All Awards | of Joy Beckner Bronze Sculpture

All Awards of Joy Beckner

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2023

The Mary Kay and Paul Jeynes Memorial Award, “So Good to See You, Too” Standard Smooth, Allied Artists of America 110th Annual Juried Exhibition, ONLINE,
Allied Artists of America, Invitation to show “So Good to See You, Too!” SS in the LIVE exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH.
Agop Agopoff Memorial Award – $500, “Merry Sunshine” Half Life-size, 90th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association at the Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT.
Honorable Mention – $100, “Life’s a Ball!” Long, 1:6 Scale, 18th Annual Heartland Art Guild International Miniature Paintings and Sculptures Art Show, Miami County Historical Museum, Paola, KS.

2022

Best-in-Show! “Cozy” Wire, 1:6 Scale, 38th Annual Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA.
Best Sculpture, “A Good Life” Long, 1:6 Scale, 31st International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC.
Best Sculpture, “Dreaming of Tomatoes, Too” MS, 94th Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club of New York, 47 5th Avenue, NYC.
HVAA Board of Directors Award, “Dreaming of Tomatoes, Too” MS, 89th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association at the Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT.
Honorable Mention, “Sunnyside Up” Long, 1:6 Scale, 89th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. at The Mansion at Strathmore. North Bethesda, MD.

2021

Pietro Montana Memorial Award, “A Good Life” SS, Hudson Valley Art Association. Old Lyme, CT.
Hannibal BeBellis & Richman Sculpture Award, “Life’s a Ball!” MS, 137th Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club of New York, NYC.
The Diane L. Templar Memorial Award for Best in Dogs, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” Long, 1:6 Scale, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
Society of Washington, DC, 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature.
Bank of the West Award, “Cozy” Smooth, “Sunnyside Up” Long & “Life’s a Ball!” Long, 1:6 Scale, Annual International Juried Art Exhibition and Competition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX.
Finalist, 15th Annual Art Renewal Center Salon, “A Good Life” MW, The Art Renewal Center, ARC, wrote this:This year we have 1006 finalist works by 640 artists, representing 32% of 4941 works submitted from 83 countries. I am happy too have made finalist as most of the works selected are two dimensional.
Honorable Mention, “Her Life’s a Ball!” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, 88th Annual International Exhibition Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC. (MPSGS)
Honorable Mention, “Cozy” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, 93rd Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, NYC.

2020

The Mary Kay and Paul Jeynes Memorial Award for an Animal Bronze Sculpture, “A Good Life” SS, 107th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, NYC. Online.
Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor – Best Sculpture in Show, “Cozy” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, 78th Annual Exhibition, Audubon Artists. Online.
Best in Dogs, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” Long, 1:6 Scale, 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
Best Sculpture/Metal, “Her Life’s a Ball!” 1:6 Scale, 29th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC.
Award of Second in Sculpture and Scrimshaw, “A Good Life” Wire,1:6 Scale, 45th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Miniature Art Society of Florida, Dunedin, FL.
Award of Second in Sculpture, “A Good Life” SS, 2020 Online Members Only Show, American Artists Professional League, NYC.
Phillip Eisenberg Memorial Award, “A Good Life” SS, Salmagundi Club Annual Members’ Exhibition. NYC. Online.
The Diane L. Templar Memorial Award for Best in Dogs, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” Long, 1:6 Scale, 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC. (MPSGS)
Honorable Mention, “Over the Rainbow” Just Faces: Pets, People and Other Creatures Exhibition, Medford Arts Center, Medford, NJ. Online: www.medfordarts.org.
Donation Accepted, “Siesta” SS, AP2/2, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrels Inlet, SC.

