Art Advisory
Public and Private Collections
Selected Projects
TMRS Corporate Collection
Sara Vanderbeek - Curator
David Wescoe - Client - Executive Director, Texas Municipal Retirement Systems (TMRS)
2022–2023, Austin, Texas
Built a collection of art focused on notable Central Texas-based artists. Includes work by Deborah Carroll, Danville Chadbourne, Christina Coleman, Erin Curtis, Ryan Thayer Davis, Jeffrey Dell, Dameon Lester, Andrea Muñoz Martinez, Paloma Mayorga, Sara Vanderbeek, and Tabria Wiliford.
Selected Projects
University Health Collection
(2010–2015)
Co–Curator and Budget Manager of a 7.2M public art program for University Health in San Antonio with Allison Hays Lane, Director of Olana Group. Placed over 1500 pieces of art, made by over 350 artists. Collecting focused on regional and emerging artists, and also includes national and internationally recognized names.
TMRS Corporate Collection
(2021–2023)
Curator of a public art collection for Texas Municipal Retirement Systems (TMRS).
(2016-2018)
Curator of a personal art collection for an East-Austin private residence.
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Sara did an excellent job for us. I recommend her without any reservations. She knows the Austin and Texas artist community and did a great job providing us with artist choices and advice.
David Wescoe
Executive Director, Texas Municipal Retirement Systems (TMRS) -
Her work as an art consultant on behalf of other artists speak to her engagement with a broad range of Texas artists as well as her abilities to responsibly manage complex projects.
Annette DiMeo Carlozzi
Senior Badass Curator-at-Large,
former Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Blanton Museum of Art