5th Annual Legends of the Blues Festival

Memorial Day!!! Monday, May 29th, 2006, come join in the Legends of Blues Festival at Centennial Park in Nashville, TN, from 1:00pm untl 7:00pm. The festival boasts of some of the best music and art you are going to find anywhere! This festival supports the Music City Blues Society and is sponsored by the Metro Parks.
Andee will be exhibiting her work, including paintings and prints, with other artists throughout the day...weather permitting.

Memorial Day
Monday, May 29th
1:00pm to 7:00pm
Centennial Park
Nashville, TN

From Our Perspective:National Women's Exhibit

The Womencenter of Oakland Community College's Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills, CA, announces a call for entries.

The deadline for completed applications is August 1st, 2006. The show is open to all women artists living in the United States.

For an exhibit prospectus, visit: http://www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm

The exhibit will run from September 21st until October 13th, 2006, in the Smith Theatre Gallery.
Artists will be recognized at a reception and awards will be handed out the evening of September 21st at 7:00pm.
The juror for the exhibit is Pi Benio.

For more information email Sandra at: womenart@oaklandcc.edu

Relay for Life

My brother's wish was answered by many during the Relay for Life June 2nd and 3rd in Bowling Green, KY. Thank you so very much for your support and donations!
My mom, Rita Rudloff, is almost a one year survivor of brain lymphoma and was able to attend the opening ceremony!
The team won a 2006 Spirit Award!!! The team also received much praise for a large painting of Dr. Seuss thay had...hhhmmm, wonder who did that?

My brother's letter is below:
Dear Friends,

As many of you know, our family has had the challenge of helping my mother as she battled cancer. After spending several months taking my mother from test to test, she was diagnosed with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma right before Thanksgiving of 2005. Our family really pulled together throughout those many difficult months. Through wonderful doctors, my mother's tremendous WILL, family strength, and the grace of God, her cancer is considered in remission. My mother did undergo intense chemotherapy at Vanderbilt Medical Center throughout the winter months and is still recovering from the effects. We wait and wonder, if it will return. It is a numbing feeling.

This experience has made my wife Melissa and me keenly aware of how many people are affected by cancer. As a result, we decided to be proactive and support our community by participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life event. The American Cancer Society (ACS) funds more than $100 million dollars of cancer research a year. We want to help them fight cancer and raise awareness about cancer prevention.

On June 2, at Bowling Green High School, in Bowling Green, KY; we will join our other team members from the Bowling Green Christian Church and the community to walk from sun-down to sun-up in an overnight celebration of life and cancer survivorship in honor of my mother and the many others who have battled this devastating disease. We invite you to support our team.

Please consider giving a gift to the American Cancer Society, through our team here in Warren County, KY. Our team is striving to raise $2500 to help meet the local goal of $170,000. All donations are tax-deductible. Please consider giving whatever you can to help others fight the battle of cancer. Your checks can be made out to American Cancer Society and need to be returned to the address below no later than Monday, May 22.

Thank you in advance for your generous support.

Checks can be mailed to my office at:
Rudloff & Rudloff
Attn: Dan Rudloff
553 E. Main St.
Bowling Green, KY 42101

I appreciate your time and donation.

Sincerely,
Dan Rudloff

Silent Auction closes MAY 28th at 5:00pm

The Phoenix Theatre is always proud of their theatre performances, but this month they have a Gallery exhibit you can not miss...the SILENT AUCTION exhibit with NO STARTING BIDS! Your bids start with what you think it is worth and grow throughout the entire month of May.

Of course, the highest bidder wins, so keep an eye on your favorite artwork to make sure you are the highest bidder!

The exhibit and SILENT AUCTION will close and works will go home with the winners on May 28th, when the performance of The Jungle Book closes.
If it is like last time, the theatre gallery will be full of people guarding their artwork until the finish. It is a blast! 50% of the sale goes to the theatre and their programs, so bid high, often...just bid.

Artists in the exhibit include Kaaren Hirschowitz Engel, Dale Conway, Kristina Arnold, Andee Rudloff, Gayle Novick, Franne Lee, Peggy Truman, Mark Griffin, Victor Sweatt, Lynn Robertson and more. Drawing, painting, photography, prints, pastels and sculpture are represented in this ONE MONTH ONLY exhibit.

