112th Annual Exhibition: Allied Artists of America
September 13, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Experience outstanding submissions by contemporary artists from across the nation and around the world in the 112th Annual Exhibition of the Allied Artists of America. Approximately 100 selected works will be included in this year’s exhibition, hosted for the very first time at the Reading Public Museum. Founded in 1914 in New York City, Allied Artists of America is one of the oldest artists’ organizations in the nation. This year, the Juror of Awards is Thomas Folk, Ph.D., scholar and art appraiser with expertise in Pennsylvania Impressionism. The jury of selection include Annie Patt, Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, and Steve Scheuring. Past hosts of this prestigious exhibition have included New York’s National Academy of Design and Salmagundi Club, and more recently, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.

This engaging art exhibition will occupy the American Gallery, the Irvin and Lois Cohen Modern and Contemporary Galley and the Works on Paper Gallery. The show will feature some of the best works by contemporary artists including examples in oil painting, sculpture, graphics, mix-media, watercolor, and pastels. Curator Scott Schweigert noted that, “the quality of works featured in annual exhibitions of Allied Artists is very high and we expect a stellar show with impressive submissions and prize winners. We are so proud to play host to a group with such long standing tradition and artistic achievement.”