Yuko Alexander, Eve Banghart, Rebecca Barrett, Paulina Bebecka, Alexandra Bitterlin, Brooke Bodner, Michele Boynton, Katherine Estes Billmeier, Carol Cannon, Ashley Dowden, Margherita Berloni , Nathan Engelbrecht , Rachel Paukman Feldman , Trevor Freedland , Miller Gaffney , Kamila Gawrych , Melanie Gerlis , Rachael Goldman , Melissa Goodman , Lauren Gentile, Anne Hargrave, Soraja Helac, Sabrina Wirth, Elisabeth Ioannides , Yasmine Datnow , Lara Wolfe , Sonia Kwiatkowski , Susanna Kise , Michele LaRocco , Victoria Lam , Gabriëlle Lucille de Pooter , Marcia Mayo , Blaise Niosi , George O'Dell , Kaimei Olsson Wang , Claire Owen , Eldon Pei , Alya Poplawsky , Dr Wood Roberdeau , Alexandra Reumert , Steve Sabella, Stuart Steck, Sarah Stein-Sapir, Lily Stone, Simmy Swinder, Siebe Tettero, Vanja Vlahovic , Erica Waldbaum, James Wilentz.

Yuko Alexander
Contemporary Art, London 2004
Yuko has continued to work with Artist Mark Alexander's new work to be exhibited in St.Paul’s Cathedral in London. She wishes to share the following work and announcements with SIA Alumni. www.tinyurl.com/markalexander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIZvttPoGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHq-qgiA5PM

Eve Banghart
Contemporary Art, London, 2006
Eve recently moved from London, where she was working for Gagosian Gallery in their Britannia Street branch, to Hong Kong, where she is now Gallery Liaison for ART HK - the Hong Kong International Art Fair. She would be delighted to welcome any SIA Alumni to Hong Kong for the Fair from 27 - 30 May. There will be 150 galleries from 29 countries showing this year. Should any alumni plan to attend, they should contact Eve at eve@hongkongartfair.com.
www.hongkongartfair.com

Rebecca Barrett
Art Business, London, 2006
Rebecca is pleased to announce that she is now an Account Manager in the Valuations & Estate Management Department at Sotheby's New York.
rebecca.barrett@sothebys.com

Paulina Bebecka
Contemporary Art, London, 2007
In addition to her work as Gallery Manager and Assistant to Magdalena Sawon at Postmasters Gallery, Paulina is also working as Project Manager for xClinic, an Environmental Health Clinic, run by the bioartist Dr. Natalie Jeremijenko.
www.postmastersart.com

Alexandra Bitterlin
Art Business, London, 2006
Alexandra is the Head of Individual Giving at the Serpentine Gallery, which celebrates its 40th Anniversary and 10th Anniversary of the Pavilion this year, a milestone in its history as a public gallery dedicated to 'Art for All'. For more information on the Gallery’s Programmes and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 designed by Jean Nouvel, please visit: www.serpentinegallery.org

Brooke Bodner
Art Business, London, 2006
Brooke has most recently joined Anastasia Photo in New York's Lower East Side. Anastasia Photo specializes in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism. In an attempt to further connect the photographic images and the events they depict, Anastasia Photo couples each exhibition's proceeds with a related philanthropic organization.
http://www.anastasia-photo.com/

Michele Boynton
Contemporary Art, London, 2007
Since graduating from Sotheby's Institute Michelle started an internship at Ben Brown Fine Arts and was then offered a job as Gallery Assistant and In-House Designer. This included redesigning a new website for the gallery from scratch (www.benbrownfinearts.com). In February 2010, Michelle accepted the position of Gallery Manager at the Richard Young Gallery - a relatively new space that opened in Kensington, May 2008. The gallery focuses mostly on photography, and is used as a project space for a diverse range of exhibitions. She will be running the space and working closely alongside the Director Susan Young in the development of all future projects.

