUNDANCE

2004 Ministry & Liturgy Annual Juried Visual Arts Awards; BENE AWARD

2015 Green & Gray Exhibition, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ

TRILLIUM

2012 International Miniature Exhibit; FIRST PLACE, Nags Head, NC

WOMB OF LIFE

2013 Manhattan Arts International, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

IN VINO VERITAS I

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 MightyOak 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!