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Randall Tiedman (Cleveland, OH), Blue Breaking, acrylic and oil, 40 x 56 inches. Vittorio Ottaviana (New York, NY), Bandits, oil on mahogany, 41 x 43 inches. Invited work, collection of Ken Tawfik. SEVENTY-FIRST NATIONAL MIDYEAR THE BUTLER INSTITUTE of AMERICAN ART Chuck Wood (Chicago, IL), To Warm the Heart, To Charm the Robert Huckestein, Pittsburgh, PA, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Sight, casein on canvas, 39 x 48 inches. Jules Olitski Award. Rembrandt’s Eyes, oil on canvas, 50 x 36 inches. Paul Georges Award. THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART • 524 WICK AVENUE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO • 44502 www.butlerart.com July 14 - August 26, 2007 AWARD WINNERS Fern T. Apfel • Kinderhook, NY Clement Greenberg Award Arthur Chartow • West Bloomfield, MI Henry Billings Award Rick Daskam • Southbury, CT Collectors Award In honor of Sir Edwin Manton Anita Dawson • Columbus, OH Juror’s Prize Mark Farina • Pacific Grove, CA Leslie Parris Award Julie Friedman • Medina, OH Arnold Friedman Award Kathryn Frund • Cheshire, CT Honorable Mention Tim Gaydos • Patterson, NJ Phil Desind Award Tom McNickle (Volant, PA), Deep in Summer, oil, 36 x 70 inches. Invited work. Mark Giangaspero • Cuyahoga Falls, OH Dianne B. Bernhard Art Spirit Purchase Prize Max Ginsburg • New York, NY Collector’s Prize in Honor of Sir Kenneth Thompson Mark Giangaspero (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Mr. Richardson, pastel 43 x 41 inches. Dianne B. Bernhard Art Spirit Purchase Prize. Gavin Glakas • Washington, DC Honorable Mention Jane Hahler • Falls Church, VA Louisa Matthiasdottir Award Lanna Pendelton Hall • Montpelier, OH John Constable II Award Robert Huckstein • Pittsburgh, PA Paul Georges Award Daniel Kinney • Youngstown, OH Ian Fleming-Williams Award John Randall Younger (Ivy, VA), Basement Studio, oil on panel, Jane Hahler (Falls Church, VA), Sunset with Flags Luray, VA, oil Matthew Klos • Sparrows Point, MD 33 x 44 inches. on canvas, 34 x 44 inches. David and Lydia Park Award Max Mason • Wynewood, PA Stanley Boxer Award Kathy A. Moore • Troy, OH Robert DeNiro, Sr. Award Joni Y. Parker • Boulder, CO Leland Bell Award The 71st National Midyear, an annual juried show, surveys the Ruth M. Poniarski • Westbury, NY current trends inTHE American painting BUTLERand other two dimensional work, INSTITUTE of Alexander Brook Award and presents pieces by artists living in the United States, or in US Territories. This year’s exhibition was judged by Larry Salander, Susan Shafer • Ashland, OH distinguished American gallery owner, and made possible in part by Dan Christiansen Award Dianne B. Bernhard and the Art Spirit AMERICANFoundation. Additional ART support was provided through the generosity of Mr. Salander, Claudia Waters • Montclair, NJ Barbara and Joseph Kernan, and the Allied Artists of America. Allied Artists of America Award YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Sharon Will • Washington, MI © 2007 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Evelyn Joll Award All rights reserved Chuck Wood • Chicago, IL Catalogue design by Kathryn Earnhart with Matthew Mullane Jules Olitski Award Kathy A. Moore (Troy, OH), Northeast Corner Alley, oil on paper David Thomas Ruiz (Chico, CA), Oak, 2006, oil on panel, mounted on board 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Robert DeNiro Sr. Award. David P. Wood • Cortland, OH 11 5/8 x 12 inches Meraud Guevara Award Claudia Waters (Montclair, NJ), Running Conversation, oil on linen, 16 x 12 inches. Allied Artists of America Award. Allied Artists Award This annual Midyear award is given by the Allied Artists of America, Inc., a non profit national art society composed of painters and sculptors, elected active members, and sustaining associate members from across the nation. Offices and exhibition galleries are located at the National Arts Club, Grammercy Park, New York City. Founded in New York City in 1914, the organiza- tion has been devoted to exhibiting the work of both its former and current members. Recently, Allied Artists group exhibitions have been held in the galleries of the New York Historical Society located on Central Park West, and other open national Lanna Pendelton Hall (Montpelier, OH), Spectacular Sunset, oil on linen, 24 x 72 inches. competitions have been displayed at the National Arts Club, the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the World Trade Center and at museums across the country including The Butler Institute of American Art. Dianne B. Bernhard Prize Phil Desind Award This award, given annually to an outstanding representa- tional work, honors the late Phil Desind (1910-1996), longtime director of Capricorn Galleries of Bethesda, Maryland, which Lanna Pendelton Hall (Montpelier, OH), Beth’s Sunrise, oil on linen, 18 x 60 inches. John Constable II Award. specialized in contemporary