Joanne Kesten is an art historian, researcher, curator, educator, and fine art appraiser, having taught and lectured at several institutions, including NYU, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Georgetown University, The Cooper Union, Parsons, the Worcester Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). Her writing has been published in The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation with 27 of His Subjects, and Joan Miro: Two Early Works. While living in Washington DC, she worked as the Director of Special Projects for the American Film Institute.
Professional affiliations include the Appraisers Association of America, where she has been on the Steering Committee and National Conference Committee, the American Alliance of Museums, and ArtTable.
Her commitment to community has translated into decades of experience working on non-profit boards: she chaired the Historic Preservation Committee for the German Village Society; was elected Trustee and Vice President of the Manhasset Public Library in Manhasset, NY, Executive Committee and Vice President of the Arlington Arts Center (VA), chair of Programs Committee and Exhibitions Committee. Kesten was appointed as a voting panel member of the Alexandria Commission on the Arts (VA) Visual Arts Resource Grants Review Panel.