Katherine Estes Billmeier
Works of Art Course, London, 1990
Since graduating from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Katherine’s career has been varied but always art-related. Most recently she served as Executive Director of the restoration and rehabilitation of Vulcan Park in Birmingham, a park that was built during the Works Progress Administration to showcase Birmingham's colossal icon, Vulcan, Roman god of the forge. Vulcan was created by sculptor Guiseppe Moretti as Alabama's entry into the Worlds Fair of 1904 and is the largest cast-iron statue in the world. The $17 million capital project was complete in 2004 and includes an interactive visitor education center that outlines Birmingham's history. She is now executive Director of Birmingham Alabama's Railroad Park, a 20 acre urban green space designed by renowned landscape architect Tom Leader, of Berkeley, CA. The $21 million first phase of the project is scheduled to be complete this summer. Long range plans for Railroad Park include a collection of site specific outdoor contemporary art.

Carol Cannon
Art Business, New York, 2009
Since graduating from SIA, Carol has continued to develop her own projects, one of which is reviving the reputation and history of the Moroccan surrealist, Ahmed Yacoubi. As the Estate Manager, she is pleased that the government of Morocco repatriated his remains to Morocco from the US and he now has a "grave with a view of the sea" from the hills of Tangier where he was originally introduced to oil painting by Francis Bacon and kept a studio for many years where he produced extraordinary works (www.ahmedyacoubi.com). She anticipates producing his retrospective both in NYC and Morocco this year while slowly writing his biography. Carol is also developing her own fine art in the direction of Big Chinese Brush painting that will be featured on her updated website soon and displayed during an exhibition in late fall of 2010 at the Alliant Art Gallery on West 72nd Street. In the meantime, she is assisting the Alliant Art Gallery feature the work of a known Abstract Expressionist, Melville Price, in a September opening and aims to alternate emerging artists with known entities at the gallery.

Ashley Dowden
Art Business, New York, 2009
Ashley recently finished a year of working as a curatorial assistant to Katherine Gass of James Company Contemporary Art Projects, LLC. She worked on curatorial projects with clients such as Jumeirah Essex House, Columbia University Faculty House and the Bank of America Collection - New York. In addition to working with Katie Gass, Ashley spent ten months at The Armory Show assisting with VIP Relations and developing public programming for Armory Arts Week 2010. Most recently she has moved on to the Senior Business Development office at Sotheby's in New York where she is the executive assistant to Warren P. Weitman, Jr. (Chairman North and South America) and C. Hugh Hildesley, EVP and Senior Auctioneer. EB & Flow Gallery

Margherita Berloni
Art Business, London, 2009
Margherita comes from Pesaro, Italy, where she studied Classical Studies, and Modern Languages, Arts & Culture. Since leaving SIA, she has interned at Aicon Gallery, where she helped out on many openings, and is currently planning and co-curating their 2011 Venice Bienale fridge show. She is currently interning in the Sotheby's Impresssionist & Modern department.

Nathan Engelbrecht
Art Business, London, 2009
Nathan began his studies at SIA London after being in the Film and Animation industry in Cape Town, South Africa. During the 2nd semester of his degree, he interned at both Philips de Pury and ArtTactic. After completing his thesis on emerging artist career development, he was asked to join ArtTactic on a permenant basis, and is currently working as an art market analyst and project coordinator. He also manages a team of 10 interns as part of his duties.

EB & Flow Gallery was created by Margherita Berloni and Nathan Engelbrecht after they met each during their Art Business studies in London. EB & Flow was established as a gallery that specializes in emerging artists. The gallery has a keen interest in artist career development and will provide their artists with a level of support which will include onsite studio space plus other development strategies which are inspired from creative industries such as film and fashion. Looking forward, Nathan and Margherita plan to open their first show Spring 2011, as they feel that finding the right premise with the right studio requirements, and coupling that space with exciting new artists, must not be rushed. Both Margherita and Nathan would appreciate any advice or contact from the SIA alumni and would love to see many of you when their doors finally open. Their contact details are available on their website www.ebandflowgallery.com.

Rachel Paukman Feldman
American Arts Course, New York, 2006
Art Business, New York, 2007 In additon to her Art Consulting/Curating business Rachel Arts Mansion, Rachel has taken on the role of Gallery Manager at the Nailya Alexander Gallery, a photography gallery that specializes in Russian vintage and European contemporary prints.
www.nailyaalexandergallery.com
www.rachelartsmansion.com

Trevor Freedland
Contemporary Art, New York, 2009
Trevor is the Post Production Supervisor for David LaChapelle, currently working to organize major museum exhibitions in Taipei, Tel Aviv, and Bejing, as well as various gallery shows throughout Europe and the United States.