2019

Best Sculpture/Metal, “Cozy” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, 28th International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC.
Elliot Liskin Memorial Award for Academic Realism, “Life’s a Ball” MS, Audubon Artists 77th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
First Place Sculpture, “Sweet Roll” 1:6 Scale, 86th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Miniature Painters, Sculptors Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

2018

First Place Sculpture, “A Good Life” Wire, 1:6 Scale, 85th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Graver Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
Lelia Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award, “Lord of the Couch” MW, 90th Annual Grand National Exhibition 2018 of The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Crane West Art Award, “So Good to See You” ML, 17th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX.
Mary Kay & Paul Jeynes Memorial Award for an Animal Bronze Sculpture, “Life’s a Ball!” MS, 104th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Silver Medal Sculpture, “Life’s a Ball!” MS, 33rd Annual Bosque Art Classic, Bosque Art Center, Clifton, TX.
Honorable Mention, “Life’s a Ball!” Long, 1:6 Scale, 34th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, The Council for the Arts of Chambersburg, PA.
Donation Accepted, “Life’s a Ball!” SS, AP2/2, Brookgreen Gardens, Muriel’s Inlet, SC.
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Marquis Who’s Who.

2017

Purchased for the Permanent Collection, “Big Heart,” MUSC, Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, SC.
Purchase Award, “Sweet Roll” SS, AP2/2, Permanent Collection of Art on the Avenues, Wenatchee, WA.
Betty King Wright Award of $750, “Big Heart,” 16th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX.
Third Place, “Deli’s Open” Wire, Miniature Art Exhibition, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL.
Third Place, Sculpture, “Sweet Dreams,” 84th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors, Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
The Marilyn Newmark Memorial Award for Realistic Sculpture in Bronze plus $350, “Miss Me” MS, 75th Anniversary Annual Exhibition, The Audubon Artists, NYC.
The Frank C. Wright Medal of Honor plus $500, “Sweet Roll” SS, 89th Grand National Exhibit. The American Artists Professional League, NYC.

2016

First Place Sculpture, “Sweet Roll” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, 41st Annual International Miniature Art Show, Miniature Art Society of Florida. Dunedin, FL.
First Place 3D, “Siesta” SS, 2nd Annual at the Walker, The Maynard Walker Art Collection, Garnett, KS.
The Harry R. Ballinger Memorial Award, 133rd Annual Members’ Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NYC.
The Alphaeus P. Cole Memorial Award. Thumb Box Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NYC
George Gach Memorial Award, 88th Annual Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, NYC.
Finalist, Art Renewal Center, “Miss Me” MS, 12th International ARC Salon. “This year we had over 3100 entries by approximately 1300 artists from 63 countries. We selected 1006 finalist works by 640 artists, representing 32% of works submitted.

2015

Purchase Award, “So Good to See You” ML, Permanent Collection of Fountain Hills Arts and Cultural Center, Fountain Hills, AZ
Helen G. Oehler Memorial Award, “Big Heart,” 87th Grand National Exhibition 2015, The American Artists Professional League, NYC.

2014

Marilyn Newmark Award, “So Good to See You” ML, 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
First Place, Sculpture. “A Good Life” Long, 1:6 Scale, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC..

2013

First Prize, “Lord of the Couch” MW, New Members’ Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Gold Medal of Honor, Best Sculpture in Show, “Siesta” SS, 70th Annual Exhibition, The Audubon Artists, NYC.
AWA Gold, Best in Show, “Life’s a Ball!” SS, 16th Annual Master Signature Artists Exhibit, American Women Artists, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX.
Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award, 100th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, NYC.
Honorable Mention, SCNY Members’ Online Summer Potpourri Exhibition 2013, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Second Place Sculpture, 27th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, 2013 Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS.
Third Place Sculpture, 27th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, 2013 Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS.
Honorable Mention, 85th Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, NYC.

2012

The Salmagundi Club, Non-Resident Artist Member, elected by members of The Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Best Entry Depicting a Golden Retriever. 26th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Competition, 2012 Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS.
The Anna Hyatt Huntington Horses Head Award for Best Sculpture in Show, “Siesta” SS, 2012 Members Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC.
Juror’s Award of Merit,11th Annual International Juried Art Exhibition 2012,Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX.
The Kathryn Thayer Hobson Memorial Award, 84th Annual Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, On Line Exhibition.
Second Place, Sculpture, 79th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.

2011

Barry & Fran Werner Award, 46th Annual Central South Art Exhibition, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN.
Third Place, Sculpture, 78th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC.
Merit Award, 27th Annual Exhibition ‘Miniature Art 2011’, The Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA.

