Speaking Engagements & Workshops

Sean has provided dozens of lectures and live painting demonstrations on gilding, sign painting and design at Museums, Universities, Arts Organizations and Corporations for over two decades.

Sean is an advocate for bringing awareness to the preservation of traditional craftsmanship.

2005: "Meet the Artist" and Studio Tour Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, Tacoma, Washington

2006: "Lyrical Abstraction" Exhibit Agora Gallery New York, New York

2012: "Lecture and Workshop" Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas

2015: "Lecture and Workshop" Limerick School for Arts & Design, Limerick, Ireland

2016: "AIGA Fresh Meet Series" American Institute of Graphic Arts Dallas, Dallas, Texas

2016: "WMC7 Guest Speaker" Weapons of Mass Creation 7, Cleveland, Ohio

2018: “For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas

2019: Private Corporate Design Talk Dallas, Texas

2020: Live Painting Groesbeck Grand Prix Groesbeck, Texas

2023: Live Painting Wheels Watches & Whiskey College Station, Texas

2023: AutoMoto Film Festival Talk with Artist Robert Williams Los Angeles, California

2024: "Gallery Talk: Gold Gilding and the Medieval Collection" Meadows Museum Dallas, Texas

2025: ASCO Equipment Live Painting Event San Antonio, Texas

2025: “The History of Gold in Spiritual Practice and Freemasonry”- Robert Burns Masonic Lodge Round Rock, Texas

2026: Talk & Gilding Workshop “The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem” Museum Forum for Teachers- Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas

2026: “The History of Gold in Spiritual Practice and Freemasonry”- Masonic Restoration Foundation Symposium, San Antonio Scottish Rite Temple, San Antonio, Texas