Murals with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee

The Bonnaroo Works Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters a grant to fund the creation and painting of two murals sharing the spirit and mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Regional artist Andee Rudloff worked with the youth and their mentors to gather drawings and ideas for the two murals. She created the mural design and a group of Big Brothers Big Sisters participants painted and completed them.  The murals will be displayed in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee main office on 1704 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville.

For the past five years, The Bonnaroo Works Fund has supported regional and national organizations with the mission of making communities healthy in areas of the arts, education, and environmental sustainability, with the goal of local reinvestment and asset building for the communities where they live, work, and play.

Providing services to all of Middle Tennessee, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee served 1,513 children in 2014. 

Enjoy the video created by Halle Rudloff of the process here.

Dragon-Hillsboro Village success

Located across the street from the Belcourt Theatre with support from Vanderbilt University and the Hillsboro-West End Neighborhood Association, the mural features new signage lettering and new colors on the dragon. The refresh looks contemporary but both the colors and the lettering are actually Art Deco era meaning the dragon sports colors that were popular in 1920, which is the year Hillsboro Village was established, and the year women earned the right to vote...a bright year for pioneers! #dostuff

Halloween painting party in Hillsboro Village-Nashville, Tn

 Come paint with me on Halloween… Saturday, October 31, 2015!    The Dragon Mural has been an important part of the Hillsboro Village community since 1995.  Originally created by Adam Randolph and David Glick,  and now 20 years later,  it is time for the Dragon to get a new coat!

 And that is where I come in… I have been asked to create an original artwork commissioned by Vanderbilt with support from businesses in Hillsboro Village.  I am so thrilled to contribute to a neighborhood originally established in 1920… The year women earned the right to vote!

 The painting party begins at 9:30 AM on Saturday, October 31, 2015… Join us at the Dragon mural on Belcourt off 21st Ave, right across the street from Pangea and the Belcourt Theatre! Wear your paint clothes...all other materials will be provided. Spend Halloween in the Village!

Go see Tomato Village at the Tomato Art Festival August 7 - 8

Don't miss Tomato Village, a 3ft by 1ft mini mural painting, at the Tomato Art Fest and the exciting Tomato Art Kick-off party this year at Art & Invention Gallery. Andee is excited again to be part of this festival in East Nashville uniting fruits and vegetables and celebrating art and ideas!

To purchase or for more information call 615.226.2070 or find a listing of all of the event activities here: tomatoartfest.com

Road Trippin' Reception-Thursday, August 13th 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Join us for the closing reception for Road Trippin: Hubcaps & Handlebars, artwork by Andee Rudloff, at Gallery on the Square in Franklin, KY. The reception will be catered by The Brickyard Cafe! Generously sponsored by Simpson County Tire & Auto, take home a piece of art from the exhibition that night! The reception will be at the gallery located at 110 N.Main Street in downtown Franklin, KY. All are invited to attend the reception Thursday, August 13th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact the Gallery on the Square at 270.586.8055 or GalleryOnTheSquare.org

This Thursday, Car Part Art Workshop at the Corvette Museum

Car Part Art Workshop at the Corvette Museum
Thursday, July 16, 2015

AM Session: 9am-11am, Grades 4 and up
Cost: $30, includes all supplies and entry fee into the Car Part Art exhibit!

Car Part Art Workshop featuring painted hubcaps facilitated by artist, educator and Car Part Art curator Andee Rudloff.  The purpose of the Car Part Art exhibition is to encourage the repurposing of car parts into art!

Participants will create one of a kind painted hubcaps to be featured in the National Corvette Museum exhibit, Car Part Art running September 18, 2015-January 8, 2016.  Whimsical creativity meets thrifty pragmatism in a fun way to be green. 

Sign up here!

Road Trippin': Hubcaps & Handlebars at the Gallery on the Square

Please contact Gallery on the Square in Franklin, KY, for hours in July and August 2015 and details about the car part art workshop: http://www.galleryonthesquare.org/ 

MetroArts Thrive-funded Cumberland View Community Mural with Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary

In, April 2015, artist Andee Rudloff facilitated a mural project that took several months and culminated in a legacy piece within the MDHA community of Cumberland View in Nashville, TN. Andee's niece, Halle Rudloff, completed the video of MetroArts Thrive-funded Cumberland View Community Mural with Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary, please check out the video HERE.

Gearing up for Summer 2015

So many good things to share about the upcoming summer of art and happenings. Yesterday, I was part of a unique furniture show at the Idea Hatchery, curated by Julie Sola and nearly sold out everything I had to share....Thank you!

