STAFF & SERVICES
We offer a full range of services, knowledge, and expertise to collectors and estates who are seeking to manage their collections, offer works for sale, or make gifts to institutions. With our experienced team of professionals, we can photograph, catalog, organize, and protect your collection.
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY STAFF
Leslie Ferrin
Founder + Director
1978-present
Alexandra Jelleberg
Operations + Collections + Web
2014-present
Isabel Twanmo
Marketing + Media + Shipping
2021-present
COLLECTION SERVICES
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY works with private collectors and artist archives throughout the country organizing, documenting, and appraising works in preparation for a deacquisition or placement. We use our extensive experience and relationships within the field of ceramics to position this work back in the marketplace.
We provide customized services for artists interested in legacy projects, such as but not limited to, retrospective catalogs and exhibitions, museum or institutional acquisitions, auction house sales, and long-term archival care for a collection.
MUSEUM SERVICES
Ferrin Contemporary is committed to developing relationships with museums and cultural institutions that collect, exhibit, and engage the public about ceramics. For over 40 years, Leslie Ferrin has been a leading specialist in contemporary ceramic art, mounting exhibitions, cataloging collections, presenting scholarship, and supporting creative projects. She has placed work in the permanent collections of museums nationwide, facilitated loans for temporary exhibitions, and coordinated the tours of traveling exhibitions.
Ferrin Contemporary will collaborate with your museum in various capacities, from exhibition and programming development to providing advisory service on the acquisition and deaccession of collection objects. Contact our specialists, to discuss your project.
TOURING PROGRAMS
Based on our curatorial and exhibition productions, Ferrin Contemporary continues to bolster museum and artist relationships with touring programs. Our expanding team collaborates with artists, institutions, galleries, and museums to build collections, provide exhibition opportunities, and provide curated show packages across the United States with our international roster of artists.
COLLECTION SPECIALISTS + APPRAISERS + ART PROFESSIONALS
John Polak
Photographer
Becky Waterhouse
Marketing + Media Leiason
2020-present
Azariah Aker
Integral Art Solutions – Preparator + Fabricator
Peter Held
Appraiser