Andee Rudloff is Education Director for the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC) in Bowling Green, KY, a new cultural facility opening in 2012. She recently served as the community relations manager at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn., while continuing a career as a professional visual artist. Andee also served as the curator of the Nashville International Airport’s Arts at the Airport Foundation, where she designed and curated new exhibitions and exhibition spaces while maintaining the airport’s art collection.
After attending the University of Mississippi on a track and cross-country scholarship, she graduated with honors from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art. She has been actively involved with the arts in Kentucky and Tennessee since graduating in 1993, having served as artist-in-residence at Bellewood Home for Children, curator for Curb Records’ Johnny Cash Collection, facilitator of the At Home Project with Judy Chicago, as well numerous other curatorial and teaching positions.
Other involvement in the arts includes serving as the past Educator for Outreach at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. She is the founder, past curator and coordinator of The Public Theatre of Kentucky Gallery. In 2008, she was awarded Best Community Art Energizer by the Nashville Scene for her ability to engage others in art opportunities and happenings in both Kentucky and Tennessee. She has served as a consultant on countless public art and community art projects including the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Western Kentucky University Women’s Studies Mural Projects in conjunction with the Women and Children Learning Together program. Recently, Andee was a featured community art presenter at the 2011 National Art Education Association National Conference in Seattle, WA, and received the 2010 ADAM Award for Outstanding Achievement and Support for Kids on the Block in Middle Tennessee.
Andee has more than 20 years of experience as a professional artist including exhibitions in Bowling Green, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., New York, N.Y., Taipei, Taiwan, and other national and international exchanges.
photo by Bob Berg