The Making of the Bicycle Bus video

Click here to watch the Making of the Bicycle Bus
Watch for the Bicycle Bus and Green Fleet Bicycle tours beginning in May 2013 in downtown Nashville, TN!

Morgantown, KY, Mural Completed!

The mural in Morgantown, KY, is completed and a video premiere will be Thursday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the Butler County Arts Guild (BCAG) meeting.

Calling all local artisans, craftsmen & musicians! You are invited to join the discussion at the Butler County Arts Guild meeting to be held this Thursday, April 25, 2013, 6:00pm at the Eva J. Hawes Building located in the Morgantown City Park in Morgantown, KY.

Are you interested in Art, Theatre, Photography, Music, Sculpture, Fashion, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design or anything else that embodies the creative arts? This is the group for you! 

The mission of the BCAG is to better the lives of our current residents and draw attention to our community through the use and promotion of our local creative artists.

Please join the discussion Thursday and view the video premiere!

Bicycle Bus completed!

Downtown Nashville's artful conversation just grew a bit larger with the completion of the Bicycle Bus Community Art Project...you can't miss it!  BIG Thanks to Austin Bauman, Jaclyn Johnson at the Arts and Business Council, Stacey Irvin, Noah Rudloff and everyone in the community who helped make it happen!

Photo By Stacey Irvin

More about the Bicycle Bus here!

Landfill Art Project

Landfillart is an international effort encompassing one-thousand-forty-one (1,041) artists to claim a piece of rusted metal garbage and create fine art.  Pictured above is Andee Rudloff's Near Nashville hubcap featuring Bowling Green, KY's Corvette logo on a cake highlighting Bowling Green as the home of Duncan Hines and Corvettes.

The 1,041 pieces of rusted metal are actually old automobile hub caps from the 1930’s through the 1970’s.  Each hub cap, after being cleaned and primed, is affectionately called a “metal canvas.”  Although most “metal canvases” have been transformed by the artist using oil or acrylic paint, some have been weaved on, glued or screwed or welded to, or made into fine sculpture.

Ken Marquis, founder shares...

I have found that the fine artists I have worked with on this project do not even flinch when looking at this white round disc of metal canvas.  And why should they.  Artists from the beginning of time have used cave walls (Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain,) walls of pyramids (Egyptians,) animal skins (American Indians,) etc… as their canvas.  In addition, as a gallery owner for over thirty years, I maintain that artists, generally speaking, are more ecologically in touch and environmentally aware.  Perhaps that is the reason forty-one artists readily accepted the challenge and embraced the project.

The project is near completion. We are currently seeking the final group of artists. It has been evolving from a simple idea of taking forty-one old rusted hub caps and creating forty-one pieces of great art.  The second phase has already started with the acquisition of one thousand additional (1000) rusted hub caps which will be turned into cleaned and primed “metal canvases.  The project will continue with finding one thousand (1000) talented artists who believe in this project.

The third phase will involve publishing a book on the project showcasing all one thousand forty one (1,041) completed “metal canvases.”

 

An announcement will be made on Earth Day 2013 about the upcoming exhibitions and the final phase which will involve choosing 200 metal canvases that adequately represent the project and create a traveling show. The book and traveling show will portray the global art community's effort to positively impact the environment through re-purposing previous metal waste into great landfillart.

More about Landfillart HERE 

Bicycle Bus Painting days

Don't miss the opportunity to paint with artist Andee Rudloff on a unique community art project in downtown Nashville, TN, Friday, April 5th from 3-6 p.m. and Saturday, April 6th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.  A time lapse video of the entire project will be created, so not only will your be able to say you were part of the mural, but you can also become a film star!

For more information, check out the Bicycle Bus KickStarter campaign HERE

The Bicycle Bus Project

Support the Bicycle Bus community art project

The bicycle bus is a collaborative art project between local artist Andee Rudloff, Green Fleet Bicycle Tours & Rentals, the Metro Parks Department, and the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville.

Come help us paint in early April 2013!

PeaceJam Mural-January 2013

PeaceJam Mid-South Mural - January 2013
This project made us all smile and remember why Peace and Love are everything!
The mural is on display at STARS Nashville and the Youth Opportunity Center located at 1704 Charlotte Ave in Nashville, TN

Peace Jam Mural

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, at the Curb Event Center - Belmont University - Nashville, Tn, I was asked to work with Peace Jam participants to create a mural.

