ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA 2017 PRESIDENT NEWSLETTER MESSAGE As the new President of the Allied Artists of America, I wish to greet all of you: our Elected, Honorary, Associate Members and Friends!

With the upcoming spring season, preparations are being made for our 104th Annual Juried Exhibition, which opens to the public Thursday, August 31st. We hope you can attend our Reception on (last day of exhibition) Sunday, September 17th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Our Prospectus will be available in a hard-copy form, as well as a PDF file at our website WWW.alliedartistsofamerica.org, for easy downloading and printing. Make sure to carefully follow all the directions - print your information legibly so we can process it correctly, send your submissions to the Director of your Category and always make checks payable to Allied Artists of America. Please do not send submissions to the Salmagundi Club. With the July 1st Entry Deadline there is plenty of time to prepare your submissions. We are looking forward to showing an exciting selection of works from artists throughout the United States and beyond in an exhibition of great success! Our beautiful gallery at the Salmagundi Club will once again serve as an ideal setting for our show!

As President of the Allied Artists of America and on behalf of our Board of Directors and Committee Members, I would like to thank all the donors for their continuous support and generous contributions. A non-profit organization, the Allied Artists of America is entirely run by volunteers whose hard work and dedication keep it functioning impeccably. Sincerely,

Mitzura Salgian – President

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CELEBRATING 104 YEARS SPRING 2017

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THE 2016 ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER Nicole Moné

Blowing Smoke (Portrait of Aaron Shikler)

36 x 24 inches, Oil on linen

Michael Bignell’s painting “Seeking Honey” has received First Place in the micro Landscape category of the American Artists Professional League’s 2017 on-line Theme Show, which features Landscapes, Seascapes and Streetscapes. Seeking Honey, Acrylic 44 x 52 inches

Catherine Ferrell is part of the sculpture show featuring Catherine Ferrell, Amy Kann, Gwen Marcus, and Sandy Scott.Show runs from April 29 - May 27, 2017 at Cheryl Newby Gallery.11096 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island, South Carolina 29585. TEL(843)979-0149 HOURS 10AM - 5PM, Tue - Sat and by appointment. www.cherylnewbygallery.com

Carmen Frank’s sculpture will be part of the permanent exhibit on the boardwalk in Arverne, Rockaway Beach. There are 16 artists participating in this project. The opening will be on June 3rd. Carmen became AAOA elected member in 2016.

NEWS OF ELECTED MEMBERS

Please use your dues postcard to pay your dues !(if available). It will be returned as your receipt, with check number and stamped paid with a new 2017 membership card. Please note that any dues payment this year covers the period from January 1st, 2017 to December 31st 2017. Please do not pay twice! In order to see if you have already paid your dues check www.alliedartistsofamerica.org click on “Membership”, then click on “Associates”. At the end of each month the list of associates in good standing will be posted. Only those associates in good standing, and paid up-to-date, will be listed on the website, be listed in the annual catalogue, and sent the newsletter and catalogue. Please send change of address information to luberrillpaulsen@aol.com with Allied Associates in the subject line.

Allied Artists of America 104th Annual Exhibition

Salmagundi Club ! 47 Fifth Avenue !

New York, NY, 10003

104th ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA EXHIBITION NEWS

SAVE THESE DATES FOR 2017 FOR ALL MEMBER’S AT THE SALMAGUNDI CLUB,

NYC 104th ANNUAL EXHIBITION JULY 1 – Entry deadline JULY 17 - Notification

AUGUST 29 – Receiving of accepted work !AUGUST 31 – Exhibition open to public

SEPTEMBER 17 – Reception and awards !SEPTEMBER 18 – Pick up day

VISIT:

WWW.ALLIEDARTISTSOFAMERICA.ORG

ATTN: ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 2017 OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

This year’s Juror of Awards will be Lisa Chalif

Curator, Heckscher Museum of Art

Mitzura Salgian ! President Gabriela Dellosso ! Vice President

Christina Debarry !Treasurer Rhoda Yanow ! Corresponding Secretary & Nominations

Chair Robert Palevitz! Corresponding Secretary

Annie Patt ! Recording Secretary

MEDIA DIRECTORS Mike Rohner ! Oil

Mark de Mos ! Watermedia, Pastel And Graphics Andrew Luy! Sculpture

MEMBERSHIP Beata Szpura !Membership Chair

Mitzura Salgian !Assistant Membership Coordinator Bunny Adelman !Assistant Membership Coordinator

Lucille Berrill Paulsen !Associates Chair

EXHIBITIONS

Nadia Klionsky ! Awards Chair Brenda Tribush Awards Assistant ! Richard Weinstein !Photography

Rae Smith ! Prospectus

! Miklos L. Sebek !Exhibition Chair

Exhibition Assistants ! Jeffrey Berman !, Jason Chang !, Masaki Noda, Robert Palevitz!!

PUBLICATIONS

Roger Rossi !Advertising & Publicity Editor

Jenny Lin !Gabriella Dellosso !Catalogue

Annie Patt ! Website Administrators ! Yuka Imata! Social Media & Newsletter Editor

Robert Genovese ! Auditor

PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Gary T. Erbe ! • Joan Heston • Frank Liljegren • !Thomas Valenti

ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA, INC. DONATIONS

IN MEMORIAM

Contributions in support of the Gary Erbe Awards Fund, the Color Exhibition Catalogue, and/or general

donations in support of Allied Artists of America programs may be sent to:

Christina Debarry, 10 Harvale Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932 !Please note on the memo line of the check

the use to which your donation is directed. Thank you.

Membership Chair: Beata Szpura bszpura@yahoo.com

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Ronald Beuzenburg • Jim Hardin • David Beynon Pena

Anne Robertson Massie • Al Wasserman.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2017 DONATIONS Richard Whitney Arthur Amster Roger Rossi Lee Hut Michael Graves John Facidomo Jenny Lin Barbara Fracchi Joan E. Lane Donald Axelrod William Aiken Weihong Liu Jason Chang Marcia Bailey Linda Gross Brown Georgene E. McGonagle Jane Klesh-Butkovsky Eileen Barry Lucille Berrill Paulsen Natalie Becker Claudia W. Seymour Kim Shaklee Danni Dawson

WE WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS INVITED TO FULL MEMBERSHIP AFTER THE 2016 ANNUAL

Lisa Botto Lee – G Tom Hedderich-W Carmen Frank –S

Susan Hyman- S Maurice Stern-S Scott Nickerson-O

Pokey Park-S Raymond Sammak-O Don Taylor-W

Lok Kerk Hwang-W Nanci France-Vaz - O

REGISTRATION FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

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Enclose a $40 check for Annual dues payable to Allied Artists of America and mail to:

LUCILLE BERRILL PAULSEN, 958 COBB ROAD WEST, WATER MILL, NY 11976

Dues are for the calendar year - January 1 through December 31. (Facsimile may be used)