Profile
In addition to being Executive Director of the Asian Art Coordinating Council, a non-profit art organization, Segraves as also a representative for Bonhams, an international auction house. Segraves has a master’s degree in East Asian Studies with a major in Chinese art and language, a minor in Japanese art and language, and has worked in the Asian art and the museum fields for over three decades. She has a vast network of international, national, and local art connections and has juried numerous exhibits. Segraves first worked for the Denver Art Museum and the University of Colorado Museum before becoming the AACC Executive Director. Segraves is also a Foreign Expert at Beijing University’s Art and Archaeology department, has been a professor at University of Denver’s University College, as well as an Asian art appraiser for Antiques Roadshow. She has given numerous lectures on art history, collecting, and appraising. Segraves has expertise in both historical and contemporary Asian art and has written articles on these topics for numerous Asian art publications and exhibit catalogues. To date she has curated 50 Asian art exhibitions and has organized their travel to US museums and non-profit galleries.