Member Spotlight: Donna Glassford

Get to know Devenish Group’s newest member, Donna Glassford!

Donna Glassford has over 25 years experience in the realm of arts and arts engagement and her broad experience and expertise in the arts is a strong reason to consider her for your art needs.

As an independent arts consultant she specializes in building private and corporate art collections and has earned a distinguished reputation in the selection and placement of art within healthcare environments. She has served in many senior art administration positions and has produced arts-in-healthcare conferences in collaboration with MoMA, Sotheby’s, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Society for the Arts in Healthcare.

In 2011 she was awarded the honor of Distinguished Fellow in the field of art and health by the Global Alliance for Arts and Health and in 2011, was the recipient of the Nashville Arts and Business Council’s Bowtie Award in 2012.

Also a respected arts curator Glassford wrote the chapter “ Managing Art Collections in Healthcare Environments” for the book Managing Arts Programs in Healthcare, edited by Patricia Dewey, Routledge Press in 2016.

An international speaker on the topic of art and health, Glassford has spoken at conferences throughout the US, Australia, England, Italy, Lithuania and Scotland.

Glassford has consulted with The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE, The Society for Arts in Healthcare, Washington, DC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN, The University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, The Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC, Emory Medical Center, Atlanta GA and the Princeton Healthcare System, Princeton, NJ.

Art Advisory Services:

· Art Appraisal and Valuation, in fine and decorative art (USPAP certified, Associate member of the Appraiser’s Association of America)

· Art in Healthcare Environs

· Art acquisitions

· Commissions

· Collection Management

· Corporate and Private Art Collections

· Curatorial

· Education in art

· Grant Writing

· Installation and de-installation

· Public Art

Contact Information:

Website: Donnaglassford.com

Email: Donnaglassford@gmail.com

Phone:615-924-3537