As a lifelong student and advocate of the visual arts, I have relished working in an abundance of art related roles. Cataloguing, curating, critiquing and appraising, I’ve always sought connections with the object. In teaching art history and appreciation, as well as arts writing, I try to share that sense of connection, making art more approachable to those open to the experience.

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EDUCATION

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, M.A. in Art History.

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, B.A. in Art, Graduated Honors in Art History.

Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, Major in Art History.

EXPERIENCE

Fine Art Appraiser, International Society of Appraisers, Member and Candidate for Full Accreditation. Completed Core Coursework Online. USPAP Compliant. Completed “Identifying Prints: Original, Fake or Reproduction?” “Understanding Historic Frames” and “Identifying Prints” .

Eliza Morehead Appraisals, Research Assistant, Consulting with clients and providing research and analysis on artwork provenance and value. Focusing on fine art appraisal.

Austin Community College, Spring 2005-Present. Adjunct Professor: Teaching Art Appreciation, Art History I & II surveys in the classroom and online via Distance Learning. Exhibition Committee (2012- 2023). Art History Intern Mentor (2019-2023).

Independent Writer and Visual Arts Critic, 1999-Present. Frequent Contributor and Board Member of Sightlines Magazine. Past Member Editorial Board of Aether Magazine (online). Austin Critics Circle; Writing over 100 art reviews in addition to human-interest pieces for Austin American-Statesman.

Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, Lecturer in Art History, School of Art & Design, ARTH 3301 History of Modern Art and ARTH 3307: Issues in Contemporary Art.

Arthouse at the Jones Center (now The Contemporary Austin), Exhibitions Coordinator and Public Relations Manager.

Nasher Company, Dallas, Texas. Arts Writing for Nasher Collection.

Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Director.

Lady Tennyson d’Eyncourt Slide Library, Division of Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Slide Library Staff.

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Graduate Intern.

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Graduate Work in Photography Department.

State Preservation Board, Texas State Capitol Restoration, Austin, Texas, Curatorial Assistant and Photodocumentation Assistant.

SELECTED PANELS & EXHIBITIONS

Print Austin Panel Discussion, The Contemporary Print 2020, February 15, 2020, Artist Talk Moderator.

In the Public Eye: New Work by Nathan “SLOKE” Nordstrom Austin Community College, Kramer Gallery March 27- May 14, 2017, Curator.

Going West, Arthouse, Austin, Texas 2004-2005, Curator.

Dynamic Duos, Cidnee Patrick Gallery Dallas, Summer 2004, Co- curator.

Inside the Display: The Digital Face of Interactive Art, Arthouse, Austin, Texas, 2003, Co-curator.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Contributed to, Bonfitto, Peter, World Architecture and Society: From Angkor Wat to One World Trade, ABC-CLIO, 2021.

Keever, Erin, Renfro, Robert, Roberts, Deborah and Morehead, Susan, Artistic Triumph Amid Darkness: The Creative Odyssey of Nancy Renfro,1937-1993, 2014.

Keever, Erin. (Co-Author) International Printmakers, exhibition catalog, Gallery Shoal Creek, January 2014.

Keever, Erin. From El Manantial: An Exhibition of work by René Alvarado, Catalog for exhibition organized by Instituto de Mexico en San Antonio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cultural Affairs, 2004.

Keever, Erin. Expressive Symbolism: The Life and Art of Janet Turner, M.A. Thesis, Southern Methodist University, 1998.

Contributed to, Perry, Eugenia, Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Pomegranate ArtBooks, 1992.

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