Leon Applebaum Artist Bio, Awards, and Collections
LEON APPLEBAUM NOTABLE AWARDS
Award - Festival of the Masters - Orlando, Florida
Purchase Award – Tennessee Arts Commission
Purchase Award – National Art Exhibition – Valley City State College
Purchase Award – Saenger National Sculpture Exhibit
Purchase Award – Toledo Museum of Art – Toledo, Ohio
Purchase Award – Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, Ohio
Juror’s Special Award – Butler Institute of American Art
Winner in Fragile Art Competition – Glass Studio – Portland, Oregon
Six Months Fellowship at the Creative Glass Chapter of America - Weaton Village, Millville, New Jersey
Best of Crafts Gold Medal – Toledo Museum of Art – Toledo, Ohio
Ringling Brothers Craft Show – Excellence in Crafts Award – Sarasota, Florida
Best of Show - Miami Beach Art Show- Miami Beach, Florida
Guest artist – Engermann glass, Czech Rep.
Guest artist – National Glass Museum , Leerdam, NZ
Guest artist – Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Ohio
Applenaum's work is in the following permant collections:
Ajeto Glass Museum - Novy Bor, Czech Republic
The McDonaugh Collection of American Art – Youngstown, Ohio
Canton Art Institute – Canton, Ohio
The Patrick Lanen Art Foundation – Palm Beach, Florida
Wheaton Museum of Glass – Millville, New Jersey
Brunner Museum – Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – Washington, D.C
Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, New York
Vero Beach Museum of Art – Vero Beach, Florida
Mobil Museum of Art- Mobil –Alabama
Gulf Coast Museum of Art – Clearwater, Florida