Selected Accomplishments -
Annie Ruth is active within the community, leading causes that impact youth, women and arts education. Her paintings are energizing and evoke positive emotions, utilizing brilliant colors and textures, that impact the mood, awareness, and thinking of viewers. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Business Minor from National University in San Diego, California. Annie Ruth has over 25 years of professional fine arts & graphic design experience and 20 years of experience as an arts educator, creating cultural programming. Many of her commissioned paintings are in the permanent collections of Children's for Children/Procter & Gamble, Fifth Third Bank, and Central Clinic/University of Cincinnati. Her original paintings and Limited editions can also be found in private collections and her posters are always in demand and can been seen in schools, libraries, and arts centers around the country.
SOME PROGRAMS/PROJECTS
2004: Ohio Supreme Court (Appointment) Attorney Guardian Ad Litem
Training Advisory Committee member
2004: WCET (PBS Affiliate) Arts Initiatives, Cincinnati,
OH Teaching Artist & Consultant, Visual Arts Integration
1998 - 2008: Touring Artist with the Cincinnati Arts Association
- Artist's on Tour Educational Outreach
2001 - 2004: Visual Arts Assessor with the Ohio Alliance for
Arts Education, Project StartID (Statewide Arts Talent Identification
Project) identifying gifted children in the region.
2001: Founded Eye of
the Artists Foundation, a non-profit organization to promote arts
education and outreach.
1999: Appointed as Ohio Arts Council, At-risk youth arts consultant.