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Lela Hersh

Senior Lecturer

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Bio

BA, 1979, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; MFA, 1983, University of Illinois; Museum Management Institute, Berkeley; Experience: President, Museum and Fine Arts Consulting, LLC; Adjunct Professor, Claremont Graduate University; Previously Director of Collections and Exhibitions, MCA, Chicago. Curatorial Projects: 23rd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial; Lorraine Peltz, In Memory of James Yood, Ed Paschke Art Center; Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art; Bright, I space, Chicago. Publications: MRM6: Museum Registration Methods; Museum News; Life, Death Love Hate Pleasure Pain and Art in Chicago, MCA. Boards: Board of Trustees, Highland Park Public Library; Conservation Committee, City of Chicago; Cultural Arts Commission, Chair; Board of Directors, American Association of Museums; Board of Governors, American Society of Appraisers. Speaker: Game of Clones: Unmasking the Forger, New Orleans; Exposing False Legacies: Clues Forgers Leave Behind, New York; Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990: A Primer; Minneapolis; Valuation and Legal Aspects of Charitable Contributions, Vancouver; Documentation Strategies, San Francisco; The Artist and The Museum with Frank Stella, Ft. Worth.

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This course we will focus on achieving skills to develop a wide range of contemporary art consulting practices. Students will be exposed to an overview of the consulting industry, as well as the specifics of arts consulting. Topics will include setting up a business, budgeting, client analysis, leadership, buying art for individuals, corporations and foundations, artists' commissions, facility planning, and artist advocacy. This course is intended to provide opportunities for students to gain proficiencies in the variety of skills required to practice art consulting. Readings typically include one textbook on Consulting, partial readings from an Arts Consulting book, and viewing YouTube and online articles. The class format will be a combination of lectures, guest speakers, and a full class of leadership activities. Students will produce three assignments ? one choosing a work of art for a hypothetical collector following a trip to EXPO Chicago, another choosing works of art for a collector following a tour of a Chicago Collector?s home, and finally, the development of an art program project for a hypothetical client, such as a corporation, private collection, or law office. The goal of this class is to provide students with an understanding of entrepreneurship.

Class Number

1203

Credits

3