SELECTED TALKS
As a moderator, Alisa curates and shapes conversations on interior design, architecture, cultural heritage, landscape design, art collecting and curating, and making. She moderates keynotes and panel conversations across the country, in conversation with such leading creative minds as Barrie Benson, Jean Louis Deniot, Christopher Farr, Pierre Frey, Young Huh, Ed Hollander, Thomas Kligerman, Peter Lane, Lulu Lytle, and Alistair McCauley.
2026
October 18
Designers Creating a New Chapter
In Conversation with Anu Jain, Chloe Redmond Warner, and Christopher Roy
The Fall Show
October 18
Building Exceptional Collections
In Conversation with Timothy S. Adams, Douglas Wright, and William Peace
The Fall Show
September 28
To Create is to Dare: The Living Story of Maison Pierre Frey
In Conversation with Patrick Frey
Kneedler Fauchère
February 26
Alisa Carroll: Cultivating Sacred Space
St. Josephs' Arts Society, San Francisco
2022
February 17
Design San Francisco 2022 Keynote
Fragility + Fire: The New Ceramics Movement
With Clare Twomey, MBE; Peter Lane; and Dr. Rachel Gottlieb, Ruth Rippon Curator of Ceramics, Crocker Art Museum
2020
February 5
In the Making
In conversation with Christopher Farr, Jeff Behnke, Erik Hughes, and Geoffrey De Sousa
2019
February 6
Design San Francisco 2019 Keynote
In Conversation with Jean-Louis Deniot
February 6
Elegant Transgression: Timorous Beasties
In conversation with Co-founder Alistair McAuley
February 5
Cabinet of Curiosities:
In Conversation with Soane Britain founder LuLu Lytle
2018
January 13
Catharine Clark Gallery
Intentional Beauty: Catharine Clark, Tim Campbell and Al Farrow in conversation
2017
May 24
New York Design Week
Art House booksigning with Alisa Carroll and Gary Hutton
May 10
La Cienega Design Week
Art House: A Conversation with Chara Schreyer and Gary Hutton at Christopher Farr
February 15
Design San Francisco 2017 Keynote
Art Boom: a conversation with with Deborah Rappaport, co-founder, Minnesota
Street Project; Catharine Clark, founder, Catharine Clark Gallery; and Lisa Ellsworth,
Creative Manager, Workshop Residence
January 21
Assouline Paris
Art House booksigning with Gary Hutton and Alisa Carroll
January 14
LA Art Show
Art House: A Conversation with Chara Schreyer and Gary Hutton
View the talk here: https://vimeo.com/200424342
2016
28 September
Sheltering Art IV
Art + Architecture: In Conversation with Leo Marmol, Mark Jensen and Joshua Aidlin
24 February
San Francisco Design Week - Keynote
Future Shaper: In Conversation with SFMOMA Chief Curator of Architecture + Design,
Jennifer Fletcher, and artist Claudy Jongstra
2015
24 October
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
Eternal Hands: Breguet and The Legacy of the Artisan with Fine Arts Museums Curator in
Charge of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Martin Chapman, Allison Caccoma
and Geoffrey De Sousa
May 1
Art Market San Francisco
Sheltering Art III: The Restoration of David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street with Executive
Director Carlie Wilmans, architect Mark Jensen and conservator David Wessell
April 3
AIA San Francisco
The Engaged Practice with Mark Jensen and Craig Steely
February 4
San Francisco Design Week - Keynote
Inspiration and Process: In Conversation with Azadeh Shladovsky
2014
May 16
Art Market San Francisco
Sheltering Art II: Designing Interiors for Private Collections with Thom Faulders and
Luke Ogrydziak
The Sheltering Art Series
I - 2014
Designing Interiors for Private Collections with Michael Booth
and Gary Hutton
II - 2015
Designing Interiors for Private Collections with Thom Faulders
and Luke Ogrydziak
III - 2015
The Restoration of David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street with Executive Director
Carlie Wilmans, architect Mark Jensen and conservator David Wessell
IV - 2016
Art + Architecture: In Conversation with Leo Marmol, Mark Jensen and Joshua Aidlin