Peace & Reconciliation Through Sports and Education (PARSE) Prize
A numbered copy of the painting was given to each of the 6 recipients of the 2008 PARSE Prize
by Steve R. ALLEN
A Bridge of Friendship Between Atlanta and Beijing
by Steve R. ALLEN
Beamonesque
by Steve R. ALLEN
Celebrating Sports Brazil
by Steve R. ALLEN
The DITC Olympian Legacy
by Steve R. ALLEN
The DITC from 1996 to the 2004 Games
by Steve R. ALLEN
About the Artist
Steve R. Allen • Olympic Artist
U.S. Olympic Committee's Official
Olympic Artist Since 1998
ATLANTA DITC's Artist-In-Residency Since 2003
Allen's talent was first showcased before a world audience when he was commissioned by the City of Atlanta to create Uniting Colors of the World, an eighty by twenty-eight feet mural. Allen's painting was Atlanta's official commemoration to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.
In 2000, Allen's painting On to Sydney was presented during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games on behalf of the city of Atlanta and the United States. In 2002, Allen was commissioned by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to create Spirit of the Games as the official commemorative piece of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games. In 2004, Allen created Coming Full Circle (Return to Athens) the official USOC artwork for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and he also created Unity and Peace Through Sport now hanging in Athens' City Hall. This last painting was presented, during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, to Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis by US Congresswoman Diane Watson. Allen's Olympic painting was the official poster image for the USOC for the 2006 Torino Olympic Games.
In 2003, Allen became ATLANTA DITC's first Artist-In-Residency. In 2004, Allen created the art work for the Atlanta DeKalb International Prep Classic award medals. During the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Prince Albert II of Monaco, CEO Vernon Jones and Dr. Marc Daniel Gutekunst unveiled on August 23, 2004 ATLANTA DITC's first commissioned Olympic painting, The DITC from 1996 to the 2004 Games. The painting was on display at the VISA Olympian Reunion Center for the duration of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
The 2nd ATLANTA DITC Olympic painting, The DITC Olympian Legacy, is also by Steve Allen. Allen donated to the ATLANTA DITC this painting valued at $365,000. To
date this is the most generous individual gift ever made to the ATLANTA DITC. The DITC Olympian Legacy was unveiled during the 2006 Torino Olympic Games and on display February 9-26, 2006 at the VISA Olympian Reunion Center in Torino, Italy. The DITC Olympian Legacy, features the flags of the ATLANTA DITC
10 founding countries, ATLANTA DITC trained athletes Enefiok Udo-Obong who took Bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games, Olympic Champion Sergey Bubka who lends
his name to the ATLANTA DITC Pole Vaulting Program, Silver Medallist Amadou Dia Ba from Senegal, pentathlete Robert Stull from the USA, 5 time Olympian and
ATLANTA DITC Co-Founder Prince Albert of Monaco, DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, ATLANTA DITC Co-Chairs Ambassador Andrew Young, and Dr Marc Daniel Gutekunst.
The 3rd ATLANTA DITC Olympic painting,
A Bridge of Friendship from Atlanta to Beijing, is also by Steve Allen. It was officially handed over to the Mayor of the City of Beijing and the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) on August 26, 2008 during an official ceremony that took place at the Prince Jun Wang Fu Palace in Beijing, China site of the Beijing 2008 OLYMPIANS Reunion Center where the ATLANTA DITC had 3 permanent displays for the duration of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games.
