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.

MOST RECENT INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2006: Cincinnati Museum Center- Cincinnati, Ohio, Lighting Candles: Embracing the Spirit of the Holiday Season

2005: National Afro American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH, I Can Read
2004: YWCA Women's Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, When My Mama Reads to Me

MOST RECENT BOOK & CD PROJECTS

2007: Conversations with a Sisterfriend (a collection of poetry & inspirational prose for teens and women) & Dada Means Sister (children's book)

2006: The Making of a Sista Friend, a collection of inspirational prose and poetry.
2005: I Can Read book written and illustrated by Annie Ruth
2005: What's the Word? READ CD by Annie Ruth, promoting reading and literacy
2004: When My Mama Reads to Me by Julie Elkus (author) Annie Ruth (illustrator)
2002: Soul of a Sister CD written, produced and recorded by Annie Ruth