Please contact Andee to come by and see the show, or view the gallery before any performance.

Special thanks to the support of the artists, the theatre and all the bidders!

Make sure you are the highest bidder...be there Sunday, May 28th at 5:00pm!!!

Karel Appel Collectors

Andee is working with a client who is willing to part with three Karel Appel works on paper at this time. Please contact Andee Rudloff concerning the sale of all three Karel Appel works on paper. All are signed and numbered and an image of the each of can be supplied. The price of these works can be supplied to serious buyers and collectors only.

Contact Andee Rudloff at: info@chicNhair.com

West Tennessee Regional Art Center - Juror

Juror and Honorees announced for the West Tennessee Regional Art Center's Invitational Art Exhibition

A month-long exhibition of works by area and regional artists has been an official event of the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival since 2001.

Beginning this year, the show honors five carefully-chosen West Tennessee artists. Honorees have been invited to display a choice sampling of their very best works. An expert in the field will select the one exhibited work deemed to best exemplify superlative achievement in the visual arts. The winner of The Grand Award of the 2006 Strawberry Festival's WTRAC Invitational Art Exhibition will receive a $500 cash award. The 2006 Grand Award is generously sponsored by Humboldt Utilities. Juror for the 2006 invitational exhibition is Andee Rudloff, professional artist as well as curator at the Nashville International Airport.

As curator, Rudloff plans and coordinates all programs related to the airport's public art projects, including the oversight of the permanent art collection and music performances. Her schedule is also very busy with painting and mural projects, teaching and event coordinating. In 2005, Rudloff curated and coordinated the Sarratt Gallery/Vanderbilt University "At Home on Tour" exhibition. She also served as a handler and conservator at the Newport Beach Art Museum and the Laguna Beach Art Museum in California. She's a native of Bowling Green, Ky.

The following artists are being honored at the exhibition: Lee Benson, Peggy King, Libby Lynch, Lendon Noe, and Janice Sumler. Benson is a Professor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics at Union University in Jackson. King is a retired art instructor and administrator from Martin, Tennessee. Lynch is a high school art instructor at the University School of Jackson. Noe is a Professor of Art at Lambuth University in Jackson. Sumler is a professional watercolorist who teaches painting classes and workshops in Jackson/West Tennessee.

Make plans to attend the opening reception on Sunday, May 7, 2006, from 2-4pm in the Upstairs Gallery of WTRAC, 1200 Main Street, Humboldt. Come early to preview the works on display and stay to experience the excitement as The Grand Award winner for 2006 is announced!

And the winner is....
Aaron Lee Benson!!
Congrats to all of the artists!

For more information about the center, visit:
www.wtrac.tn.org

Teacher-Student Show-Memphis Marsha's

Memphis Marsha's Art Gallery and Classes
Our Third Annual
Teacher-Student Art Exhibition
April 30-May 27
Join Us for the Opening Reception:
Sunday, April 30, 2-4.
Exhibiting Teachers:
Philip H Holder
Nell Peperis
Tom Poole
Delaire Rowe
Andee Rudloff

Our address and telephone are:
524 E 12th Ave, Bowling Green, KY
(between State & Chestnut Streets)
270-843-1726, or Toll Free: 1-877-640-7973
We are open Thursdays-Saturdays, 10-4 CT, or by appointment.
e-mail: marsha@memphismarshas.com

Joe Downing Collectors

Andee has been working with a collection containing many Joe Downing works on paper and also includes an original Joe Downing sculpture. If you are interested in the Joe Downing pieces, please contact Andee Rudloff via email with your contact information.