American realist painting. Phil Desind gave early recognition to many talented artists including Harvey Dinnerstein, Audrey Flack, John Stuart Ingle, Emil Janel, Roger Medearis, and Burton Silverman. In 1987, the Washington Post named Phil Desind “Collector of the Year,” and when he passed away in 1996, the Post wrote Portrait of Dianne B. that Desind’s collection was “. .a trove of top-notch 20th Bernhard by Everett century American realism. Within the genre of realistic Raymond Kinstler painting, his taste was broad and impeccable.” courtesy of the Art Spirit Foundation. Phil Desind’s devotion Dianne B. Bernhard, Founder of the Art Spirit to the Butler Institute was Foundation, lives art in the tradition of Robert Henri. She outstanding. According to is an accomplished painter, teacher, arts advocate and Barbara Desind Kernan, devoted patron. Her background as a successful working who along with her artist led her to develop deep insights into the needs of husband Joe Kernan make artists. Through the activities and programs of the Art this annual award possible, Spirit Foundation, Dianne is working to bring maximum “I am proud to have Dad’s exposure to the arts on every level. As artists and their name permanently linked audiences rediscover the beauty and complexity of pastel, to the best accomplish- Arthur Chartow, West Bloomfield, MI, Skyway, oil on panel, 18 x 48 inches. Henry Billings Award. Art Spirit Foundation programs are designed to advance, ments of realist painters support, promote and document these artists’ efforts. now and in the years to The mission of the Art Spirit Foundation is to enrich come. He was always lives through the spirit of art—to promote the arts, to proud of the Butler for SEVENTY-FIRST illustrate how art enhances and enriches the lives of striving to become the everyone, and to provide insight into the spirit of art as a country’s bastion of life-changing force. Dianne B. Bernhard’s sponsorship of American realism. The NATIONAL MIDYEAR this annual Midyear award, designated to an outstanding Institute, its director Lou work in the medium of pastel, is a part of the ongoing Zona, and their joint cooperative efforts between The Butler Institute of Harvey Dinnerstein’s Portrait of Phil efforts held a large and American Art and the Art Spirit Foundation. Desind is in the Butler collection. special place in his heart.” July 14 - August 26, 2007 Susan Shafer, Ashland, OH Sharon Will, Washington, MI Exhibition Listing Four Elements II: One Pattern Pears and Purple Mixed media on acrylic Pastel 38” x 32” 20” x 23” David Emitt Adams, Cleveland, OH Virginia Schaffer Block, Upper Montclair, NJ Dan Christiansen Award Evelyn Joll Award Trewlawney Temple of Three Devotions #2 Photography (Silver Gelatin Print) Mixed acrylic mediums with papyrus on canvas Michael Sheets, Toledo, OH Patton Wilson, Sperryville, VA 23” x 19” 24” x 18” Tool Series #16 Turban and Gourds Oil on canvas Casein Leonette Adler, Virginia Beach, VA Jessica Bohné, Cincinnati, OH 24” x 36” 11” x 14” Cleaved Earth Looming Intimidation Oil Acrylic and charcoal on panel Michael Sheets, Toledo, OH Chuck Wood, Chicago, IL 36” x 36” 36” x 36” Tool Series #17 To Warm the Heart, To Charm the Sight Oil on canvas Casein on canvas Kitty Alward, Edinboro, PA Kay Bohren, Cortland, OH 32” x 48” 39” x 48” Double Trouble View at Aurora Lake Jules Olitski Award Oil on wood Acrylic John P. Smolko, Kent, OH 13 1/2” x 9” 40 1/2” x 51” Dinah (1B Studio Art, HL) Chuck Wood, Chicago, IL Colored pencil Oaxaca Window Kathy Anderson, Redding, CA Martha Jane Bradford, Brookline, MA 40” x 32” Casein on canvas Jenny Falls Wyoming Queen of the Night 48” x 39” Oil Digital drawing Kathleen Terlecky, Youngstown, OH 28” x 22” 23 3/4” x 32 1/2” Railing at Niagra David P. Wood, Cortland, OH Oil Marblehead Reflection Christine Apel, Alexandria, VA Diane Canfield Bywaters, Stevens Point, WI 26” x 32” Gumbichromate photo print Old News in Venice Wyoming Storm 14” x 11” Oil on linen Oil on wood Randall Tiedman, Cleveland, OH Meraud Guevara Award 14” x 20” 4” x 6” Wide Night Acrylic and oil Martha Young, Cortland, OH Fern T. Apfel, Kinderhook, NY Diane Canfield Bywaters, Stevens Point, WI 40” x 56” Winter Walk Thanksgivings Day 4: Grand Canyon at 6:15 p.m. Pastel on paper Mixed Media: Layered inks and collage Oil on pastelboard Randall Tiedman, Cleveland, OH 25” x 31” 10” x 8” 11” x 5” Blue Breaking Clement Greenberg Award Acrylic and oil John Randall Younger, Ivy, VA Edward Charney, Springfield, OH 40” x 56” Basement Studio Elaine Battles, Wooster, OH Ballynageeragh Dolmen Oil on panel Journal Drawing #7 Oil on board Kory Trolio, Boardman, OH 33” x 44” Micron #1 archival ink on paper 14” x 18” Chasing Seagulls with my Seagull 30” x 22” Cibachrome print Edward Charney, Springfield, OH 10” x 10” Edward Beuer, Bay Village, OH Haroldstown Dolmen - Portal Tomb Appalachian Barn #2 Oil on board Valerie Vonbetzen, Durham, PA Pastel 22” x 32” Travel Center - N.J.