Credentials 

                                Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America, New York (AAA);
                                Authored the AAA exam for other appraisers seeking certification in field of Contemporary Studio Glass.

Education
2019                       American Society of Appraisers (ASA) Personal Property Connoisseurship Conference, Santa Fe, NM (March)
2010-2020           USPAP 7-hour update through Appraisers Association of America (every 2 years)
2013-2017            Appraisers Association of America National Conference, New York, NY (every year)
2012                      Personal Property Appraising, American Society of Appraisers, U. C. – Irvine (Holly Mitchem)
                               Inspection and Describing Fine Art, American Society of Appraisers, U. C. – Irvine (Holly Mitchem)
2011                       Theory & Methodology in Appraisal Practices, Appraisers Association of America through NYU and AAA
2008                     15-hour USPAP course and exam, Abigail Hartman & Associates, New York, NY through NYA and AAA
1986                       Western Art Management Institute, Ashland, Oregon; 2-week intensive arts management course
1973                        Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois; graduate work in Art Department (w/ Joel Myers)
1972, 73, 74            Pilchuck Glass School; 10-week summer programs in glass
1968-72                 University of Wisconsin, Madison; Bachelor of Science degree, Fine Art (w/ Harvey Littleton)
1968                       Peninsula School of Arts, Fish Creek, Wisconsin (July 8 – August 30)
 
Honors, Awards, Appointments
2014-2016            Contemporary Studio Glass expert for Lofty.com, an internet start-up based in New York
2010-2014            Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, member Steering Committee
2006-present      Pilchuck Glass School, member Advisory Council (now called Ambassador’s Council)
2005-2014           Pilchuck Glass School, member Artistic Program Advisory Committee (APAC)
2005-2006         Pilchuck Glass School, Trustee, Vice President; Chairman of Artistic Program Advisory Committee
2004                     Trustee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood and Seattle, Washington. 
2001                      Juror, New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
2000                    National Resource Board, James Renwick Alliance
1999-2002           Seattle Art Dealers Association (Secretary)
1991                       New York Experimental Glass Workshop; guest curator design section of benefit auction at Christie’s, NY
1988-91                Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA; Board of Directors
1982-1986            Glass Art Society Board of Directors (Treasurer)
1979                      Rhode Island State Council for the Arts; Advisory Panelist
1978                      Rhode Island State Council for the Arts; Craftsman-in-Residence Fellowship finalist
1975                      National Endowment for the Arts Master Craftsman Apprenticeship Grant to work with Dale Chihuly
1973                      Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Special Projects and Employment
2013                      Working as expert with fraud unit of the HSI to identify glass art forgeries and apprehend forger/s.
                                               Michael Little of Renton, WA arrested April 25, 2013; Plead guilty June 16, 2013 (incarcerated).
2012 -2018           Disbursement of the contents of Daphne Farago home in Little Compton, RI and Delray, FL, including
                                               Estate Appraisal in 2018.
2004-2005          Bellevue Arts Museum; guest curator, Taking Shape: Pilchuck Glass School in the '70s.
2003                     Museum of Glass: Center for Contemporary Art; guest organizing curator, Glass of the Avant-Garde.
1993-2010            Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA; founder and managing director.
1990-91                 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood and Seattle, WA; interim co-director.
1988-1993             RegaloVetro; founder and managing director of mail-order functional glassware and related books.
                               Private dealer, appraiser and consultant in contemporary studio glass.
                               Coordinator/editor of William Morris Glass: Artifact and Art.
                               U.S. Distributor of monograph Bertil Vallien.
1988-1992            Manager of artist William Morris.
1988                      Chihuly, Inc., Seattle, WA; managing director.
1987                       Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL; managing director.
1986/87                 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA; summer faculty (Professional Practices for Artists).
1983-1985             Curator/organizer of exhibition Chihuly; Glass, traveling to six museums.
                               U.S. Distributor of monograph Chihuly: Glass.
1980-1987             Private dealer and consultant in contemporary glass, Scottsdale, Arizona.
1979                       Rhode Island School of Design, Little Compton, RI; director of summer program
1978                       Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Providence, RI; Public Arts Program, assistant to the director.
1976-1977              Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; secretary of Sculpture Department.
1974-1988             Dale Chihuly, Providence, RI and Seattle, WA; part-time assistant in art and business; management, sales,                                                                       registration, special projects, events, research.
1975-1976            What Cheer Arts, Inc., Providence, RI; director.
1973, 74                Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA; assistant to the directors (summers).
 
*Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice