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Beyond Investment: The Emotional and Social Value of Art

What inspires someone to collect art—and how can artists better understand the minds of collectors?

In this thought-provoking snippet episode of *Curious About Art?*, host **Ena Nearon** explores the personal, emotional, and social motivations behind collecting. It’s not just about the investment—it’s about connection, reflection, and meaning. For artists, understanding this can open new pathways to presenting and selling their work with more intention.

Art:
Robert O'Neal Multicultural Arts Center

Guests include:

* **Sara Vance Waddell** – A respected Cincinnati-based art patron whose private collection centers women artists and artists of color. She collects to champion voices and to provoke thought.

* **Christine Monroe Beard** – A business leader and civic supporter who sees art as a tool for dialogue, beauty, and cultural legacy.

* **Michelle Graves** – A financial educator and former media host who speaks directly to *artists* about the importance of clarity, pricing, and understanding what collectors value—beyond the canvas.

Whether you’re an artist, a collector, or simply curious, this conversation offers rare insight into the emotional landscape of art acquisition—and what it means to build relationships through creativity.

Tune in on **WCSU-FM Jazzy 88.9** and replay online anytime.

Ena Nearon is a dynamic creative producer, storyteller, and cultural strategist whose life has been shaped by bold pivots, reinventions and an unrelenting belief in the power of art and truth-telling.
Hailing from Jamestown, Ohio, Wade got his start in broadcasting while serving with the United States Navy at the Armed Forces Network station Eagle 810 in Yokota, Japan. Broadcasting on AM radio across the Kanto Plain, listenership was shared by both American Forces and a Japanese shadow audience tuning in for American Top 40 and an insight to military operations at home and abroad.