Dealing in Art
Fine Art Consulting, (left) Joanne Stuhr and (right) Meg Hagyard.
photo: Jamie Manser
The founders of Fine Art Consulting are striking – not only in their physicality and elegant, casual style but also because of their poised, easy going manner. Before they explain their combined 40-year background in the arts, it’s easy to ascertain that Meg Hagyard and Joanne Stuhr have an intelligent, creative bent.
Both have a rich arts history – with Stuhr’s background as a museum curator and author on Latin American and contemporary art along with Haygard’s training as a studio artist and her work in arts management.
Haygard said that the two knew each other through the arts community and that their business partnership evolved from a two-year long project she was working on that Stuhr “did a lot of invaluable consulting on.”
With an apropos business name that matches their expertise, the services Haygard and Stuhr provide are fulfilling a need in the regional community.
“We have been doing a very soft launch of the business and haven’t done press yet but people keep finding us,” Haygard said. “That’s been encouraging, to feel like it’s going to be worthwhile for us to continue.”
What they offer to individuals and businesses includes collection care and management – which entails documentation of inventory, verification, authentication, insurance issues, institutional loan agreements, installations, as well as buying and selling.
Speaking of selling, from April 15-18, Fine Art Consulting is setting up shop at 439 N. 6th Ave. #179 to host an art sale that represents over a dozen clients who are refining their collections.
Works for sale include Picasso and Dali prints, Mexican folk art, installation pieces by Julia Latane, Israeli artists, 30s & 40s pieces, furniture and more.
“We try to have a variety to appeal to a broad range,” Haygard said. “It’s also a broad range of prices – from $50 to $4,000.”
A sampling of the pieces is available at FineArtConsultingltd.com. The preview takes place Thursday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday, April 16-18, the hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Category: Arts, DOWNTOWN / UNIVERSITY / 4TH AVE