2010

Gold Medal of Honor, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, 68th Annual Exhibition, The Audubon Artists, Inc., NYC.
The Agop Agopoff Memorial Award, “Siesta” SS, 79th Annual Exhibition, The Hudson Valley Art Association, NYC.
Best Sculpture/Metal, “Sunnyside Up” Long, 1:6 Scale, 19th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC.
Honorable Mention, 26th Annual Exhibition Miniature Art 2010, Council for the Arts of Chambersburg, PA.
Second Place, Sculpture & Scrimshaw, Freda L. Turner Award (In Memory ofThomas R. Turner) “Sunnyside Up” Smooth, 18/99, 35th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Miniature Art Society of Florida, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL.
Col. Archibald King Memorial Awards for Sculpture, Second Place, 77th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

2009

Lindsey Morris Memorial Award, “Sweet Roll” SS, 96th Annual Show, Allied Artists of America, Inc., National Arts Club, NYC.
Best Sculpture/Metal. 18th International Miniature Art Exhibition, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, SC.
First Place in Sculpture Category, Third Annual Miniature Fine Art Show, Artistic Designs Gallery, Brownsburg, IN.
Second Place, 3D, Fifth Annual Miniatures Exhibition, Blackhawk Gallery, Sarasota, WY.
Honorable Mention, 25th Annual Exhibition Miniature Art 2009, Council for the Arts of Chambersburg, PA.
Honorable Mention, 76th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC

2008

Second Place, 3D, Fourth Annual Miniatures Exhibition, Blackhawk Gallery, Sarasota, WY.

2007

Metzger Award for Sculpture, “Sweet Roll” SS, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibit, Clayton, MO.

2006

National Sculpture Society Professional Sculptor Member, elected by members of National Sculpture Society, NYC.
Harriet Frischmuth Memorial Award, “Sweet Roll” SS, 110th Annual Open Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC.

2005

C. Percival Dietsch Prize, “Siesta” SS, 72nd Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, NYC & Brookgreen Gardens, Murrels Inlet, SC.
First Place, 12th Annual Miniature Exhibition, Casper Artists’ Guild, Inc., Casper, WY.
Best Missouri Artist (Purina Special Award) 19th Annual Exhibition, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS.
First Place Sculpture, Red River Valley National Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX.
Honorable Mention, 72nd Annual Exhibition, The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC.

2004

Merit Award Sculpture, Memphis Germantown Art League, 10th National Exhibition, TN.
Fourth Place Sculpture, Best Missouri Artist, Art Show at the Dog Show, 18th Annual Exhibition, Wichita, KS.

2003

Polich Art Works Foundry Prize, “Squirrel Season” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, National Sculpture Society, 70th Annual Exhibition, SC & NYC.
Award of Excellence, “Squirrel Season” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, Society of Animal Artists, 43rd Annual Exhibition & National Museum Tour.
First Place Sculpture & Artists’ Choice, Sixteenth Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, Dog Fanciers Club, Inc., NYC.
Best Animal Sculpture, “So Good to See You” SS, Viselaya Sculpture Competition, Concord, MA.
Purchase Award, “So Good to See You” SS, The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO.
Award of Merit, “Squirrel Season” Smooth, 1:6 Scale, Trinidad National Fine Art Exhibition, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO.
Second Place Sculpture & Scrimshaw, Miniature Art Society of Florida, 28th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Largo, FL.

2002

American Artists’ Fund Award, “So Good to See You” SS, American Artists’ Professional League, 74th Grand National Exhibition, NYC.
First Place Sculpture, “Dream Chasers-Best of Breed” Fifteenth Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, Dog Fanciers Club, Inc., NYC.
Two Awards & Best Missouri Artist, 16th Annual Exhibition, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS.
Honorable Mention, 69th Annual International ExhibitionMiniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC.