Miller Gaffney
American Art Course, New York 2003
Miller was was invited to speak twice in February at the American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF) in Palm Beach on Current Legal Issues in Art Appraisals and Passions: Collecting Art and Antiques. She also hosted the Appraisers Association of America’s Southeast Conference in Charleston, South Carolina in March. In April she was nominated and accepted to the Board of The South Carolina Arts Foundation for a three-year term. Miller Gaffney Art Advisory completed a private commission with world renowned trompe loeil artist Christian Thee and is pleased to announce the exhibition of artist Patton Blackwell at the United States Embassy Ragoon, Burma, U.S. Department of State.
www.millergaffney.com

Kamila Gawrych
Art Business, New York, 2009
Since December 2009 Kamila has been interning with ARTCO LLC, a company that creates innovative collaborations between contemporary artists and brands, merging art and commerce together. Over the years Kamila has been working on many curatorial projects with Voltz Clarke LLC, soon to be exhibiting LICKING OUT OF THE SAME BOWL, featuring English artists Natasha Law and Lucy Soni, showing at Diane von Furstenberg in Chelsea, NY on May 19th.

Melanie Gerlis
Art Business, London, 2006
Melanie is still working with The Art Newspaper, contributing articles and book reviews while on maternity leave. She now has two children, Georgina (16 months) and Aiden (4 months) and is looking forward to going back to work later this year.

Rachael Goldman
American Arts Course, New York, 2001
Rachael Goldman completed her requirements for the Ph.D. at City University of New York-Graduate Center with the dissertation, “The Social and Cultural constructions of color in Ancient Rome.” She has recently been published in the Bard Graduate Center Journal Spring/Summer 2009 on her review of the Piranesi exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. Dr. Goldman has been a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America and an appraiser for the last decade since her graduation from the American Arts Course. Rachael has taught appraising courses at Brookdale Community College, Pratt Institute, and Rutgers University. She holds degrees from Rutgers College, New York University and City University of New York-Graduate Center, was a fellow of the American Academy of Rome and has been published in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review. She recently returned from Venice where she presented her findings on grotesques on Italian Maiolica at the Renaissance Society of America.

Melissa Goodman
Art Business, New York, 2009
Melissa began working in the Director's Office at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C in late 2009.

Lauren Gentile
Art Business, London, 2007
Lauren was recently promoted to Director of Irvine Contemporary, in Irvine CA. www.irvinecontemporary.com

Anne Hargrave
American Arts Course, New York, 2002
Anne is the founder of Anne Hargrave Fine Art, an art consultancy and appraisal firm. She also has an arts blog entitled ArtLife, posted at her website. www.annehargravefineart.com.

Helac & Wirth
Soraja Helac
Art Business, New York, 2009
Soraja combines her diverse experiences and background to create a major impact in the art world using her European perspective and the resources and talent available in her new home, New York City.

Sabrina Wirth
Art Business, New York 2009
Sabrina joins Soraja Helac in a partnership to benefit emerging artists as well as to revitalize New York City, the city she grew up in.

Helac and Wirth is the art advisory and curatorial team, comprised of Soraja Helac and Sabrina Wirth, that initiated out of the desire to help emerging artists while revitalizing the New York community during this current economic recession. With their combined resources, list of contacts, and Sotheby’s background, Helac and Wirth coordinates a series of art shows throughout different vacant spaces in Manhattan. The event series titled, “The New Boom Collective”, benefits more than one cause: It brings exposure to talented artists, media attention to the venues through their promotion of the arts, and gives aid to the people of New York that have been affected the most by the financial crisis. Helac and Wirth are working on two photography shows. The first is a group show on May 20 in Tribeca (277 Broadway, 6-9pm) and the other is the Yale Photography MFA Thesis show in Midtown East (225 East 57th Street) on June 2. For more information please visit: www.helacwirth.com or email helacandwirth@gmail.com

Elisabeth Ioannides
Contemporary Art, London, 2001
Elisabeth has been working as Assistant Curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (www.emst.gr) since 2002. Apart from numerous previous exhibitions and coordination of publications of artists such as Y.Z.Kami, Shirin Neshat, Kimsooja, etc., she is currently assisting in the upcoming exhibition titled, "Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest and Other Stories" (May 11th - September 5th, 2010). Elisabeth has researched and contributed to the first comprehensive catalogue for Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum's collection which was published in the fall of 2009 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. She also has produced essays for works by Nan Goldin, William Kentridge, Isaac Julien and Matthew Barney.

