Founder at Passage Arts

Reilly Clark

Stanford graduate making a life in the arts

Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Passage Arts, a startup dedicated to cultivating the next generation of art lovers

Passionate, driven and hard-working with strong academic credentials and meaningful work experience; dedicated to education and arts community, with a background in museums, conservation labs, university arts groups and even underwater archaeological sites

Demonstrated interest in art collectors and collections building from experience in the Chairman's Office & Client Advisory at Christie's and at Heritage Auctions.

Passage Arts is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of art lovers

Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Consignment Director, Fine & Decorative Art

• Curating major art exhibitions, fundraising, writing grants and commissioning artists
• Creating social and professional opportunities for Stanford arts students
• Collaborating with museum directors, gallerists and arts administrators

Founder & Co-President, Professional Art Society of Stanford

• Creating a transparent online platform for art advisors and art collectors
• Liaising with fine art galleries in New York on behalf of Keenlee and Liaison Art
• Developing the platform to be more accessible and user-friendly

Art Advisor & Gallery Liaison

• Supports artists performing at Bing Concert Hall and other campus venues
• Assists with performance day logistics and contract management
• Coordinates with the Stanford Live team

Artist Services, Stanford Live

• Consulting on the sale of Neil Armstrong's personal collection and family estate
• Assisting with previews as well as national and international media coverage
• Assisting with catalogues, marketing and phone bidding

Neil Armstrong Family Collection

• Excavating a Byzantine shipwreck near Marzamemi, Sicily
• Registration, conservation and 3-D imaging of objects
• Collaborating with a national heritage institution and a local museum

Archaeologist, Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project

• Rediscovering an Egyptian Collection studies original artifacts collected by the Stanford family and others around the turn of the 20th century
• Rehabilitating these materials and associated records through research in museum archives, materials science inquiry and collections care as well as archaeological and art historical scholarship
• Considering themes like memory and fantasy, colonialism and collecting, materiality, preservation and the politics of the past

Mixed Media Curator, Stanford University Archaeology Collections

• Conducting scientific tests on ancient Egyptian mummy portraits, including wood sampling, UV fluorescence, infrared reflectography and X-radiography
• Coordinating with major institutions like the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and J. Paul Getty Museum
• Advising on major exhibitions for Richard Diebenkorn and others

Conservation Assistant, Art + Science Learning Lab

• Researching potential clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, expanding local interest in art
• Strengthening existing relationships with high-profile clients
• Streamlining operations across specialist departments