APPRAISAL EXPERIENCE, ACTIVITIES and CERTIFICATIONS |
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| 2021 | 2021 Accredited by the Appraisers Association of America Impressionist and Modern Art. |
| 2019 | 2019 Accredited by the Appraisers Association of America in Post-War, Contemporary and Emerging Art. |
| 2016 to date | Teaching appraisal of prints, CASP, Appraisers Association of America. |
| 2015 to date | Appointed to the Personal Property Resource Panel of the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C. |
| 2014 to 2015 | Teaching appraisal of original prints, New York University. |
| 2009 to 2012 | Past President and Board Member Appraisers Association of America. |
| 1978 to date | Appraiser of fine prints, general, 19th, 20th and 21st century paintings, drawings and sculpture. Appraisals for schools, universities, banks, corporations, insurance companies, lawyers, accountants, collectors and investors. Recent appraisals of monumental sculpture. |
| 2007 to 2009 | President of Appraisers Association of America, New York, NY. |
| 2009 to date | Member, Salvador Dali Research Center-Study and protection of the patrimony of Salvador Dali. |
| 1986 to Jan. 2012 | Member, Appraisers Association of America, Elected 1st Vice President 2005-2007, 2nd Vice President 2003-2005. Board member 1999 to Jan. 2012. Regional Representative for New York State 1993-1999. Lecturer and panel member for AAA programs. |
| 1999 to date | AAA Certified Member of Appraisers Association of America. Completed proficiency examinations in appraisal methodology and ethics and in the field of original prints. Recertified to June 30, 2019. Fulfilled continuing education credits to date. |
| 1997-to date | USPAP Compliant (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) through February 2021. |
ART and BUSINESS EXPERIENCE |
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| 1979 to date | Art consultant to corporations, schools, universities, artists, professionals, collectors and estate beneficiaries for purposes of acquiring managing, disposing of, protecting and framing of fine art objects and collections. |
| 2004 | Consultant to Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts metal bench competition. Benches for a city park. |
| 2003 - 2004 | Consultant to Bausch and Lomb's 150th year celebration, archives, exhibition and events. |
| 1999 | With Rochester Institute of Technology and the Grove Place neighborhood ran a competition for a sculpture commission for Via Health. |
| 1998 to date | Member, Aesthetics Committee for public art on Route 490 and two additional New York State highway design projects. |
| 1997 - 1999 | Coordinator of the Xerox Archival Project. |
| 1997 | Conference Chair, National Association of Woman Business Owners, the Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley and An Income of Her Own. |
| 1997 | Administrator of Women's Art Works 7, National competition for women artists, sponsored by Bausch & Lomb. |
| 1997 | Advisor to the City of Rochester, public art competition for the Gateway Pavilion and the Erie Harbor project. |
| 1995 to date | Curator of the Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, New York. Four exhibitions per year. |
| 1995 | Consultant to the Jewish Home Foundation. Sculpture competition for the Atkin Adult Day Health Center. |
| 1995 | Chair of Rochester Women's Network ~ Awards Committee. |
| 1993 - 1997 | Board member, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). |
| 1993 - 199 | Art Administrator of Bausch & Lomb art collection and archival project. |
| 1989 - 199 | Chair, Monroe County Public Art Committee. Art selection for the new airport. |
| 1989 - 1990 | Curated exhibition of the Columbia Banking collection. Wrote accompanying catalogue. Delivered opening lecture. Rochester, Elmira, and Penn Yan, New York. |
| 1989-199 | President of
the Board, Arts For Greater Rochester. Monroe County Arts Council.
1987-1989 Vice President for Programs, Arts For Greater Rochester. Responsible for the strategic plan, future planning, and current programs. |
| 1985-198 | Principal in the Western New York Print Fair, an annual January event where nationally known print dealers exhibit at the Wilson Arts Center, Harley School, Rochester, New York. Responsible for art selection and arrangements for print exhibition accompanying the fair each year. |
| 1980 | Founding member of Rochester Association of Art Dealers. Past President and board member. |
| 1979 - January 1985 | Gallery Director, Artworks at Sibley's. |
| 1979 to date | Art exhibition Judge for museum shows, art groups, art community exhibitions. |
| 1979 to date | Lecturer to museum audiences and to other organizations on art-related topics. |
| 1971-1975 | Assistant to Robert Henning, Memorial Art Gallery, for the cataloguing of prints in the museum print room. |
| 1971-1975 | Chair, Lending and Sales Gallery, Memorial Art Gallery. Responsible for the selection of art for ten exhibitions per year and for art consigned to Gallery members and for public sale. |
| 1970-1976 | Member, Board of Managers, Memorial Art Gallery. |
| 1962-1980 | Docent, Memorial Art Gallery. Responsible for interpretation of the collection at all educational levels. Docent Emeritus status at present. |
| 1959 to date | Collector of l9th- and 20-century European and American prints. Developed extensive personal research library. |
EDUCATION |
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University of Rochester, Rochester, New York-M.S. in Humanities. Studied the art and culture of 19th- and 20th-C. Germany; worked extensively in museum print collection.
Nazareth College, Rochester, New York - German Language Studies. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York - B.S. |
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AWARDS |
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| November 2017 | Belmont Society Award for contributions to the Appraisers Association of America over the course of 25 years or more. |
| 2015 | Exceptional Performance Award, New York Chapter, Genesee Valley Branch, American Public Works Association. |
| 2015 | Betty Strasenburgh Award from the Community Design Center of Rochester for activism in the arts. |
| November 2009 | Appraisers Association of America Presidents Award. |
| 2000 | Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester - Special Citation for outstanding service to the cultural community. |
| October 1998 | Top Woman Business Owner of the Year Award for Community. National Association of Women Business owners, Rochester Chapter. |
| January 1995 | Brighton Chamber of Commerce volunteer award. |
| May 1995 | Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce Civic Award for Culture and Arts. |
EDUCATION |
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| 1976 - 1979 | University of Rochester, Rochester, New York - M.S. in Humanities. Studied the art and culture of l9th- and 20th-century Germany; worked extensively in museum print collection. |
| 1975 - 1977 | Nazareth College, Rochester, New York - German Language Studies. |
| 1955 - 1959 | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York - B.S. |
SPECIAL ACADEMIC WORK |
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| 2023-2024 | Organized and researched the Print Club of Rochester archive to document the History of the Print Club of Rochester (covering 1932 to the present). |
| October 1999 | Lecture, "Appraising Old Masters to 20th Century Prints: Originals, Copies and Everything In Between", Appraisers Association of America Lecture Series, New York. |
| June 1992 | Organized exhibition of the prints of Hermann Katelhon for the Lockhart Gallery, Memorial Art Gallery. |
| June 1986 | Organized exhibition of the prints of Howard Hodgkin in collaboration with the Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York. |
| October 1984 | Organized the exhibition and wrote the catalogue entitled Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism Graphics: The Inner Vision. Wilson Arts Center, Rochester, New York. |
| April 1977 | Organized an exhibition of prints by Kathe Kollwitz at the University of Rochester. Wrote detailed catalogue entitled Prints for the German People involving research in the print cabinets of Dresden, Berlin, and Stuttgart. |
| Summer 1977 | Research for the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies exhibition at the University of Rochester. Wrote catalogue essay: "The Graphic Art of Eighteenth Century." |
| October 1977 | Curatorial aide to Dr. Bruce Chambers, Memorial Art Gallery, for special print research. Conducted independent study to research large collection of prints of unknown origin. |
| Spring 1978 | Master's thesis "Max Klinger: A German Symbolist." Special study at Cornell University under Professor Peter B. Kahn. |
