Accredited Member, American Society of Appraisers
Areas of Specialization:  Antiques, Decorative Arts and Furniture

Certified Member, Appraisers Association of America
Areas of Specialization:  20th-Century Modern Design, 18th and 19th English, Continental and American Furniture and Decorative Arts 

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2003

2002

2012 Personal Property Advanced Report Writing, American Society of Appraisers, New Orleans, Louisiana, 9 hours

2011 International Personal Property Conference, American Society of Appraisers, Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 hours

20th-century Design Qualifying Exam, Appraisers Association of America, 8 hours

Theory & Methodology Exam, Appraisers Association of America, 4 hours

Antiques & Decorative Arts Qualifying Exam, American Society of Appraisers, 4 hours

Appraisers Association of America, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), 15 hours (valid until 2013)

American Society of Appraisers additional course: 

PP/308, Appraising Antiques & Decorative Arts, 30 hours

Appraisers National Association, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), 15 hours

Treasures of French Furniture and Decorative Arts, English Furniture and Decorative Arts: From Renaissance through Regency (UCLA)

American Society of Appraisers Personal Property core courses: 

PP/GJ201, Introduction to Personal Property Valuation, 30 hours; PP/GJ202, Research and Analysis, 30 hours; PP/GJ203, Report Writing, 30 hours;  PP/GJ204, The Legal and Commercial Environment, 30 hours

2006

University of California, Los Angeles, Extension, Los Angeles, California, Post-Baccalaureate Designation in Interior Architecture and Design

2004

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine & Decorative Arts, in partnership with American Society of Appraisers (ASA)

1996

University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
M.A., Art History, French Academic Art

1990

William Smith College, Geneva, New York
B.A., Art History, Italian Renaissance

2002 - present

Independent Personal Property Appraiser:
Antiques, Decorative Arts and Modern Design

2009 - present

Partner, The Madison Group Fine Art Appraisals

2007 - present

Instructor, Park University:
Face-to-Face:
History of the Designed Environment: Ancient to Mid-19th Century; History of the Designed Environment: Mid-19th Century to Present Day; History of Graphic Design;
Women in Design (conceived, wrote and taught course);
Study Abroad: Scottish Architecture and City Planning: from Medieval Times to Present Day.

Online:
Art History I
Art History II
Introduction to the Visual Arts

2006 - 2009

Associate Personal Property Appraiser, Antiques, Decorative Arts and Fine Art for JA O’Brien, ASA & Associates

2006 - present 

Associate Personal Property Appraiser, Antiques and Decorative Arts for Burton L. Dunbar, Ph.D.

2002 - 2005

Personal Property, Antiques and Decorative Arts, Associate Appraiser for Nancy Alison Martin, ASA

1990 - 2002

Two years residential interior design, Los Angeles, CA and Kansas City, MO.  Six years Web Designer/Developer/Writer, three years Marketing and Development, Editorial, Art & Auction Magazine, New York, New York.

2009-2011

"Fact and Illusion: Nude Women of Pre-Hitlerian Germany", Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, ed.  Todd W. Sigety (San Antonio, TX: Foundation for Appraisal Education, 2011).

“Fantasy Furniture by Decorators”, Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, ed.  Todd W. Sigety (San Antonio, TX: Foundation for Appraisal Education, 2010).

“Discovering a New Collecting Category: Furniture by Decorators”, Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, ed.  Todd W. Sigety (San Antonio, TX: Foundation for Appraisal Education, 2009).

Appraiserspost.blogspot.com – contributor specializing in 20^th-century design

http://soodiebeasley.blogspot.com

1994-2011

Exhibitions as sole curator: “The Cult of Beauty: Attitudes Towards Women in Hitlerian Germany,” Benton Club, St. Joseph, Missouri, November 2011.“The People’s Place”, MWW, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996; “The Runcie Club: 100 years of Collecting”, AKMA, St. Joseph, Missouri 1995.

Wrote text panels for the permanent collection: Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri; Museum Without Walls, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois. 

Member

American Society of Appraisers (accredited)

Appraisers Association of America (certified)

Board of Directors, Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri (2013-2016)

Elected Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland FSA Scot, (2011)

2011 

2010

Kansas City Star, "Feature Walls Enliven a Room" by Suzanne Cole, August 28, 2011.

Spaces Magazine, "She Buys seashells" by Patricia Shackelford, July 2010.

The Independent, "Tails of Our Town", May 29, 2010.

Kansas City Star, "Glasses With Pop" by Stacy Downs, February 7, 2010.

2009

Spaces Magazine, "That Old Black Magic" by Patricia Shackelford, October 2009.

Kansas City Star, "For What It's Worth: Appraisers Are Less Magician, More Forensic Detective" by Stacy Downs, April 26, 2009. *(lead subject in article).

2008

Kansas City Star, "Blog Designers" by Stacy Downs, December 21, 2008.

1995

St. Joseph News Press, "Two for One" April 1995.