I’m Heather, also known as the creative organizer and appraiser.
As a professional with a unique blend of organizing, appraising, research, and design skills, I bring a distinct approach to client projects. My extensive experience in project management has sharpened my ability to develop personalized solutions, including collections management, inventory management, relocation, and object appraisals.
By collaborating closely and observing each client’s specific needs, I design systems tailored to their needs.
The objects we collect, the spaces we create, and how we sense them inform our identities.
Artist spaces sit at the crossroads of organization and creativity. I’ve connected with over fifty artists through a series of interviews across the USA, allowing me to explore how spaces and objects inform artists’ identities.
Whether you identify as an artist, collector, or professional, I offer a comprehensive range of services tailored to your needs. Understanding what motivates individuals to create and collect helps me adopt a compassionate approach and bring creative expertise to organizing and connoisseurship.
My Education:
- MA in Critical and Historical Craft from Warren Wilson College (2021). My MA in Critical Craft’s key research examined how we understand art studios and learn about craftspeople, their practices, materials, and visual culture.
- BFA in Fibers from Savannah College of Art and Design (1998)
- AA in Studio Art from Montgomery College (1995).
My Values:
By nurturing the earth, we build fertile ground for all our creations. The beehive symbolizes passion, creativity, curiosity, collaboration, and organization. Bees care for one another and collaborate to create a global community!
- My social practice includes teaching, writing, and conducting interviews that explore the representation of artist-makers. I serve on the International Center for Indigo Culture board, a nonprofit promoting the art, science, and history of indigo cultivation (historically using slave labor) in the Southeast USA.
- I believe that no one is free until we are all free. I am unapologetic about my beliefs, but that does not mean they can’t be changed through conversation and critical thinking.
- I recognize myself as a settler on borrowed land, living in the Piedmont region of SC, in the middle of a forest, on the land of the Catawba, Cherokee, Cusobo, Sewee, and Wateree Nations. I am still learning what it means to live on stolen land and how I can honor these people and the land through my daily actions.
- I’m a wife, sister, daughter, and cat mom. I grew up in the Washington, D.C., Metro area, where I learned to appreciate and connect with individuals from diverse cultures. Before organizing, I had a 15-year career in the Textile Industry. Read more here.
Most of the photography used is my own. Please email me if you’re interested in sharing any of it.
I’m here to help you bring creative order to your life. Please click here to email me with questions or schedule your discovery call. Learn about my services here.
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