In Fall 2017 I spoke at the UC Berkeley Art Alumni Group Symposium about my experience working with artist and UC Berkeley alumna (MA 1949) Sonya Rapoport (1923 - 2015) to inventory and place her archives at the Bancroft Library of Western Americana. After Sonya’s death, I became the Director of the Sonya Rapoport Legacy Trust, which serves to promote her artistic legacy.
I hope that my experience may be useful to other artists who are planning for the future of their work. Since this video was recorded, I have done extensive consulting with artists about estate planning and their artistic legacy. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with inquiries!
"Legacy Starts Here" - The Cal Art Alumni Group Annual Symposium XIII addresses how the development of an artist's practice leads to the challenging and perhaps delicate subject of what happens to an artist's work and reputation after he or she is no longer with us.