“If the future cannot find you, you were never here”
Needlewatcher Arts Advisory creates bespoke plans of action for advancing the creative legacies of visual artists, architects, designers, photographers, writers, musicians, performing artists, collectors, curators, inventors, and other creative professionals, while offering skilled guidance and assistance in reaching these goals.
Francis Bacon’s Studio, recreated in Dublin, Ireland. This visualizes challenges that artists and their heirs may one day face.
THE CHALLENGE.
Around the world, artists and their heirs stuggle to prevent lifetimes of creative work from being forgotten. While an abundance of professional resources exist for artists, designer, architects, author and performers whose estates possess the financial wherewithal to endow foundations, the estates of creative professionals with more modest means have to be more creative. We are here to help.
The first thing one needs to understand is that managing an artist’s legacy requires a long-term investment of energy, time, and money. Many questions can be answered by lawyers and accountants, but many cannot.The scope of work in any creative legacy project will be dictated by a client’s resources, and their willingness to pursue long-term goals. Few artists’ heirs possess the experience, knowledge, or know-how to accomplish these tasks on their own. In order for them to succeed, they will need to seek help from professionals such as appraisers, archivists, art dealers, curators, conservators, and registrars, but this is easier said than done.
We are here to help. Needlewatcher LLC creates bespoke Plans of Action, based on information provided by clients. We also provide clients with research, appraisal, and advisory serves, including referrals to qualified knowledgeable professionals, who can assist them in addressing a range of tasks.
Tell us about your project. The first thirty-minute consultation is free of charge.
Completing a confidential. Creative Lives Legacy Worksheet will allow us to review your situation in order to prepare a bespoke written plan of action to identify resources and prioritize tasks, for the affordable flat fee. Creative professionals facing financial hardship are welcome to schedule a conversation for us to explore how we might be able to help you.
Learn More. Contact us at legacy@needlewatcher.com or call +1 (347) 266-5652
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Read James McElhinney’s article on artist legacies in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine: InsideTrackLookingForwardfinished10-12-21copy-compressed
Let us know how we can help you, by contacting:
Needlewatcher Arts Advisory. PO Box 233, Essex, New York. 12936-0233. legacy@needlewatcher.com
Needlewatcher Arts Advisory is registered in the State of New York as a DBA of Needlewatcher LLC, which is insured for liability, errors and omissions.
Past and present projects include the estates of:
Richard Callner, Vincent Capraro, Bernard Chaet, Sideo Fromboluti, Gendron Jensen, Martin Spencer Lyons, Hugh Mesibov, Brian O’Doherty, Fred R. and Madelyn Schwartz, Nora Speyer, Donald Squibb Suthpin,
Living Artist Legacy Projects
Jesse Dominguez, Sandra Lerner, Florence Putterman, Joseph Sweeney, Christine Taylor-Patten, Elizabeth Wilson
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