CURRICULUM VITAE

Art historian, fine art appraiser, writer, and educator with over 20 years of experience across museums, universities, galleries, and arts organizations. Expertise in fine arts appraisal, modern and contemporary art history, arts writing, and academic instruction. Skilled in research, curation, appraisal compliance, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with artists, collectors, auction houses, and cultural institutions.

EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, M.A. Art History, 1998
University of Texas at Austin, B.A. Art History, 1992
Sweet Briar College, Art History Studies, 1987–1988

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ISA AM, ISA Accredited Fine Art Appraiser, Austin, TX, 2014–present
Accredited with the International Society of Appraisers; USPAP-compliant. Write appraisals according to the ISA Appraisal Report Writing Standard for charitable contributions, insurance, estates, and insurance purposes. Work with individual collectors, galleries, auction houses, institutions, and other appraisers.

Independent Arts Writer & Critic, 2005–present
Reviews and essays in Sightlines Magazine, Austin American-Statesman, Arts & Culture Texas, Glasstire. Former editorial board member for Sightlines and Aether.

Adjunct Professor, Austin Community College, 2005–present
Teach Art Appreciation and Art History I & II. Develop curriculum and foster student engagement.

Lecturer, Texas State University, 2015–2017
Taught History of Modern Art and Issues in Contemporary Art.

Arthouse at the Jones Center (The Contemporary Austin), 2000–2005
Exhibitions Coordinator / PR Manager. Curated shows, managed touring exhibitions, publications, and media.

EARLIER ROLES

Nasher Company (Curatorial Writer, 1998), Craighead-Green Gallery (Gallery Director, 1997), Whitney Museum of American Art (Graduate Intern, 1996), Amon Carter Museum (Graduate Intern, 1996), Texas State Capitol Restoration Project (Curatorial Assistant, 1993–1995), internships with Amon Carter Museum, Texas Commission on the Arts, UT Huntington Gallery, and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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.

MEMBERSHIPS

International Society of Appraisers (ISA)

International Association of Art Critics (AICA)

Member, Blanton Museum of Art; The Contemporary Austin