I work with small to quite extensive private collections (600+ objects). The end result of my process is a complete digital management system or ledger (if you are old school). I have a background in graphic design and coding to efficiently work within any database. My goal for each client is a complete life-cycle platform, easy for the client to continue. I begin with photography, condition reporting, and provenance research. Then catalog to create a comprehensive and easy system that is made to fit a collectors management style.
I have a BFA from Appalachian State University, North Carolina, and a Master's in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas from the Sainsbury Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. I have been in the art community for as long as I can remember, modeling for artists, hosting figure drawing classes, hanging shows, and giving personal critiques.
I interned and worked as a curatorial assistant for the Asheville Art Museum and taught art at Western Carolina University. My love of books is a gift from my mother, and you can sometimes see me at Downtown Books & News, where I occasionally work to satisfy my itchy fingers.
Don't hesitate to get in touch with me for more information.
Selected Projects:
1. Roy A. Taylor archives, advisement & opinions of value, 2020: This collection was created by Taylor who documented his entire work as congressman for North Carolina, from 1960 - 11970, into albums.
2. North American Prehistoric Objects - Mississippian & Woodlands Private Collection, catalog 2019:
An extensive collection of 500+ pipes, birdstones, and sculptures (a complete catalog service, both digital and written ledger)
An extensive collection of 500+ pipes, birdstones, and sculptures (a complete catalog service, both digital and written ledger)
3. Papua New Guinea Private Collection, catalog 2018:
200+ wooden works, large and small from Papua New Guinea (a complete catalog service, both digital and written ledger)
200+ wooden works, large and small from Papua New Guinea (a complete catalog service, both digital and written ledger)
4. Amazonian Basketry of Guyana: Dr. Audrey Butt-Colson Collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, collection analysis 2017:
The basketry collection was collected by Dr. Butt-Colson who journaled her time in Guyana as an anthropologist studying an Amazonian-Christian religion developing in the region. (documentation and digitization of designs from the basketry of Guyana with extensive background research on its collecting history and provenance)
The basketry collection was collected by Dr. Butt-Colson who journaled her time in Guyana as an anthropologist studying an Amazonian-Christian religion developing in the region. (documentation and digitization of designs from the basketry of Guyana with extensive background research on its collecting history and provenance)