2001

Lindsey Morris Memorial Award, “So Good to See You” SS, Allied Artists of America, Inc., 88th Annual Exhibition, NYC.
Elliot Liskin Award for Representational Sculpture, “So Good to See You” MS, Society of Animal Artists, 41st Annual Exhibition.
First Place Sculpture, “Lord of the Couch” MW, Fourteenth Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, Dog Fanciers Club, Inc., NYC.
Purchase Award, “A Good Life” MS, The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO, hosted The Bennington Center for the Arts, Art of the Animal Kingdom V and purchased my work from this show.
Award, Associated Artists of Southport, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC.
Third Place, National League of American Pen Women, 18th Women’s National Juried Art Exhibition, Springdale, AK. (Only sculpture to win a top prize)

2000

Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award, “A Good Life” MS, Society of Animal Artists, Inc., 40th Annual Exhibition & National Museum Tour.
Audubon Silver Medal of Honor, “A Good Life” MS, Audubon Artists Inc., 58th Annual Exhibition, NYC.
Purchase Award. “A Good Life” MS, The Galleries of The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County, MS, The City of Hattiesburg & The Hattiesburg Cultural Partnership, National Small Sculpture Exhibition 2000. MS.

1999

National Sculpture Society Silver Medal & John Cavanaugh Memorial Prize, “A Good Life” SS, 66th Annual Exhibition, SC & NYC.
George Gach Memorial Award, American Artists’ Professional League, 71st Grand National Exhibition, NYC.
Award of Excellence, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, Society of Animal Artists, Inc., 39th Annual Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH.
Best-in-Show, “A Good Life” SS, American Women Artists, Second National Competition, Taos, NM.
Second Place Animal Art, The Artists’ Magazine 16th International Art Competition.
People’s Choice, The Lexington Art League, 5th Masterpieces of Maturity, Lexington, KY.
Past Presidents’ Award, Fine Arts Institute at the San Bernardino County Museum, 34th International Exhibition, Redlands, CA.
Paul Pattengale Annual Memorial Prize, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, “Time Capsules” Miniature Art Exhibition, Clayton, MO.
Third Place, Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta, Miniature and Small Show. GA.
Three Awards, Art Show at the Dog Show, 14th Annual Exhibition, Wichita, KS.

1998

National Academy Ellin P. Speyer Prize, “So Good to See You” SS, National Academy, 173rd Annual Exhibition, NYC.
Anna Hyatt Huntington Cash Award, “A Good Life” SS, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 102nd Annual Open Exhibition, NYC.
Margaret Sussman Memorial Award, (Best-in-Show) “A Good Life” SS, Pen & Brush, Inc., 51st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, NYC.
Barbara Shoemaker Award, Hill Country Arts Foundation, 28th Annual Confluence Exhibition, Ingram, TX.
Judge’s Award, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, 11th Annual International Exhibition of Animals in Art, Baton Rouge, LA.
Honorable Mention, Seaside Art Gallery, 6th International Miniature Exhibition, Nags Head, NC.
Juror’s Recognition Award, National League of American Pen Women, 16th Annual Women’s National Juried Exhibition, Springdale, AR.

1997

Best-in-Show, Best Sculpture, Best Dachshund, Best Missouri Artist, Purchase Award, “A Good Life” SS, Awarded to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, MO, by the Art Show at the Dog Show, 11th Annual Exhibition, Wichita, KS.
Excalibur Foundry Award, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 101st Annual Competition, NYC.
Best-in-Show, “A Good Life” SS, The Ellsworth Howell Art Award for Best Sculpture, Dog Fanciers Club, Inc., 10th Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, NYC.
Katherine Thayer Hobson Memorial Award, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, Pen & Brush, Inc., 50th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, NYC.
First Place Three Dimensional Award, Artists of Northwest Arkansas, Third Annual Regional Exhibition, AK.
Award of Excellence, Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts, Miniature Art ’97 – 13th Annual Exhibition, PA.
Ella Jens Boeschenstein Memorial Sculpture Prize, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, 84th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Clayton, MO.
Award, Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta, Miniature and Small Show. GA.
Third Place, National League of American Pen Women, 15th Annual National Women’s Competition, Fayetteville, AK.

1996

Honorable Mention, “Dreaming of Tomatoes” SS, First national award, second national show, Parkersburg Art Center, Realism ’96, WV.
Dick Blick Award, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Art Section Exhibition, Clayton, MO
Award, Garret Gallery, 6th Annual Regional Competition, St. Louis, MO.