S.W. (Scott) Hale, ISA AM

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While still in politics, Cindy met and married her husband Dan, and together they had their first child, Scott, who bought his first piece of Native American art (a Diné turquoise ring) at age three.

Scott graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, and the University of Oklahoma, where he completed his masters and doctoral course work and exams, specializing in Native American art, literature, and film, teaching in the Native American Studies Department and lecturing in the School of Visual Arts.

Scott transitioned from academia into curatorial practice as Executive Director of the the Brett Weston Archive, and curator of the Christian K. Keesee collections of contemporary art in New York, Colorado, and Oklahoma, working with national and international, museums, auction houses,  publishers, and collectors. 

Scott's curatorial work led him back to the family business in Indigenous art.  An Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA AM), for more than twenty-five years Scott has served as a specialist for auction houses (Sotheby's, Santa Fe Art Auction), auctioneer for non-profits (SWAIA, MIAC, SCAS), and judge for art fairs (Indian Market, Red Earth), providing thousands of USPAP and IRS Qualified art appraisals for courts, finance, insurance, estates, taxes and donations.