I will be the artist-in-residence at Harpeth Hall this week in Nashville, TN, working with several educators and many students on a 20ft by 5ft mural.  I will prepare the Final Report for the Cumberland View Community Mural with Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary supported in part by Thrive funds from #artsnashville MetroArts...and happy to report the fees covered expenses thankfully!

Pictured above Andee with Robert Churchwell, Jr.

Next week I will be presenting artists to the Tanne Foundation in New Hampshire and hope to see some artists in the region receive much needed support to continue their important work.

I look forward to spending the summer teaching, exhibiting, painting and serving as a juror for a few professional art centers and exhibitions balanced with lots of stand-up paddleboarding. Updates to come!

Don't forget about the EXCITING international exhibition opportunity at the National Corvette Museum, Car Part Art! I will be serving as guest curator for Car Part Art which opens in September 2015. Entry applications and pre-approval deadline is July 31, 2015. All work will be received during the month of August 2015. Do not miss this opportunity: CarPartArt.org

2015 Ky Derby champion American Pharoah Bow Tie Paintings available

2015 Ky Derby champion American Pharoah bow tie paintings are ready! There are ONLY 5...make that 3 now. The paintings are 5x5x1 and each one is unique ($45 each) + shipping if needed.

Born on Groundhog Day in 2012, American Pharoah is a bay rig with a short tail and a faint star on his forehead with no other white markings. He was bred in Kentucky at Zayat Stables (hence the Z on the silks). American Pharoah figures to be a heavy favorite in the second jewel of the Triple Crown.

Email email to get yours info at chicNhair.com

Muralist Andee Rudloff & Cumberland View Community Mural receive Thrive funding from MetroArts

Join us Tuesday, May 5th from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. to paint a mural facilitated by muralist Andee Rudloff at Metro Development and Housing Agency (MDHA)'s Cumberland View with students from Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS)'s Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary. Cumberland View is located at 2316 25th Ave N. Nashville, TN 37208-1016

The mural is supported by Metro Nashville Arts Commission's Thrive micro-funding program. #artsnashville #Thrive

New video by Halle Rudloff for the MBA ENDADA mural

Check out the new video by Halle Rudloff film of the Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) ENDADA 2015 mural. The mural will be exhibited at MBA and may be exhibited in the coming year.  Contact Catharine Hollifield at MBA. All the best Senior Class of 2015! Watch it here!

Riverside Village mural featured in Spring 2015 issue

The Riverside Village mural is featured in the spring 2015 issue of Calliope Magazine on page 15. Please view the issue here

Spring 2015

One year ago I was transitioning from art administrator back to independent artist/curator/consultant...and as you might have guessed, I feel like I made a pretty good decision.

Over the next few weeks, murals with Churchwell Museum Magnet, Earth day event with WKU, Montgomery Bell Academy's ENDADA community event, Harpeth Hall School - Freedom School project and private commissions too!

I am excited to announce you will be able to purchase ChicNhairWear soon too!

Nashville Gallery Crawl at Ground Floor Gallery + Studios...watch the mural coming together!

Andee facilitated a mural at Ground Floor Gallery + Studios during the Nashville Gallery Crawl on Saturday, March 7th, 2015. Gallery owner Janet Yanez and artists in the studio submitted ideas and words creating the iconic images within the mural design. The mural is available for exhibition and is for sale. MTSU film student Beth Casey created a film of the making of the mural. Check it out here.

Guest Blogger for STARS Nashville for Youth Art Month

Andee is honored to serve as a guest blogger for STARS Nashville in March for Youth Art Month. Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art and art education for all youth and to encourage support for quality school art programs.
Read the STARS Nashville Blog post here

2015 gets off to a great start!

So far this year has been the most exciting YET!

Andee is just wrapping up on several commissions and the Modular Art Pod installation at abrasiveMedia.

Coming up...so many fun interactive events...
Ground Floor Gallery welcomes Andee and the community during the Saturday, March 7th art crawl to create an interactive painting...more here.
Andee is excited to be the artist-in-residence at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, TN, March 9-13, 2015.  There will be a reception and mural unveiling Friday, March 13 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. and the public is invited.

Andee will also be a featured artist at Montgomery Bell Academy's Endada. Dead Poets Society, the 1989 motion picture that featured Robin Williams, depicts a school patterned after Montgomery Bell Academy, although events in the movie were fictional. Thomas Schulman, who graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in 1968, wrote the movie's screenplay. Robin Williams portrayed a character based on Sam Pickering, one of Schulman's teachers during his MBA education.

Other contracts and grants are in the works...please keep your eyes out for more happenings in 2015 and thank YOU for your support!