Contact Andee Rudloff at: info@chicnhair.com

At Home model at FSU

The At Home Project 1/12th scale model will be exhibited as part of "The Family Experience" exhibition at FSU's MoFA. The model was created by Western Kentucky University Professor John Oakes and artist Andee Rudloff. For more on the At Home On Tour and the model visit: www.AtHomeOnTour.com

May 12 - June 2, 2006
The Family Experience (Upper Gallery)
Curators: Marcia Rosal and Viki Thompson Wylder

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA)
MoFA's Visitor Information
East Wing of the Fine Arts Building, located at the corner of West Tennessee & Copeland Streets on the campus of the Florida State University
Phone (850)644-6836; Fax (850)644-7229

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
250 Fine Arts Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1140
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (September-April)
Closed on Holidays and weekends May-August, unless otherwise noted

East Academy/Plowhaus

Andee painted with the fourth grade class at East Academy in east Nashville on Friday, April 21st. We worked hard to create BIG things...to really get that, you will have to attend the exhibit and auction on May 19th and May 20th at Plowhaus Co-Op in east Nashville.
Artists from Plowhaus partnered with teachers and parents from East Academy to create artwork for the exhibit and auction. The event hopes to bring much needed funds to East Academy and bring many new faces to the coolest gallery in Nashville, PLOWHAUS CO-OP!

Andee would like to thank her parent helper, Shelley Douglas Freeman!!!---THANK YOU so much!!! Also, special thanks to Photographer Stacey Irvin for her photo documentation of the class project, and Plowhaus Founder Franne Lee for being there on the scene...WHAT FUN!

For more on Plowhaus: www.plowhaus.com
For more on East Academy: www.eastacademy.org

Artists needed-Mask Exhibit and Auction

Bowling Green International Festival and artist Andee Rudloff are joining forces once again this year to create a NEW and exciting art event in Bowling Green, KY...the Bowling Green International Festival Mask Exhibit and Auction. This auction will be a fundraiser for the Bowling Green International Festival. Each mask, or mask inspired work, will be auctioned with 30% of the final auction price to be paid to the individual artist. So artists do not have to GIVE IT ALL AWAY. This exhibit is an aggressive attempt at celebrating community diversity, recognizing artists and promoting the festival in a unique and inclusive way. The Presbyterian Church in downtown Bowling Green, KY, will generously host the exhibition and auction in their Fellowship Hall and public art space.

All artists in the exhibit and auction will enjoy 3 OPENING RECEPTIONS, loads of PR and visibility, and 30 % of the earnings from the auction.

At this time we are looking for artists willing to create a mask or mask-inspired artwork for an exhibition and auction in September/October 2006 and during the Bowling Green International Festival.
I want to personally invite you to be a part of this exhibit. I hope you will consider supporting the festival through this wonderful and much anticipated exhibition. A formal CALL TO ARTISTS will go out in the next month, so keep you eyes out for it.

The Mask Exhibit and Auction timeline is as follows:
September 2006
-All Mask Exhibition entries received by September 6th, 2006
-Curate and install Mask Exhibit at The Presbyterian Church September 14-16, 2006

September 17th, 2006
-Presbyterian Church Liturgical Music Festival opening night & artist reception
-Music at 3:00pm, Art reception 4:00pm-6:00pm

September 22nd, 2006
-BG Int Fest Mask Exhibition Opening Reception, as part of the BG Int. Fest Gallery Walk, 5:00pm-9:00pm
-Professional artists lecture at 5:00-6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall at the Presbyterian Church

September 22-30, 2006
-BG Int. Fest. Gallery Walk
-The Presbyterian Church is open weekdays from 8:30am – 4:30pm

September 30th, 2006
-Artists from Mask Exhibit make appearances on the festival stages to remind people about auction at the church
-Silent bids will be taken throughout the duration of the exhibition

October 9th, 2006
-Mask Auction closes at 4:00pm
-Winning bids are announced at 5:00pm
-Winners are notified of pick up date and time
-Winners names are posted beside their art for the remainder of exhibit

October 27th, 2006
-Mask exhibit closes and all pieces are picked up

For more information about the festival visit: www.bginternationalfest.com

The Presbyterian Church is located in downtown Bowling Green, KY, at 1003 State Street, 42101

Plum Tree Montessori School Fundraiser, May 11th

Plum Tree Montessori School Fundraiser, May 11th, 2006!! Plum Tree Montessori School believes in the value of art in education. To support the school, and raise money for more art supplies and happenings, Andee has donated a $100 OFF gift certificate for a mural project. Andee believes this special gift certificate is perfect for anyone whether it be at home or your business.
Please choose to support the Plum Tree Montessori School Fundraiser, May 11th. The fundraiser will be held at the school located at 436 Plum Springs Road in Bowling Green, KY. Feel free to call: (270) 781-6980

BAR-B-Que Mural

Welcome to the newest BBQ place in Bowling Green, KY - BAR-B-Que Junction.!!! Sitting in between Total Fitness Connection and Emmet Drive on Russellville Road, it is an easy stop and the only resturant where you will eat with original art and a covered wagon in the dining area.
Andee has been asked to create a mural as well as an old fashioned wood sign for BAR-B-QUE JUNCTION. It is going to be fun!
Opening mid-April 2006.

