April 5th , 2008 Mark Alexander was the featured Fine Art Appraiser at the Annual Antiques on the Avenue event in Holly Hill, Florida March 2008 Mark Alexander was feautured in Gulfshore Life magazine as an expert art appraiser in "Stop, Thief", an article about collecting and protecting fine art and keeping it safe from thieves. Interviewed by Lenny Savino, Alexander offers some guidance regarding the different types of appraisals, proper documentation and guarantees of authenticity. February 1st, 2008 The "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist" traveling exhibition opened at The Roberson Museum and Science Center in Binghamton , New York and run through the end of June. The Audubon exhibition will travel to The Mississippi Museum of Art's new facility in Jackson, Mississippi in the Fall of 2008. November 26th, 2007 Sheila Farr, art critic for The Seattle Times newspaper, visited the Auduboon exhibition at the Museum of History and Industry and wrote an illustrated review of the show in her article titled "Audubon: artist, ornithologist,odd duck". Ms. Farr writes, "An intriguing historical exhibition "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalst" brings us 60 of the luscious hand-colored Double Elephant engravings from "Birds of Anerica" that cemented Audubon's reputation. Even better, the show rounds out the picture of Audubon's life with a small selection of original paintings, letters, works by his contemporaries and personal posessions that indicate the character and passions of the man---and the mood of his times". November 15th, 2007 Mark Alexander, Director of Art Services 2000 was the invited guest lecturer at Atlantic Center for the Arts ( ACA ) an internatinally recognized artist's residency complex in New Smyrna Beach. His Powerpoint presentation titled: "A Spy in the House of Art: Confessions of a Fine Art Appraiser" chronicled a number of his current and past research projects including the appraisal of a very rare Audubon engraver's plate and his recent invitation to present research to the experts at Amsterdam's Vincent van Gogh Museum. October 12th, 2007 The Seattle Museum of History and Industry, MOHAI,sponsored a special lecture program featuring nationally acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes presented a lecture: "John James Audubon, The Making of an American" at 7 PM based on his recent biograhy of the famous artist and naturalist. Mr. Rhodes is one af a number of John James Audubon experts and scholars who have made presentations in conjunction with the current traveling exhibition. Past lecturers include Mr. Joel Oppenheimer amd Mr.Don Boarman who both made presentations at the exhibition's Tulsa, Oklahoma venue, The Gilcrease Museum of Art, earlier this year. September 22nd, 2007 Art Services 2000 Ltd.'s nationally traveling exhibiton, "John James Audubon , American Artist and Naturalist",opens at Seattle Washington's Museum of History and Industry this September. The exhibtion will run at the MOHAI through January 6th of 2008. July 25th, 2007 Florentine Films / Hott Production's new documentary film, "John James Audubon, Drawn from Nature" was broadcast on public television stations at 9 PM as part of the critically acclaimed PBS series American Masters. Art Services 2000 Director Mark Alexander acted as one of the consultants for the documentary, the first new biographical film of Audubon's life and works in many years. July 14th, 2007 Art Services 2000 Ltd. is listed in The Appraisers Directory featured on page 225 of the Summer 2007 issue of ARTnews magazine. June 15th, 2007 Art Services 2000 Ltd.'s traveling exhibition, "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist" opened with a private preview reception at it most recent venue, Okaloosa Walton College's Mattie Kelly Art Center Galleries in Niceville, Florida. The exhibition will run through early August of 2007. February 16th, 2007 Mark Alexander was the Guest speaker for "Appraising Art & Antiques", with Dr. James Murphy at Daytona Beach Community College Fine Arts Department, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. February 10th - May 6th 2007 The John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist traveling exhibition opens at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. This exhibition will also feature the CMNH's copy of Audubon's four volume Double Elephant Folio and a rare original Audubon oil painting of Peregrine Falcons on special loan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. January 13th, 2007 Mark Alexander was the Guest Appraiser of Fine Art at Port Orange Public Library's Antiques Valuation Day. January 11th, 2007 Mark Alexander delivers the John James Audubon traveling exhibition to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and meets with Dr. Mark Cole, Associate Curator of American Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art to conduct primary research on the works of Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Dr. Cole arranges a visit to Cleveland's William Gwinn Mather estate to view their collection of the artist's works. September 16th, 2006 through January 1st, 2007 Art Services 2000's "John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist" traveling exhibition is on display at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. September 15th, 2006 Mark Alexander is a featured Guest lecturer along with art historian Dr. James Murphy of Stetson University at Daytona Beach Community College's fine art program. July 1st, 2006 Mark Alexander. Director of Art Services 2000 is selected as a consultant to comment on the first cut of the upcoming Florentine Films documentary film: "John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature" that will air on the PBS American Masters Series in the near future. June 8th, 2006 "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist", a new nationally traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services 2000 opens at the Franklin G. Burroughs ~ Simeon B. Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. May 16th, 2006 Mark Alexander, ISA AM, Director of Art Services 2000 Ltd. was sworn in and recognized an Expert Witness in the field Fine Art by the Court of Broward County Florida at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. April 29th, 2006 Guest Fine Art Appraiser for the "10th Annual WCEU Antiques Extravaganza" featuring Master Appraiser David Maloney, author of "Maloney's Antiques and Collectibles Resource Directory" held at Daytona Beach Community College's Technology Center, Daytona Beach, Florida April 7th, 2006 Art Services 2000 Director, Mark Alexander met with Mr. Alan Gehret, the new Curator of Collections at the John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky. March 18th, 2006 Featured Fine Art Appraiser for "The New Smyrna Beach Relay for Life and Women's Club Annual Opinion of Value Antiques Fair", New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 11th, 2006 Featured Fine Art Appraiser for The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation "Timeless Treasures" Art & Antiques Appraisal Fair, Destin, Florida January 21st, 2006 The nationally traveling exhibition, "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist" opens at The Neville Museum of Brown County, Green Bay, Wisconsin. October 27th, 2005 Slide Juror for IMAGES Fine Arts Festival, New Smyrna Beach Florida October 14th, 2005 Opening reception for "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist" traveling exhibition at The Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, Florida October 9th - 12th Consultation meetings and planning sessions with internationally recognized Icelandic sculptor Johann Eyfells at his Fredericksburg, Texas sculpture ranch and studio. October 2nd - 7th , 2005 Mark Alexander, Director of Art Services 2000 attended the ISA ( International Society of Appraisers ) Fine Arts Specialty Course in San Antonio, Texas. September 29, 2005 "John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist" a nationally traveling exhibition organized by Art Services 2000 was delivered to its first venue at The Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Florida. The exhibition cointinues through January 1st 2006. September 10, 2005 Mark Alexander traveled to Leiden in the Netherlands on a fine art research assignment and while there he toured the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and viewed the permanent collection and a current exhibition "Vincent van Gogh Masterworks: The Drawings". June 7th - 8th, 2005 On Tuesday June 7th Art Services 2000 delivered a work of art to the offices of International Fine Art Research,(IFAR) in New York for review and possible authentication. On Wednesday Mark Alexander met with Ms. Denise Bethel, Senior Vice President and Director of the Photography Department at Sotheby's. May 19th - 21st, 2005 Art Services 2000 Director Mark Alexander traveled to Lafayette, Louisiana to attend a lecture by Dr. Donald B. Kuspit and the Gala opening and reception for an exhibition of new works by Robert Rauschenberg, Darryl Pottorf and Christopher Rauschenberg at the University of Louisiana Art Museum. May 7th, 2005 Director of Art Services 2000, Mark Alexander,ISA, was the featured Fine Art Appraiser for "WCEU's 9th Annual Antiques Extravaganza" Appraisal Day Event benefiting Daytona Beach Community College. April 7th, 2005 Mark Alexander, Director of Art Services 2000 Ltd. was asked to issue a testmonial statement in support of the new International Fine Art Classified services offered by Artprice.com, the world's leading resource and database for international fine art auction results. Founded by Thierry Ehrmann and based in Saint Romain au Mont d'Or, France, Artprice.com's classified ads currently list over 14,000 works of art and their international database has 900,000 subscribers. March 5th, 2005 Appraisal Day event for New Smyrna Beach Women's Club, Mark Alexander,ISA, featured Fine Art appraiser. January 22nd 2005 Mark Alexander was the featured Fine Art Appraiser for the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation's "Timeless Treasures' Art & Antiques Appraisal Fair at the Linkside Center at the Sandestin Beach Resort, Destin, Florida. August 1st 2004 Mark Alexander visited McCrone Associates laboratories in Westmont, Illinois and was given a personal tour of their facilities by Joseph Barabe, Director of Scientific Imaging. McCrone is one of the world's foremost forensic labortories specializing in the state of the art microscopy and material analysis. It is widely recognized as one of the outstanding testing facilities for the material analysis of works of fine art. July 2004 Director of Art Services 2000, Mark Alexander was invited to work with Florentine Films and Hott Productions, Inc. of Haydenville, Massachusetts, on their current production of a new biographical film on the life of the American artist and naturalist John James Audubon. The film "John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature" will be aired in early 2007 on PBS as a part of their award winning "American Masters" Series. May 1st 2004 "WCEU Antiques Extravaganza" Appraisal Day. Guest Appraiser Mr. David Maloney, author of Maloney's Guide To Antiques and Collectibles. Mark Alexander, ISA was a featured Fine Art Appraiser. March 13 2004 "Appraisal Day Event", New Smyrna Beach Women's Club. Featured Fine Art Appraiser, February 2004 Art Services 2000 Ltd. selected to assist in "the Great Move" a massive re-location of 150 tons of modern sculpture and the complete contents of the studios of the internationally recognized Icelandic artists, sculptor Johann Eyfells and his late wife, the painter and sculptor,Kristin Eyfells, from Central Florida to Fredericksburg, Texas in the Texas Hill Country. For more information please see the website: http://www.eyfellsandeyfells.com November 16th 2003 "Appraisal Day" Port Orange Public Library. Featured Fine Art Appraiser. October 25th 2003 "2nd Annual Appraisal Fair" Okaloosa -Walton Community College. Featured Fine Art Appraiser. October 5th 2003 "Audubon in Florida" 30 minute documentary broadcast by WCEU-TV Channel 15 PBS station , Daytona Beach Community College. September 13th 2003 "Ridge Art Association Members Exhibition" Guest Juror August 18th 2003 Art Services 2000 Ltd. designated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the John James Audubon Museum and State Park as the official source for the organization and circulation of John James Audubon, American Artist and Naturalist, a new traveling exhibtion. See the link below. July 2003 "Audubon in Florida" 30 minute documentary broadcast by WCEU -TV Channel 15 PBS station , Daytona Beach Community College. April 26th 2003 "WCEU TV Antiques Extravaganza" Appraisal Day. Featured Fine Art Appraiser. March 8th 2003 "Leesburg Annual Art Festival" Guest Juror. 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