Museum history
Museum News Archive
Past museum stories, artist announcements, gifts to the collection and Awards of Sport news.
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- International eSports Leader Vlad Marinescu Earns Honorary Doctorate from the Academy (2020-05-21)
- Brian Fox Named United States Sports Academy’s 2020 Sport Artist of the Year, Painter (2020-04-21)
- Greek Painter Mina Papatheodorou Valyraki Donates Silk Prints to ASAMA (2020-01-28)
- Nathan Chen, Kelly Sildaru Selected as the United States Sports Academy’s 2019 Athletes of the Year (2020-01-27)
2018
- Former South Alabama Athletic Director Joe Gottfried Earns Academy’s 2018 Distinguished Service Award (2018-12-19)
- Sculptor Lou Cella Presented Academy’s Sport Artist of the Year Award (2018-11-16)
- Painter Graig Kreindler Presented Academy’s Sport Artist of the Year Award (2018-11-16)
- American Sport Art Museum & Archives Receives “Perfect 10” Donation of Rick Rush Serigraphs (2018-10-17)
- Daphne Father and Son Enjoy Regular Visits to Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-10-08)
- Public Invited as United States Sports Academy Introduces 2018 Sport Artists of the Year (2018-09-20)
- Artist Donates Original Painting of First Televised Olympics to American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-08-15)
- Academy Sport Artist Charles Billich Meets with Pope, Will Paint Vatican Cityscape (2018-07-27)
- Sergey Eylanbekov Sculptures to Serve as Centerpiece of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial (2018-06-21)
- Academy Invites Public to See Olympic Art, Memorabilia at American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-06-12)
- Academy Trustee, Art Committee Member Selected for International Niagara Falls Exhibit (2018-06-06)
- Gift Sculpture of Famous Caddie Now Greets Visitors to American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-06-06)
- Mobile Resident Donates LeRoy Neiman Olympic Art Posters to American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-06-06)
- WKRG Ch. 5 Features United States Sports Academy’s American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) (2018-05-09)
- Sport Artist Rick Rush Collector Donates Signed Prints to Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2018-03-23)
- Fairhope Resident Donates Autographed LeRoy Neiman Tiger Print to American Sport Art Museum and Archives (2018-03-07)
- Artists Valyraki, Weldon Hold ‘Women Bridging Worlds’ Exhibit in Greece (2018-02-28)
- Tom Brady, Sung Hyun Park Named United States Sports Academy’s 2017 Male and Female Athlete of the Year (2018-01-23)
- Academy Receives Donation of David Levinthal Photos of Classic Sports Figures (2018-01-16)
- United States Sports Academy Art to be Displayed at Stillman College MLK Art Walk (2018-01-11)
2017
- Academy Sport Artist of the Year Dr. Mina Papatheodorou Valyraki Honored at International Art and Sport Film Festival (2017-12-26)
- William M. Williams Named United States Sports Academy 2017 Sport Artist of the Year, Painter (2017-11-21)
- Acclaimed Sculptor Richard Watkins Named United States Sports Academy 2017 Sport Artist of the Year, Sculptor (2017-11-21)
- Works by United States Sports Academy’s 2017 Sport Artists of the Year on Display at ASAMA (2017-11-20)
- United States Sports Academy Holds 33rd Annual Awards of Sport Program (2017-11-14)
- Public Invited to United States Sports Academy’s 33rd Annual Awards of Sport Program (2017-11-01)
- United States Sports Academy Hosts Veterans for Lunch, Museum Tour (2017-10-11)
- Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives Unveils Sculpture of Legendary Iranian Wrestler (2017-10-04)
- American Sport Art Museum & Archives Receives Baseball Hall of Famers Signed Print (2017-09-26)
- Public Invited as Academy’s American Sport Art Museum and Archives to Receive Iranian Wrestler Sculpture (2017-09-20)
- United States Sports Academy Hosts Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Leaders (2017-08-28)
- Artist Rick Rush Presents Original Bubba Watson Painting to American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2017-07-25)
- Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles Earns Academy’s 2016 Female Athlete of the Year Award (2017-07-05)
- Academy’s Gabarrón Mural Continues to Honor Jackie Robinson at 70th Anniversary of Breaking Color Barrier (2017-06-30)
- Academy Mourns the Loss of 2016 International Honorary Doctorate Recipient Hector Cardona (2017-06-16)
- Academy’s 2010 Sport Artist of the Year, Tafa, Conducts First Ever Live Painting During Basketball Game at Madison Square Garden (2017-06-05)
- Academy Presents Honorary Doctorate to Founder Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich, Names Art Gallery in His Honor (2017-04-13)
- Celebrated Artists Meet in Greece through United States Sports Academy (2017-04-04)
- Artist Rick Rush Presents Original NASCAR Painting to United States Sports Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives (2017-01-20)