Education
Specialties
Elmore Art Appraisals provides an expert focus on American Indian Art of North America.
Broader art categories served include American Fine Arts (particularly Western and Southwestern artists), Spanish Colonial Arts (particularly New Mexican Devotional Arts and Furniture), and American Studio Glass.
All time periods covered:
Prehistoric, Historic, and Contemporary.
All cultural regions of North America covered: Northeast/Woodlands, Southeast, Great Lakes, Prairie, Plains, Plateau/Great Basin, Southwest, California, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Interior Canada, and the Subarctic.
All categories of art covered:
Basketry, Beadwork & Quillwork, Clothing & Accessories, Ledger Drawings & Pictographic Arts, Studio Glass, Dolls & Toys, Kachinas/Katsinam, Jewelry, Textiles & Weavings, Weapons, Paintings, Pottery, Mixed Media, Sculptures, New Mexican Furniture, Devotional Arts (Retablos & Bultos), and Works on Paper. Why ChOOSE elmore art appraisals?
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
WORK EXPERIENCE
MEDIA EXPOSURE
Because your collection of artwork represents an aesthetic and emotional endeavor, a personal legacy, a family history, or a dedicated hobby.
More importantly, it is also a form of asset allocation, and in our ever-changing economic atmosphere it should be a priority for collectors to seek valuations from a knowledgeable and trustworthy, specialist art appraiser for evaluating the monetary value of their artworks.
There are many risks to be assessed when placing a dollar amount on artwork. Are you risking selling too low or paying too much for an object? What does your current insurance policy look like--are you under or over insured? Might your heirs fall prey to unfair division or taxation of your willed property? Can you avoid incurring tax penalties, or reduce your audit risk, for your planned charitable donations?
Vanessa Elmore, of Elmore Art Appraisals, helps you to navigate the complexities of the art market and to properly assess the current economic standing of your collection by providing qualified valuations and expert counsel upon which you can bolster your financial decisions.
2006 - Master of Arts, Art History
(Specialization: Art of the Americas)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
www.unm.edu/art-history/.com
1998 - Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology & Art
(Art History & Studio Art: Drawing)
Colby College, Waterville, ME
http://www.colby.edu/artdept/
Current: Accredited Member (AM),
International Society of Appraisers
Specializing in American Indian &
American Fine Arts
http://www.isa-appraisers.org/
Current: USPAP Trained: Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice, The
Appraisal Foundation
2016-Present Legal Committee Member, Antique Tribal Arts Dealers Association, www.atada.org
2015-2022 Juror/Judge, Indian Market, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, www.swaia.org
2019-Present Elected Board Member, Coe Center for the Arts; 2014 - 2015 Founding Advisory Committee, Ralph T. Coe Foundation
www.coeartscenter.org
2010-2012, Elected Standards Committee Member, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, www.swaia.org
2014-Present
-Owner/Appraiser, Elmore Art Appraisals
Santa Fe, NM
2011-2015
-Art Associate, Blue Rain Gallery
Santa Fe, NM & Scottsdale, AZ
-Contemporary American Indian and American
regional arts: www.blueraingallery.com
2000-2011
-Assistant Director, Morning Star Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
-Antique American Indian art and artifacts,
Spanish Colonial arts, 19th & 20th Century
American fine arts, a sister gallery to Nedra
Matteucci Galleries, SF, NM:
www.morningstargallery.com
www.matteucci.com
1998-2000
-Sales & Research Associate,Morning Star Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Television & Radio
2017 - Contributor about Cultural Patrimony,
Native America Calling, nationally
syndicated NPR Radio Show.
http://www.nativeamericacalling.com
2014 - Contributor about American Indian Art,
Value This! with Brian & Leon,
nationally syndicated PBS Radio Show
http://www.valuethisradio.com/
2010 - Contributor about American Indian Art,
Visvim Dissertation on Permeation:
Harmony versus Convergence;
documentary film by fashion designer, Hiroki
Nakamura; ASVOFF3: A Shaded View of Fashion
Film Festival, Paris, France
http://www.ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com/ASVOFF3
2006 - Contributor about American Indian Art,
Burt Wolf's Travels & Traditions:
Santa Fe, Episode #701; nationally
syndicated PBS television program
http://www.burtwolf.com/program-blog/tt-701
Selected Publications
2016 - 2018 Columnist, No Free Appraisals,
ATADA News Quarterly Magazine
2014 - Writer,Let it Sink in: The Art of Jagua,
First American Art Magazine, Issue No. 4,
Fall, pp. 64.
2010 - Contributor/As quoted, "Art of the Trade,"
Edward Readicker-Henderson, Art &
Antiques Magazine, February 2010,
Volume 33, No. 2, pps. 82-91.
2007 - Writer, The Richard M. Howard Collection:
Tonita Roybal (San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery)
Exhibition Catalogue for Nedra Matteucci
Galleries, Santa Fe, NM.
2007 -Writing and Content Contributor on American Indian Art--Art of Plains Indians;
Indian Craft Book, World Mook, March,
Issue # W645, World Photo Press, Tokyo, Japan.
2006 - Magazine Feature as one of "Four Gallerists We
Love," Santa Fean Magazine, June 2006,
Volume 34, No. 5, pp. 77.