Eleanor Schapa
Degrees:
- MBA, Loyola Marymount University
- BBA, Loyola Marymount University
- AA, Santa Monica College
- Graduate Studies: Sotheby's Institute, London
- Graduate Studies: USC School of Architecture
- Graduate Studies: CSUN - California State University Northridge
- Additional Coursework: Appraisal Studies, New York University School of Continuing & Professional Studies
- Additional Coursework: Architectural and Interior Design Program, UCLA Extension
- Additional Coursework: Art History classes, Santa Monica College
Professional Background:
- Educator
- Historic Design Consultant
- Author
- Professional Public Lecturer
- Appraiser
- Business Manager
Professional Company:
- Santa Monica College
- UCLA Extension
- Butterfield & Butterfield Fine Art Auctioneers & Appraisers (now Bohnham's & Butterfield's)
Affiliations/Associations:
- Former Vice Chair and Commissioner, Design Review Commission, City of Beverly Hills.
- Active member of a variety of architectural and arts-related organizations, including:
- Decorative Arts and Design Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Society of Architectural Historians (Life Member)
- Los Angeles Conservancy (Cornerstone Member)
- Appraisers Association of America
- Association of Women in Architecture
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Friends of the Gamble House
- John Lautner Society
- Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
- Institute for Classical Architecture
- Active member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, specializing in research of art fraud
- Former Executive Committee Member of Institute for Classical Architecture, Southern Calif. Chapter
- Former Member of Board of Directors of Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House
- Former Member of Board of Directors of Santa Monica School Employees Federal Credit Union
Teaching Background:
- Teaching Full Time / Part Time for over 27 years
- Santa Monica College, Department of Art (Art and Architectural History)
- Santa Monica College, Interior Architectural Design Program
- Santa Monica College, Architecture Program
- UCLA Extension, Architectural and Interior Design Program
- Santa Monica College, Business Department (Business and Accounting)
- Woodbury University
- Chapman University
- El Camino College
- American InterContinental University
Classes Taught for SMC, Interior Architectural Design program:
- 66 Visual History of American Housing