Fine Art Appraisal
Started a fine art appraisal and valuation
consultation business in 2005 where she provides appraisal and valuation
services for paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Specializes in
19th and 20th Century works of art and artwork created by women artists.
Trained by the American Society of Appraisers through the University of
California, Irvine; complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional
Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Art Selection and Installation
Created and developed her fine art company in 1997
that offers art advisory, search, selection, placement and installation
services. Clients are both corporate and individuals ranging from
beginning to experienced collectors. She has developed clients on the
West Coast and in Hawaii that have been with her for many years.
Gallery and Exhibition Management
Managed all operations of a nonprofit, community
art gallery (Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, California) from 1992
- 1997, reporting to the Board of Directors of the Danville Area
Cultural Alliance as an independent contractor.
Curatorial
responsibility for civic gallery (Lynn House Gallery, Antioch,
California) and accountable to the city's Cultural Arts Coordinator and
Arts Commission.
Exhibition coordinator for National Museum
for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC from 1998 - 2000. Developed
material for Intrepid Women: Victorian Artists Travel, an
exhibition scheduled to open pending funding.
Founded and
developed a private educational program for fine artists (Salon 6 -
division of Lisa Lodeski Fine Arts) focused on career development and
management for artists; self-representation; and art marketing.
Presented during 2001 - 2003 in lecture and workshop formats through
university, civic and non-profit institutions as well as by private
consultation.
Teaching
Instructor and developer of a workshop during 2005
at the Aliso Viejo Public Library, California, for fine artists funded
by a grant to prepare artists for entering the marketplace.
Instructor and developer of "Professional Skills for Fine Artists" at
the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California, an advanced course in
business skills and artist career issues held periodically from 1999 -
2003.
Instructor at Long Beach City College during 2002, teaching
"Modern and Contemporary Art History," "Ancient to Medieval Art
History," and "Renaissance to Contemporary Art History."
Lecturer during 2001 at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance,
California, teaching "Professional Skills for Fine Artists," a class on
fundamental business skills for fine artists.
Lecturer at
California State University, Fullerton during 2001, teaching "From
Studio to Gallery," an art marketing skill development course.
Instructor and course developer from 1998 - 2001 at Palos Verdes Art
Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, teaching "Professional Skills
for Artists," and "Artists At Work: Exhibitions and Sales," advanced
courses in business skills for artists.
Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts,
Certificate Program, University of California, Irvine, 2004
M.A. Art History, San Francisco State University, 1997
B.A. Art History, minor Business Administration, California
State University, Fullerton, 1991. Foreign language - French
American Society of Appraisers, 2004 - present
College Art Association, Mentor for CAA Fellowship Program, 2002
Art Table, Member, 2001 - present
College Art Association,
Member 1992 - 2003
Publications
With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art
History in the West. (exhibition catalogue) San Francisco: San
Francisco State University, 1995. Annotated bibliography.
The Harem as a Site for Sexual Fantasy in the Work of Vera Willoughby
San Jose: Women's Caucus for Art, Southbay Chapter, September 1997.
Bibliography
The Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art: 6.
Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Sourcebooks, 2008, 26-7.
Laguna
Beach Magazine. Fall/Winter 2007, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 106-7.
Smith, Constance. Art Marketing 101: A Handbook for the Fine Artist.
Nevada City, California: Artnetwork Press, 2004.
CAA News.
New York: College Art Association, 2001, 2002.
Aliso Viejo
News. Santa Ana, California: Orange County Register, 2000.
San Ramon Valley Times.
Danville, California: Contra Costa Times, 1996.
Research
2000: Exhibition research for the National Museum
for Women in the Arts in preparation of a checklist for Intrepid
Women: Victorian Artists Travel at The Huntington Library, Pasadena,
California; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and in the U.K. at
Victoria & Albert Museum, London; British Museum of Natural History,
London; Girton College, Cambridge; Walker Art Galleries, Liverpool;
Royal Photographic Society, Bath; Joint Services Command, Bracknell;
Hastings Museum, Hastings; Hastings Library, Hastings; East Essex County
Records, Lewes; British Library, London.
1997: Graduate research assistant to Dr. Whitney Chadwick on the topic
of Victorian Lady Travelers, part of which was applied to the second
edition of Chadwick's Women, Art, and Society, 1997.
1996: Graduate reader for Dr. Whitney Chadwick for Women in Art History
course.
1995: Graduate research assistant to Mark Johnson,
Director of San Francisco State University Gallery on the topic of
Asian-American artists. Bibliographical and analytical research used for
exhibition and catalog,
With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art History in the West.