<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="cid:ii_mgzadjdb0" alt="PSAM2025FL_McElhinney.png" width="294" height="454"><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>PLATTSBURGH STATE ART MUSEUM </b></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>Presents a Special Guest Speaker</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><b>JAMES L. McELHINNEY</b></font></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>UNDERSTANDING VALUATIONS FOR ARTISTS, BUYERS, AND COLLECTORS</i></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#ff0000"><i>Tuesday, October 28 at 6:30 P.M.</i></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#ff0000"><i>Myers 216</i></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#ff0000"><i>John Myers Building</i></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i><br></i></span></div>Learn how the art market works from award-winning American artist, author, publisher, and<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>appraiser James Lancel McElhinney, who will explain how galleries and auction houses set<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>prices, what motivates collectors, how appraisers develop opinions of value, and why some<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>artworks (and not others) are acquired by museums.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>McElhinney is the author of six books on drawing and painting and numerous essays in<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>magazines and peer reviewed journals. He is a recipient of a grant from the Pollock Krasner<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>Foundation, and a National Endowment for the Arts visual artist fellowship. McElhinney holds a<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Yale. His work has been shown in galleries and<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>nonprofit venues nationwide. His work is found in numerous museum collections. McElhinney<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>has conducted nearly 100 interviews with prominent artist dealers, collectors, curators,<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>scholars, and artists. He is presently a Trustee of the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span>York, with residences in Manhattan and the Champlain Valley. <div>Websites:<br><a href="https://www.mcelhinneyart.com/" target="_blank">https://www.mcelhinneyart.com</a>, and: <a href="https://www.needlewatcher.com/" target="_blank">Https://www.needlewatcher.com</a><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;display:inline-block;line-height:18px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase"><div style="font-size:12px;line-height:18px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;text-transform:none"><div style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;display:inline-block;line-height:18px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase"><div style="font-size:12px;line-height:18px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;text-transform:none"><div style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px">235 John Myers Building</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px">101 Broad Street<br>Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;margin:0px"><span style="display:inl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