JaffaCakes TLV
Yasmine Datnow
Art Business, New York, 2008
Yasmine returned to London after reading History of Art and Architecture at UEA to complete a Master’s in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute. She went on to work at White Cube from 2000 to 2004 as Modern Collections Coordinator. Yasmine has been an independent Art Consultant and Curator since leaving White Cube.

Lara Wolfe
Art Business, New York, 2008
Lara is an art consultant and curator. Originally from Toronto, Canada she moved to London, England in 2006 to complete her Masters at SIA. Since 2007, she has held a position in the Consultancy department at the Contemporary Art Society. Working with corporate and private clients, Lara selected cutting edge art and commissioned artists to help build successful art collections.

JaffaCakes TLV
Yasmine Datnow and Lara Wolfe are curators for JaffaCakes TLV, the first ever exhibition in the UK to solely feature contemporary artworks from Tel Aviv. The show, consisting of seven artists, will open on April 16 at 33-34 Hoxton Square in London. Named after the popular cookies, JaffaCakes TLV was inspired by the work of writer and Camera D'Or winner Etgar Keret, whose work reflects ordinary daily life and the uncanny in the city. The exhibition’s participating artists will reflect similar notions, while its catalogue will contain a short story written by Keret. Artists in JaffaCakes TLV include: Maya Attoun, Michal Helfman, Nogah Engler, Know Hope, Yochai Matos, Naama Tsabar and Mika Rottenberg
http://www.jaffacakestlv.com

Sonia Kwiatkowski
Art Business, New York, 2008
In November 2009, The Pilsudski Institute of America hosted its Annual Award Gala under the patronage of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, Bogdan Zdrojewski, at the Polish Consulate in New York. During the Awards Gala, Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage awarded Sonia Kwiatkowski and her mother Helena Kwiatkowski a Medal of Honor for the repatriation of a painting by Jan Wladyslaw Chelminski to the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw.

Starting in 2008, Sonia and her mother were in close contact with the Ministry over a painting, by Jan Wladyslaw Chelminski, that had gone missing from the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw during the world wars. That painting had managed to find itself into the Kwiatkowki art collection in New Jersey that Sonia’s late Father created. After publishing a hardcover catalog of their collection and gifting it to the Museum of the Polish Army, it was discovered that the missing Chelminski painting was in their collection. The repatriation efforts began soon after and as Sonia was in the midst of completing her MA at SIA she was able to use her Art Law experience to lead the process on her family’s behalf. Once resolved and the painting returned, the Rzeczpospolita (The Republic) one of Poland’s largest daily newspapers published an article on the repatriation and our efforts to “Do Cultural Good”.

Susanna Kise
American Fine and Decorative Arts Certificate, New York, 2004
After living in NYC for 7 years, Susanna moved to Houston, Texas in June of 2009. She is currently the Associate Director for Wade Wilson Art (www.wadewilsonart.com) which specializes in Contemporary Art by mid-late career artists, and occasionally will mentor a young artist. Wade Wilson Art is very proud that one of their artists (Joseph Marioni) will have a national retrospective at the Phillips Collection in 2011. In her spare time, Susanna serves on the Steering Committee for the Menil Contemporaries and volunteers with the Junior League of Houston.

Michele LaRocco
Art Business, London, 2008
Since completing her course work in London, Michele LaRocco has founded 360 degrees of art, an art consulting company that offers a full range of art advisory services. In addition to her consulting work, Michele’s website www.my360art.com hosts art blogs, provides the latest art news, and spotlights different artists on a weekly basis. 360 degrees of art promotes emerging artistic talent, as well as upcoming artistic and cultural events, while engaging in the latest topics in the art world. You can follow 360 degrees of art on www.facebook.com/my360art and www.twitter.com/my360art.

Victoria Lam
Contemporary Art, New York, 2008
Victoria is now the Studio Manager for Steven Shearer.

Gabriëlle Lucille de Pooter
Contemporary Art, New York, 2009
In her final semester at SIANY, while writing her Thesis on Fashion Exhibition, Gabriëlle interned at the Fashion Museum in Antwerp, Belgium. After graduation in New York, she returned to the Fashion Museum to work as a project assistant at the Library where she has been able to acquaint herself with cataloging costume and textiles while working at one of the most renown fashion academies in the world. She wrote her first fashion exhibition review for the Dutch Society for Costume, Lace, Fashion and Regional Dress.

