Bigelow to serve as 2024 Bluff Park Art Show Judge

Bigelow to serve as 2024 Bluff Park Art Show Judge

HOOVER, Al – The Bluff Park Art Association is pleased to announce Rod Bigelow as our judge for the 61st annual Bluff Park Art Show on October 5, 2024, at the Bluff Park Community Park.

Rod Bigelow has served as executive director and chief diversity and inclusion officer of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art since 2013, guiding all facets of the museum’s development and reflecting his more than 20 years of experience in management of arts and cultural institutions. He joined Crystal Bridges in 2010, serving as the deputy director of operations and administration, focusing on organizational and policy development as well as construction activities leading up to the museum’s opening in November 2011.

During Rod’s tenure at Crystal Bridges, the museum has welcomed more than 12 million visitors. Prior to joining Crystal Bridges, Rod was chief operating officer at the Toledo Museum of Art, where he implemented a federal grant program to increase funding for the museum’s sustainability projects, initiated collaboration with local non-profits, and supported multiple construction projects. He was appointed interim executive director at the Toledo Museum of Art in 2009.

Rod previously served as director of administrative and financial services at The Art Institute of Seattle and spent eight years with the Tacoma Art Museum, serving initially as chief financial officer and later as interim executive director.

He holds a master’s in business administration degree from Pacific Lutheran University. He is a board member of Triple Aught Foundation and Art Bridges Foundation, as well as a member of the Association for Art Museum Directors, the America250 America’s Culture Advisory Council, and the External Advisory Group for the Atlanta University Center’s Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective.

The 61st Annual Bluff Park Art Show, October 5, 2024. With an eclectic mix of media, the Bluff Park

Art Show provides visitors with a fresh experience each year – all in the picturesque setting of Bluff Park,

a historic community in Hoover, Alabama. For more information, visit bluffparkartassociation.org and

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The Bluff Park Art Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was founded in 1963. Its mission is to

promote art in homes, schools and public places.