Andee in Logan County, KY

Andee's work will be exhibited at the Logan County Public Library during the Flying Fish Festival, APRIL 22nd and throughout the month of April 2006. This exhibit is open to the public during library hours.
Central Library
201 West 6th Street
Russellville, KY 42276
(270) 726-6129

Thanks to photographer and writer Mark Griffin for encouraging me to exhibit.

Andee wins the Women of Achievement Award in Art

The following story was taken from the Bowling Green Daily News article:
A glittering crowd of about 200 warmly applauded winners Thursday night at the Bowling Green Human Rights Commission 15th annual Women of Achievement Awards, held this year at the Sloan Convention Center.

Winners reacted with delight and gratitude for the awards honoring their personal victories and generous contributions to the community.

“Oh, this is awesome! This is the best place anyone could ever be, here with all these women!” said Rose Davis Thomas, who took home the Women Reaching Higher trophy.

Afterward, as the honorees posed for group portraits, she chatted excitedly with local artist Andee Rudloff, who won the Arts award. Thomas eagerly anticipated the formal dinner as a chance to make new friends and contacts, she said.

Those sentiments were shared by winners, including Romanza Johnson, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“It's a pleasure to see the many people gathered together to honor volunteers in our community,” said Johnson, a civic volunteer for decades.

“I feel very honored and humbled to have been nominated, and to win this,” she said. “People in this community are very good to let me do what I do.”

Mistress of ceremonies and WKYU-TV host Barbara Deeb, Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon and Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker declared their gratitude for having so many local women whose service in varied fields improves the lives of all area residents.

“It was a great honor to be nominated. I'm just speechless - I don't know what to say,” said Woman of the Year Judy Towe.

Linda Strite Murnane, executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, said she was delayed on her way to the banquet, but determined to come.

“This is the premier Women's History Month event in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” Murnane said.

Warren County Clerk Dorothy “Dot” Owens, named 2006's Woman of Distinction, said she was honored to be chosen from among numerous excellent nominees.

“It's fantastic. I didn't anticipate to win,” she said. “There were a lot of worthy ladies.”

After a presentation on women's rights from Girls Inc. and a performance by the Kaleidoscope Dance Troupe, the awards were handed out.

The Arts Award went to Rudloff, whose murals are sprinkled around downtown. She is an arts instructor at the Capitol Arts Center and curator of art displays at Nashville International Airport.

The Business Award was given to Donita Wimpee, who owns restaurants in Bowling Green and Smiths Grove, and helps with many local charitable organizations.

The Community Service Award this year went to Regina Gomez, who graduated from Western Kentucky University within four years of her arrival from Columbia. She now works for DTM Distributors and does much volunteer work with the Latino community.

The Elementary Education Award went home with Crystal Hardeman, a Western graduate working at the Housing Authority of Bowling Green.

The Middle Grades Education prize went to Tracy Williams, director of Project: AIMS, which helps about 60 minority students prepare for high school.

There were no nominees for this year's High School Education honor, Deeb said.

The College Education Award was given to Jacqueline Pope-Tarrence, an associate professor of psychology at Western, director of the Kentucky School Board Association and member of the Kentucky Commissioner of Education's Advisory Council.

The Entrepreneurship prize went to Maureen Mahaney, public information coordinator for LifeSkills and owner of a business supplying print materials for local nonprofits.

The Posthumous Achievement Award went to Lillian South, the first state bacteriologist, first person in Kentucky to get a master's degree in public health, founder of St. Joseph's Hospital in Bowling Green and author of a pioneering study of hookworm.

Cora Jane Spiller, who both presented and accepted South's award, announced the Warren County Medical Society is asking for a state historical marker for South.

