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The Art Elevator Episode #22 - Cindy Charleston Rosenberg on Be Smart Before You Buy Art

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast

Cindy Charleston-Rosenberg, ISA CAPP, is the President and Founder of the Art Appraisal Firm, LLC, a national art valuation and advisory dedicated exclusively to the appraisal of fine art. 

 Utilizing more than 30 years of art market experience, Cindy has written and presented widely on complex art appraisal methodology, diligent art collection practices and meaningful appraiser qualification criteria for a broad range of audiences. She has won numerous national awards for thought leadership and service to the appraisal profession. 

Ms. Charleston-Rosenberg is a past president of the International Society of Appraisers, the largest professional association of credentialed personal property appraisers in the United States and Canada. She continues to serve the profession in a variety of leadership roles, including as chair of ISA’s Specialty and Advanced Studies Committee. 

Cindy is currently serving on the board of the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council, and as an elected At Large Trustee for The Appraisal Foundation, the nation’s foremost authority on the valuation profession, Congressionally authorized to set appraisal practice standards and appraiser qualification criteria. She is committed to helping educate the legal and wealth management professions, as well as the public, on the crucial importance of objective and qualified appraisers, and the risks of failing to properly vet valuation experts. 

In this episode you will learn:

  • How can a buyer of art protect themselves from being taken for a ride?

  • What is the basis for saying this is authentic and needs no further examination or research?

  • What does not constitute proof of authenticity? 

And much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Art Crimes and Misdemeanors

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The Art Elevator Episode #21 - Anjan Chatterjee on Beauty and the Brain

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast

Anjan Chatterjee is a Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture and the founding Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. 

He has won awards for his work in the fields of cognitive neurology as well as psychology and art and has written some fascinating books on these topics. 

In this episode you will learn about:

  • How our brains respond to beauty.

  • How the human experience of beauty is malleable and why this matters.

  • What the evaluation of art looks like in the brain.

  • The potential for misuse of neuroaesthetics in the art industry.

Resources Mentioned:

The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee

Brain Beauty and Art by Anjan Chatterjee and Eileen R. Cardillo 

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The Art Elevator Episode #20 - Melissa Cowley Wolf on the Funding Crisis in the Arts

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast

Melissa Cowley Wolf is a cultural philanthropist advisor and is the founder of MCW Projects, where she seeks to expand the next generation of cultural philanthropists, advocates, and audiences. 

In this episode you will learn:

  • What a cultural philanthropy advisor does

  • Strategies and approaches to solve for the funding crisis in the arts.

  • Ways to recognize what’s important to the new generation of patrons of the arts

  • How to tie donors, audiences, and patrons into stories in a meaningful, inclusive and compelling way

Plus much more

Resources Mentioned:

The Laundromat Project

 
Learn More About Melissa:

MCW Projects
 

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