Marcia Mayo
American Arts Course, New York, 1987
Marcia currently serves as Chairman of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Resources Committee and Director of Publications for the Art in Embassies Program at State, where she has worked for the past seventeen years. Her major volunteer activities include serving on the Board of Trustees of:
The National Trust for Historic Preservation – Historic Sites and Business committees
The Washington National Opera – Secretary of the Executive Committee
The Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa) – Collections Committee
Tudor Place Historic House and Gardens (Washington) – Collections Committee
She also serves on the Preservation Committee of the Washington National Cathedral.

Blaise Niosi
Art Business, New York, 2007
After graduating from SIA, Blaise spent over two years working in the Client Development department at Sotheby's New York, where she focused on building strategy for the company's top collectors of Contemporary Art. Blaise is the founder of Blaise & Co., a fine art advisory firm specializing in all areas of Contemporary practice, such as representing individual artists, consulting with galleries in Los Angeles and Philadelphia to drive business development efforts, sourcing pieces for private collectors, and curating exhibitions. Blaise is also working with the Heidi Lee Art Advisory team to launch the online consignment gallery, EditionedArt.

George O'Dell
Contemporary Art, London, 2008
After graduating from Sotheby’s Institute, George joined Phillips de Pury & Company in 2008. In March 2010, he was promoted to a Junior Specialist in the Contemporary Art Department at Phillips London. At Phillips, George contributed to the exhibition book The Thousands published by Drago in Rome and will be a contributing writer to the Vandalog Art Blog.

Kaimei Olsson Wang
Contemporary Art, Singapore, 2009
After writing her dissertation on Chinese contemporary art focusing on history, memory and nostalgia, Kaimei has continued to follow her passion for Chinese Art. After leaving the institute, she has been working on various art projects including curating a solo exhibition of a Chinese artist in Singapore. She has written art reviews and artists interviews for local artist societies and art festival catalogues and continues to explore the art world in Singapore where she currently lives.

Claire Owen
Art Business, London, 2009
Claire Owen has recently accepted a position as Account Executive at Muse Consultancy, a new strategic Art Consultancy firm in London, where she had previously held an internship. Claire has assisted in the launch and development of Muse, and is working to establish Muse’s social networking presence through Delicious, Twitter and Facebook. She also assists in marketing and PR efforts. The Muse website is due to launch soon, however for now the company can be found at: http://gongmuse.com


Eldon Pei
Contemporary Art, Singapore, 2009
Eldon will relocate from Hong Kong to Palo Alto this fall and start his PhD in Art History at Stanford University. He is interested in revolutionary art in Asia and the visual culture of modernity, with a focus on China from the late Qing through the Cultural Revolution. In February, Eldon and his wife Susana welcomed the arrival of their daughter Amelia.

Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Art Business, London 2008
Under her company, The Art Syn Ltd, Virginie is currently collaborating with curator Predrag Pajdic, to produce a major art exhibition in London from May 7th to June 6th, 2010 entitled, “Lingering Whispers”. Sotheby's Institute London is a patron and sponsor of the exhibition.
http://lingering-whispers.com/

Alya Poplawsky
Art Business, New York, 2009
Anya was recently appointed Curator of Education and Special Projects at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. In this position, Alya serves as faculty liaison to the Museum, encouraging interdisciplinary engagement with the exhibitions, developing exhibition programming, and assisting in the research and development of future exhibitions. She also oversees the K-12 educational outreach program.

Dr Wood Roberdeau
Contemporary Art, London, 2002
Dr. Wood Roberdeau currently teaches Introduction to Art History and Postmodernities at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a regular contributor to rubric, a new journal of art, writing, and theory.