The Science and Health Award was given to Vicki Weaver, manager for employee health services at Commonwealth Health Corp., where she oversees the health of 2,800 employees at four hospitals.

The Woman of Distinction, Owens, has worked in the Warren County Clerk's office since 1978 and was elected clerk in 2003. She's overseen several upgrades to the office.

The Women's First prize went to Leisha Carr, the first African-American woman to be communications center supervisor at the Bowling Green Police Department.

Women Reaching Higher winner Thomas is a graduate of the Reach Higher program. She became the first full-time woman in the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Water-Sewer Operations Department, where she's done everything from unstopping sewers to updating databases.

The Woman of the Year prize went to Towe, who's been Barren River Area Safe Space Domestic Violence Shelter crisis counselor since 1990.

The Youth Achievement Award - which came with a $1,000 scholarship - went to Gambia Flemister, a tutor and Learning Center supervisor at the Housing Authority of Bowling Green, who finished a college degree while raising a daughter.

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Johnson was the first woman elected to the Farm Service Agency, first president of the Houchens Center for Women, and helped establish many local community-service organizations.

After the awards were announced, Bowling Green Human Rights Commission Executive Director Linda McCray called for recognition of all the women who, through various local organizations, gave aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Murnane seconded that commendation on behalf of her two daughters who, as residents of western Louisiana, endured both storms.

McCray finished with a toast to “all of those women who came before us,” exceeding societal expectations and limitations.

Chuck's Liquors-Bowling Green, KY

Andee was hired by Clark Distribution to paint two logo type murals inside the new Chuck's. Andee painted the Miller High Life Genuine Draft "Woman in the Moon," the oldest and most internationally recognizable Miller Beer logo. Andee also painted the Red Stripe Jamaican Beer Beach Scene in a Red Stripe bottle promoting Red Stripe's idea of life is just for living.

The interior has artwork by other local artists as well. Please support Chuck's and Clark Distribution, as they choose to support local artistic talent in their businesses.

The NEW Chuck's Liquors in Bowling Green, KY, is located at 575 Veteran's Memorial Highway. There is always Friday Night Wine Tasting from 5pm to 7pm. Call Dale to find out more about Chuck's specials and events: (270)846-2626

Look for the Miller Woman in the Moon and the Red Stripe Beach Scene...there are prizes for those who tell me what's under the logo paintings.

:)

Aerial Innovations-Nashville, TN

Aerial Innovations of Tennessee has selected Andee to design a special logo to be placed in every window of their new office building. The Aerial Innovatios Building is located on Main Street in East Nashville at 1000 Main Street, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37206.

Aerial Innovations of Tennessee, Inc. is a full service photography company covering Tennessee including Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Aerial Innovations provides Aerial & Architectural Photography to the construction and real estate industries. Architects, developers and business development executives are taking their business to a higher level with Aerial Innovations of Tennessee.
For more information visit: www.flytenn.com

Logo and Poster - Warren County Democratic Party

Andee was chosen to create a logo and poster design for the annual Jody Richards Golf Classic to raise funds for the Warren County Democratic Party. No matter what your political convictions are, both the logo and poster design are outstanding! Special thanks to Shannon Morgan for his help in the development of the logo and poster design.

At Home On Tour

The At Home On Tour travels next to Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, where it will be part of the exhibit, The Family Experience, May 12 - June 2, 2006. The curators are Marcia Rosal and Viki Thompson Wylder. Andee operated as a Coordinator and Artist on this exhibit. As artists of the At Home Model, WKU Professor John Oakes and Andee Rudloff will be featured in the exhibit catalog.

Please check the site for more information on the tour:
www.AtHomeOnTour.com

Women of Achievement-Human Rights Commission

Andee Rudloff has been nominated as a Woman of Achievement in the Cultural Arts for the Bowling Green/Warren County, KY 2006 Women of Achievement Awards. This annual award is voted on by the community and the previous winners of the award. The awards are presented by the Human Rights Commission and the city of Bowling Green, KY.
The reception and awards night will be Thursday, March 30th from 6pm until 8pm at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, KY.

For more information or to reserve tickets, Contact Linda McCray at: bghrc1@aol.com