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After receiving a degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina, I landed my first job at Newsweek, on the circulation side, where I acquire skills in direct response advertising. I then became a Promotion Manage at Time Inc., where I won several awards, including Folio Silver and worked with the Caples Committee. I went on to be a Creative Director in an ad agency that became a part of Draft Direct and won an award for Best in Financial Marketing.
A career change occurred when Sotheby’s hired me to create a direct marketing program for their catalogs. I discovered that the world of art/antiques was fascinating, where I wanted to be. I carved a niche as a marketing consultant to auction houses, dealers and art galleries, working for the Royal Street Guild, Neal’s Auction Gallery, Goldberg’s Auctioneers, all in New Orleans. This led to event marketing with the Super Bowl Host Committee and New Orleans Visitor and Convention Bureau.
From there, it was off to Washington, DC to write and create marketing programs for Commtek Communications, high tech publisher and launch a magazine partnership with Sony, Inc.
Wanting to get back to writing full time, I again carved a niche in the antiques and arts writing. I have interviewed and written cover stories on
- ·Julius Shulman, architectural photographer,
- Red Groom, visual artist,
- Dale Chihuly, glass artist,
- Thomas Mann, jewelry designer,
- George Rodrigue, Blue Dog artist,
- Nick Arrojo, hair artist and “What Not To Wear’s” celebrity stylist.
I frequently cover museum openings and have recently had cover stories on
- Wadsworth Atheneum’s Sol LeWitt wall drawing installation,
- “Dale Chilhuly at RISD,”
- Orange County Museum’s “Birth of Cool,”
- Smithsonian’s “Philip Johnson’s Glass House,” on its opening to the public,
- Philadelphia Museum’s seminal exhibition on “Bonin and Morris,” America’s only Colonial era ceramic manufacturers.
I have recently edited "Collecting Asian Art," by I.M. Chase, soon to be published, and am editing a catalog on the Ort Collection of Fine French and American Clocks.
Because I cover a lot of Art/Antique Shows, such as the International Fine Art Dealer’s (IFPDA) Association 2008 Show at the Armory, Sanford Smith’s The Modern Show and ART20, the Stellas’ Gramercy Park Antiques Show, to name just a few, I have an “insider’s” view on the state of the market. As a PR/Marketing consultant for this market (www.prtothetrade.com), I am able to analyze and project coming buying trends.
My editorial work has appeared in Arts and Antiques, The New York Sun, Antiques and the Arts Weekly (The "Bee"), New England Antiques Journal, Antique Trader.
As a DR consultant, I created marketing efforts for Domino, US, Newsweek, Outdoor Life, Guideposts, Cosmo and more.