KATE CHERTAVIAN – Cambridge, MA 

An internationally recognized art consultant, Kate has over 25 years of experience curating independent projects and building private collections. She built and curated David Bowie’s art collection from 1992 to 2000 and has subsequently built important collections in her fields of expertise. Her university and institutional projects include the sculpture program at Harvard Business School, a curated collection for the Barr Foundation, and a collection of important pictures for the Four Seasons/One Dalton. Kate has worked in the auction and gallery markets for over two decades and specializes in Impressionist and Modern, Post War and Contemporary, American and Modern British art markets. She is a Trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, the Co-President of the Rowland Foundation and a founder of the national non-profit Year Up.

TOCCARRA THOMAS – New Orleans, LA 

Toccarra is a nonprofit arts professional with experience spanning community-based cultural programming, artist services, and nonprofit operations. Thomas has served in many capacities within organizations of varying sizes, facilitating opportunities for individuals and communities to access resources that contribute towards a more inclusive, connected, and culturally-rich future. Most recently, she worked as the Director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, LA; the inaugural general manager of Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY; and inaugural managing director of SPACE, a contemporary multidisciplinary art organization in Portland, ME.

KATE SCHEIN WAISMAN – Larchmont, NY 

Kate has been working in the museum field for over 25 years as both an exhibition developer and museum educator. Her background is in arts education, creating and conducting innovative arts programs both in classrooms and museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jewish Museum. She has led conceptual planning and overseen design and fabrication for exhibition projects in partnership with various cultural institutions including: The Boston Children’s Museum, “Peep’s World”; The Brooklyn Botanic Garden – conceptual plan for their new Children’s Garden; The Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, “Heroic Journeys”; and various National Park Service Historic Sites including The Roanoke Island Festival Park. Kate has also consulted in the design of play-spaces for the JCC in Manhattan and private residences in New York City. She most recently led content development for the new 81st Street Studio, an interdisciplinary, multisensory drop-in discovery and play space at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kate earned her Masters of Education with focus in Supervision and Administration with specialization in Museum Leadership from Bank Street College, and her B.A. in Art History at Tulane University. Kate lives in Larchmont, NY with her husband and twin daughters.
 

For more information, please contact the gallery at matthew@ferrarashowman.com.