About

Shawn Donnelly applies the same fine craftsmanship, attention to detail, and passion for design to fine art packing and crating as he has throughout his 25 years of experience in custom, high-end woodworking. He has constructed museum-grade crates for museums, galleries, and private collectors across the country, and designed and created custom cradles and crates for the secure transport of complex sculptures, priceless artifacts, and scientific devices. Shawn is also an experienced art handler and installer trained by John Bailey and Larry Doherty of Fine Arts Enterprises, Inc.

Ryan Bates brings a wide breadth of experience in all facets of fine art services, including art handling, client services and sales, project management, warehouse management, and dispatching. His experience working in a museum setting and for private collectors, as well as inside the fine art services industry, allows him to consider every angle of collections care and management when planning and estimating a project. Outside of The FAE Guys, Ryan is a freelance set designer for theatre and film, and teaches design and stagecraft at Emerson College and Boston University.

Andrew LaRue has, in the course of his 33 years as an art handler and Class A truck driver, logged over a million miles transporting over a billion dollars worth of fine art. Andrew has developed expertise in all aspects of fine art services operations, including truck management and safety, art handling, packing and installation, dispatching, and crate construction, and has served in a variety of roles including Operations Manager, Safety Manager, Driver/Truck Manager, and Lead Art Handler.