Patricia Watts
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RT Livingston
Patricia Watts, of ecoartspace, asked me to create an installation for Earth Day 2005 at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Crissy Field in San Francisco. WINDSOCK CURRENTS was the first site specific installation at this great site. That was the year that Al Gore first showed his Power Point presentation of an Inconvenient Truth. Kudos to Tricia.
RT Livingston
Patricia Watts, of ecoartspace, asked me to create an installation for Earth Day 2005 at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Crissy Field in San Francisco. WINDSOCK CURRENTS was the first site specific installation at this great site. That was the year that Al Gore first showed his Power Point presentation of an Inconvenient Truth. Kudos to Tricia.
RT Livingston
Patricia Watts, of ecoartspace, asked me to create an installation for Earth Day 2005 at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Crissy Field in San Francisco. WINDSOCK CURRENTS was the first site specific installation at this great site. That was the year that Al Gore first showed his Power Point presentation of an Inconvenient Truth. Kudos to Tricia.
RT Livingston
Patricia Watts, of ecoartspace, asked me to create an installation for Earth Day 2005 at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Crissy Field in San Francisco. WINDSOCK CURRENTS was the first site specific installation at this great site. That was the year that Al Gore first showed his Power Point presentation of an Inconvenient Truth. Kudos to Tricia.
Credentials
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Appraisal Writing Workshop Professional Development Gold Standard Course
New York University -
Appraisal of American Folk Art Professional Development Gold Standard Course
New York University -
Appraising Fine and Rare Wine Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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California Real Estate License
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Damage and Loss Professional Development Gold Standard Course
New York University -
Essentials of Appraising Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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IRS Legal Guidelines in Valuation of Fine and Decorative Arts Professional Development Participation Course
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Impressionist, Modern, and Contemporary Art: The Auction Market and Appraisal Issues Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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Professional Development Gold Standard Series
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Research Methods for Appraisers Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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The Appraisal of 20th-Century Modernist Painting Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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The Appraisal of Household and Personal Property Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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The Art Auction Professional Development Gold Standard Course
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The Heart of the Matter: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Appraising Professional Development Gold Standard Course
New York University -
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice for Personal Property Appraisers Professional Development Participation Course
New York University -
Using Comparables in Appraisal Practice: An Essential Guide Professional Development Gold Standard Course
New York University
Experience
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ecoartspace
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United States
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Artists and Writers
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1 - 100 Employee
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founder/curator
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Jun 1997 - Present
founder and west coast curator of ecoartspace, formerly a nonprofit arts organization providing a platform for artists addressing environmental issues since 1999. Beginning 2020, ecoartspace became an international membership (LLC) based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1997-2020, I have organized over 30 art and ecology exhibitions and have worked with over 400 ecological artists to bring exhibitions and programming to diverse audiences for a wide range of institutions. founder and west coast curator of ecoartspace, formerly a nonprofit arts organization providing a platform for artists addressing environmental issues since 1999. Beginning 2020, ecoartspace became an international membership (LLC) based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1997-2020, I have organized over 30 art and ecology exhibitions and have worked with over 400 ecological artists to bring exhibitions and programming to diverse audiences for a wide range of institutions.
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Curator
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Jan 2013 - Present
Patricia Watts has twenty-five years of experience as a curator and has specialized in artists who make work at the intersection of art and nature. She advises collectors who are acquiring artworks for both investment and pleasure with a focus on Postwar American artists who have primarily lived on the west coast. Other services she provides include collections management, appraisals and divestment, and development of public/private boutique museums and art parks. Watts has a BA in Business Administration from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and an MA in Museum Studies/Exhibition Design from California State University, Fullerton. She is the Founder and West Coast Curator of ecoartspace, a platform for artists addressing environmental issues. Watts was Chief Curator at the Sonoma County Museum in Northern California from 2005-2008, where she managed and curated the Tom Golden Collection, one of the largest collections in the nation of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's preparatory works. She has curated solo shows of Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures and paintings from the Paul Lanier Collection; and Marguerite Wildenhain's ceramics from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection.
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American Women Artists
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United States
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Fine Art
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Leading a national membership organization that celebrates, encourages and inspires its members by providing an organizational framework for the support and development of exhibitions, education, and publicity that helps empower and engage women in the visual arts. Leading a national membership organization that celebrates, encourages and inspires its members by providing an organizational framework for the support and development of exhibitions, education, and publicity that helps empower and engage women in the visual arts.
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Marin Community Foundation
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consulting Curator
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Mar 2012 - Jul 2017
Consulting Curator for one of the largest community foundations in the nation, with assets of over $1.6 billion and annual grant distributions of approximately $60 million. Each year Watts produces three large-scale exhibitions including approximately 100 artworks each, mostly featuring artists located in the Bay Area of Northern California, although includes artists from across the USA, often from Los Angeles. The exhibitions are located at the foundation offices in the public spaces of a converted airplane hanger building at Hamilton Field, designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates.
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Sonoma County Museum
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Non-profit Organization Management
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Chief Curator
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Jul 2005 - May 2008
Curator of regional art and history museum in Northern California with annual attendance of 20,000. Responsible for "Where Land Meets Art" programming and management of 10,000 objects including the largest collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude preparatory works in the USA. Managed $150,000 exhibitions budget from $550,000 annual operating budget. Responsible for thirty exhibitions presented in four galleries. Developed exhibition concepts (indoor and outdoor), scheduling, program focus and exhibition criteria. Directed design and installation of exhibitions and museum publications. Created and managed two education programs per month including Free Family Day, panel discussions, guest lectures, performances and workshops. Performed gallery tours, lectures and wrote essays. Supervised Exhibitions Manager and Historical Collections Curator, Education and Visitor Services Coordinator, interns and volunteers.
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RCDSMM
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Watershed Coordinator
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May 2001 - May 2004
Position funded by the California Department of Conservation. Community liaison for watershed stakeholders with biologists, federal/state/county agencies, and environmental consultants. Implemented grassroots restoration projects. Facilitated consensus on DRAFT Topanga Creek Watershed Management Plan. Position funded by the California Department of Conservation. Community liaison for watershed stakeholders with biologists, federal/state/county agencies, and environmental consultants. Implemented grassroots restoration projects. Facilitated consensus on DRAFT Topanga Creek Watershed Management Plan.
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Education
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2015 - 2016
New York University
Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts, Appraisal Certificate Program -
1989 - 1992
California State University, Fullerton
MA, Exhibition Design/Museum Studies -
1980 - 1982
Stephens College
BA, Business Administration -
1979 - 1980
Northern Arizona University
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