Alexandra Reumert
Art Business, London, 2001
Alexandra is the Managing Director and Curator for Galerie Reumert, a new gallery in Notting Hill specializing in Post-War to Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Ceramics. She will hold her first exhibition from May 7th through June 12th, 2010 with a private viewing on May 6th.
Contact@galeriereumert.com
www.galeriereumert.com

Steve Sabella
Art Business, London, 2009
After having completed a MA in Photographic Studies in 2008, Steve came to SIA London in hopes better understand the structure of the art market and the complex and intricate relationship between the main and different art players - the public institution, the commercial gallery, the museum, the auction house and the collector. He had been gaining critical recognition for many years for his own art and wanted to translate the critical success into an economic value. Sotheby's Institute of Art quickly helped him to become more focused on where he should invest his energy. Steve was pleased to be in the Phillips De Pury exhibition & auction NOW - Contemporary Art of the 21 Century in Sept. 2009 & the Christie's International Modern & Contemporary Art on April 27, 2010. He will have a retrospective solo show at the Metroquadro Gallery in Rivoli/Turin, Italy on May 6 - July 17, and a group show (June 18 - July 11) at the Akademie der Kunste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin as part of his nomination and award ffor the Ellen Auerbach Award that includes the publication of an art book on his art. Finally, he has been invited to create an artwork for the inauguration of the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar due to open in December 2010. For more updates and reviews on his work, visit www.stevesabella.com

Stuart Steck
American Arts Course, New York, 1991
Stuart is current Assistant Professor of Art History and Critical Studies at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Over the past few years, he has held teaching positions at Brown University, Boston University, and MIT. In addition to his faculty position, Stuart is the co-director of the Short Attention Span Digital Video Festival (SASDVF). The SASDVF is an international film festival that has annual screenings in Boston (MA) and San Luis Obispo (CA).

Sarah Stein-Sapir
Contemporary Art, New York, 2009
Sarah recently began working as the Assistant to the Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art at Phillips de Pury in New York.

Lily Stone
Art Business, 2008
Lily has been working at Freeman's (America's Oldest Auction House) since September 2008 as the sole marketing manager. She was recently given control of all press and external email responsibilities. Their most recent achievement was the sale of the Lehman Brothers art collection (100% sell-thru rate!).

Simmy Swinder
Art Business, New York, 2009
Simmy is a regular contributor to Gallery Crawl, an exhibitions review blog. She has also teamed up with Tali Wertheimer in founding TS+ Projects. TS+ Projects is a curating team based in New York City. The team curates pop-up galleries, guest curates at Chelsea galleries, blogs endlessly about openings and exhibitions, interviews artists, and works to revitalize the New York arts community.
www.tsplusprojects.com

Siebe Tettero
Contemporary Art, London, 2002
In addition to his own consultancy practice, Siebe is heading an exciting new foundation in Amsterdam called All Art Initiatives. All Art Initiatives is executing the project Metamatic Research Initiatives to promote the work of Swiss Artist Jean Tinguely. For more information, please visit www.allartinitiatives.org

Vanja Vlahovic
Fine & Decorative Art, London, 2009
Vanja had the honor of being the representative class speaker at her recent graduation. Before studying at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Vanja completed her undergraduate degree in Art History at Duke University in 2008. Continuing to focus on American sculpture while at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Vanja completed her Master’s thesis on Alexander Calder and his impact on the Surrealist movement in NYC under the supervision of Dr. Carrie Rebora Barratt. Vanja has decided to continue her research on Calder by pursuing a doctoral degree in Art History. Over the past few months she has been accepted to a number of prestigious doctoral programs in both the United States and abroad and is currently deciding between her top two choices, University of Cambridge and The Courtauld Institute of Art. She will be starting her doctoral studies fall of 2010.

Erica Waldbaum
Art Business, New York, 2007
Since completing the Art Business program, Erica worked on the Financial Services team at Christie's and as the Gallery Manager and Registrar at Moeller Fine Art in New York. Erica recently began working as an Associate at Artvest Partners LLC. Artvest Partners is an independent, financially-focused art advisory firm for collectors, investors, dealers, family offices and institutions. The company provides market insight, innovative analysis, objectivity and sophisticated business acumen to protect, preserve and grow art assets.
www.artvest.com

James Wilentz
Art Business, New York, 2008
James has recently redesigned his website and services business for Old Masters/New Perspectives, which explores the world of Old Masters and their influence on the art world today. The site has been newly designed to feature a salon reserved for selected artwork for sale that befits the site's vision of classic art with a modern appeal. The site will also feature the growing Annotated Glossary of Old Masters, which will feature image repositories and biographical overviews for some of the best names art history has had to offer.
www.oldmastersnewperspectives.com

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