Celebrated Artists Meet in Greece through United States Sports Academy

The United States Sports Academy and Founding President Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich recently brought together two celebrated artists usually separated by thousands of miles.  Fairhope, Alabama artist B’Beth Weldon, standing, met for lunch in Athens, Greece, with Greek artist Dr. Mina Papatheodorou Valyraki, at left.  Weldon serves on the Academy’s Art Committee and Valyraki was the Academy’s 2001 Sport Artist of the Year.  Also joining was Weldon’s daughter, Megan McGehee.  The artists became acquainted through their connection to Rosandich and the Academy; both artists have works on display in the Academy’s American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) on the Academy campus in Daphne, Ala.  For more on the museum visit www.asama.org .