For over thirty years, many of the regions highest profile and artistically progressive companies have chosen Hodges Taylor to procure and install their corporate art collections. Together, Dot Hodges and Christie Taylor have provided art collecting consultation to many of the Southeast's largest corporations and professional firms.  Additionally, private collectors seek Hodges Taylor services to guide their art selections for their residences.

Whether for the home or the workplace, Hodges Taylor can work with clients through the life of a collection, to assess and help procure original artwork that reflects the vision of the collector or business and complements the architectural design of the space where the art will reside. 

Our Philosophy

Whether in the workplace or at home, art performs a critical function in our lives. It has the power to stimulate, challenge and encourage us to think in new ways.

For a business, art helps define and reinforce a company's image. The right selection of art complements an office’s' overall design and architecture, while humanizing the surroundings, from the board room to the break room.  Art strengthens the bond among employees and leads to a more harmonious and inspiring environment.

Similarly, a home that contains original art − one important piece or a collection – is quickly transformed, as the presence of art reinforces its distinctive character and promotes harmony and balance.   

Whether paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, or some combination of these, art reflects more than just pride in your home or business. It personalizes a space, adds visual appeal and makes a statement of how you feel about your environment..
 

Our Services

Working with a broad supporting network of professionals, Hodges Taylor provides a full range of services:

• Identification and selection of artwork appropriate for the space
• Procurement management including commissioned artwork
• Art collection documentation and cataloging
• Custom framing supervision ensuring museum quality and archival handling
• Installation planning, coordination and implementation
• Curatorial services including managing inventory, maintaining and rotating the collection, and mounting special exhibitions
• Art appraisals working with accredited, qualified appraisers to provide appropriate documentation to support insurance or fair market value estimates
• Presentations and discussions to increase awareness and knowledge of art in the corporate setting

Our Consulting Team

			Christie Taylor, Owner Christie Taylor has managed art galleries for over thirty-five years, including Art Gallery Originals in Winston-Salem, McNeal Gallery in Charlotte, and since 1980, Hodges Taylor Gallery in uptown Charlotte. Taylor received her B.A. in Art from Queens University in Charlotte and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia. In 1989, she curated Nine from North Carolina, an exhibition that opened at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D. C. and toured North Carolina for twelve months. A native of Winston-Salem, Taylor currently serves on the boards of St. Peters Chamber Music, the YWCA Women in Transition and on the Advisory Committee for Community School of the Arts. Past community involvement includes serving on the boards of the Women Executives, Charlotte Junior League, Habitat for Humanity, Central Charlotte Association, YWCA of Central Carolinas and The Light Factory. Taylor was awarded the 2005 Business Woman of the Year sponsored by Wachovia Bank and Queens University of Charlotte. She was also awarded a 1999 Business Journals Women in Business Achievement Award.   Contact: 704.334.3799 or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
			Dorothy Hodges, Consultant A native of Monroe, North Carolina, Hodges has been active in the arts for more than forty years as a professional as well as a volunteer. Hodges' education includes a French degree from Sweet Briar College and an art degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In addition, she trained as a docent at the Fogg Art Museum in Boston (1959), the Ackland Museum in Chapel Hill (1968) and at the Mint Museum in Charlotte (1987). In 1975, Hodges and two partners opened HOF Gallery in Palm Beach, Florida, before opening Hodges Taylor Gallery with partner Christie Taylor in 1980. Hodges has served on the boards of North Carolina Art Society, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Penland School of Crafts, and the Organizational Grants Review Panel for the Mecklenburg County Arts & Science Council.
			Elizabeth Love Maddrey, Consulting Associate Maddrey, a Charlotte native, with over fifteen years of professional experience in arts management is a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate with a BA in Art History. Post-graduation, Maddrey worked in New York at Sotheby's auction house in the African and Oceanic Art Department. Later, she worked with a private art dealer in New York whose specialty was pre-Colombian art. In 1997 Maddrey began working for ArtsTeach in Charlotte, NC, a national model for creating partnerships between arts organizations, artists and schools. Maddrey has been active as a community volunteer as co-chair of the Mint Museum of Art's Artitudes young collector's group, for the Charlotte Chamber's Involvement Forum 2010 Project, and as a grants panelist for the United Way of Central Carolinas.