A retired FBI special agent and former member of the FBI’s national Art Crime Team will be the featured speaker at the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches membership luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 21.
The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Mariner’s Lakefront Restaurant. Tickets are $45 per person. Reservations are required by Feb. 10 and may be made by contacting Gayle Howell at (318) 332-9341 or by mailing payment to P.O. Box 2248, Natchitoches, LA 71457.
Randolph “Randy” Deaton IV will present “Legacy at Risk: The Art of Louisiana Folk Artist Clementine Hunter and the Vulnerability to Fraud and Forgery.” The presentation will explore issues surrounding art fraud and the protection of cultural heritage.
Deaton currently serves as security officer at BOM Bank. He retired from the FBI after 26 years of service, during which he held assignments in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. His investigative work included cases involving white collar crime, violent crime, national security matters, internal bank fraud and money laundering.
In 2016, Deaton was selected to serve on the FBI’s national Art Crime Team, where he conducted investigations involving art, antiquities and cultural property. From August 2021 to February 2023, he served as Program Manager and Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI Art Crime Program and national Art Crime Team. He also worked with international partners and participated in interagency efforts focused on the investigation and preservation of cultural heritage.
A Louisiana native, Deaton is a 1993 graduate of LSU in Baton Rouge, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in quantitative business analysis and computer science.
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