The Peace Jam Mural, pictured, is 12ft by 24ft...all of the images were drawn by Peace Jam participants and given to Andee to include in one composition. Andee designed the mural on the large vinyl tarp.  The design is based on the participants drawings. The participants painted, after a short discussion about contrasting colors, and the mural was completed in about one hour.

Nobel Peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi even signed the mural!

I heard 2 young women in the closing discussion share, "I'm an artist!" Love it!

Stars Nashville will decide where it will be displayed. www.starsnashville.org

A time lapse video of the mural will be posted soon.

Peace Jam: http://www.peacejam.org/about.aspx

Thank you!

Thanks again to Jackie Osborne Photography, Amanda Dillingham and the Nashville Arts Magazine for your support!  Looking forward to more collaborative projects in 2013!
http://nashvillearts.com/2012/08/31/andee-rudloff-inspirational-firecracker/

Photo by Jackie Osborne
http://www.jackieosborne.com/

Arts & Business Council Nashville show

I am proud to support the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville!  Over the next few months, stop by to see my large landscape paintings at their NEW office on the campus of Belmont University.  Check out all they are doing in the community here http://www.abcnashville.org/blog/

An Open House reception will be announced soon!

Merry Merry one and ALL!

Season's Greetings and thank you so very much for your support in 2012!  It was one of the busiest years I've ever had!  I look forward to kicking off 2013 with murals, education, exhibitions, advocacy and foundation work...all for the arts!  Thank you!

Franklin, Ky, Community Mural-The Sculpture on the Hill

Thanks to everyone in Franklin, Ky, as well as musician Jody Duvall for the great song! 

Enjoy the mural coming together in minutes...but understand it only took 2 1/2 hours from start to finish!

Franklin Community Mural - The Sculpture on the Hill

Buy local and be MERRY!

There are many ways to stimulate the economy and WE CAN DO it...buy local this holiday season and watch how you can make it ALL happen!  For the person who has everything...original art makes a great gift.  If you do not see something you want, let's discuss a commission or a mural!

Merry, merry, merry!

Aerial Innovations Fly Over Tennessee mural

Aerial Innovations Fly Over Tennessee mural

Watch the Hillsboro Community Mural Time lapse video!

Scan to watch the time lapse video for the Hillsboro Village-Kay Bob Community Mural in Nashville, TN!

Andee Rudloff Inspirational Firecracker

Andee Rudloff Inspirational Firecracker by Amanda Dillingham

Art's impact grows - Bowling Green Daily News: Local News

Art's impact grows - Bowling Green Daily News: Local News: John Oakes remembers the days when art wasn’t a prominent part of Bowling Green.

Want a Duncan Hines Festival T-Shirt with Andee artwork on IT!?

From the Duncan Hines Festival Chairperson Deanna...

As you all know, it's Duncan Hines Festival time!!!  Local artist and a winner of our 2011 Duncan Hines Festival Art Contest, Andee Rudloff, has designed our festival tee shirt, which looks great!  We are adding the design to a ladies junior fitting tee shirt (No Boxy Unisex Shirt This Year!!  Yay!)...unless you want a BOXY tee and they can order one of those too!  If you are interested in purchasing a Duncan Hines Festival Tee Shirt ($12.50 - 15.50, depending on the size), please let Deanna know what size to order for you.  The shirts will be ordered on Friday, June 29!!  So act quickly!   Reply to deannaclark8@gmail.com or call/text at 270-703-9145.  

 

Keep in mind the are junior t-shirts are sized differently, so a Large, is a women's small, an XL is a women's small/medium, 2XL is like a Med/Lg, 3XL is like a Lrg/XL, and so on...  

Time lapse video of Scottsville, KY, mural

Time Lapse video by Yellowberri of the Scottsville, KY, mural facilitated by andee with the Scottsville, KY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1K3gO3WZZc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

FREE Paint at ACE Hardware Saturday, June 16th!

IT is time again...FREE PAINT Saturday at ACE Hardware on Saturday, June 16th. So the deal is, if you drop a quart of PAINT off on my porch with your email address written on it, you get a FREE painting. Don't forget to print the Ace Hardware FREE Paint coupon...you can download and print it here: https://www.facebook.com/acehardware?sk=app_197581477006571

I hope I have a porch FULL of BRIGHTLY colored, Flat Exterior paint!  Image by Jamie Boler