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Tanya Uyeda

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Associate Conservator, Japanese Paintings
Boston, Massachusetts
Tanya Uyeda is the Associate Conservator for Japanese paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where she has worked for 19 years. She holds an M.A. in Conservation of Cultural Properties from the Tokyo University of the Arts and trained at the Handa Kyuseido Studio in Tokyo, Japan. Kyuseido is only one of a few elite studios authorized by the Government of Japan to treat designated cultural properties. Tanya’s interests include researching mounting styles for specific genres of Japanese paintings, and integrating Western techniques of paper and textile conservation with traditional methods of treating Asian paintings.
Sunday, May 28
 

12:30pm CDT

Afternoon at the University of Chicago with Reception at the Smart Art Museum with Robie House Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWERFILLINGUChicago Arts
 
Monday, May 29
 

1:00pm CDT

Chicago Modern Architecture Walk Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWERLIMITED
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

9:00am CDT

(Opening General Session) Revision & Reflection; The Conservation/Restoration project of the Ghent Altarpiece Regency BallroomBart Devolder

10:50am CDT

(Opening General Session) Preventive Conservation in the Renovation of the Harvard Art Museums: Before, During, and Ever After Regency BallroomAngela Chang, [PA] • Penley Knipe • Kate Smith

2:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Less is More Regency A-BAdam Novak • Daria Keynan (Objects) The Conservation of Della Robbia Sculpture: An Exhibition as Initiator of Work Crystal Ballroom BAbigail Hykin (Textiles) You Say You Want a Revolution? An Innovative, Low-Tack Adhesive Treatment for 18th-Century Silk Flags Crystal Ballroom CCamille Myers Breeze-[Fellow]

2:30pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Reducing agent tertbutylamine borane complex and its use in stain reduction on paper-based artifacts Regency A-BCrystal Maitland

3:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Removing Oil from Paper: A Collaborative Conservation Challenge Regency A-BHolly Herro • Wendy Cowan • Scott Webster Nolley • Kristi Wright (Textiles) The Characterization of ‘Foxing’ on Textiles Crystal Ballroom CSophia Zweifel

5:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Line up, Back to Back: Restoration of Korean Buddhist Sutra in accordion book format Regency A-BHsin-Chen Tsai • Tanya Uyeda

5:30pm CDT

Pre-Opening Reception Gallery Viewing at the Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago

6:30pm CDT

Opening Reception at the Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of ChicagoHuntington T. Block Insurance Agency
 
Wednesday, May 31
 

9:30am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Contacts that leave traces: investigations into the contamination of paper surfaces from handling Regency A-BKarin van der Pal • Wilhelm van Bronswijk • Simon Lewis • Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff • Gregory D. Smith (Objects) So Delicate, yet So Strong: The Use of Paper in Objects Conservation Crystal Ballroom BPaula Artal-Isbrand (Photographic Materials) A Pilot Project to treat photogravures on Gampi paper from Edward Curtis' 'The North American Indian' Michigan 1A-BRachel Danzing, [PA] • Ann Baldwin

10:30am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Revisiting paper pH determination: 40 years of evolving practice in the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Laboratory Regency A-BCindy Connelly Ryan • Eric Breitung • Lynn Brostoff • Michele Youket

11:00am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Centuries of Cellulose: Lessons Learned from the Molecular Size of Cellulose in Naturally-Aged Paper Collections Regency A-BAndrew Davis • Fenella France

11:30am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Characterization of Aniline Dyes in Colored Papers of Jose Posada’s Prints Using (ToF-SIMS)... Regency A-BStacey Kelly • Ashley Ellsworth • Jenny K. Hedlund • Jodie Lee Utter • Amy Walker

2:05pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) What's so ethical about doing nothing? Regency A-BJonathan Ashley-Smith (Treatment: Going Big) Go Big or Go Home: Broader Considerations in the Treatment of Oversize Objects at the Art Institute of Chicago Crystal Ballroom ARachel C. Sabino-[PA]

2:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) Active conservation treatments and virtual retouching: what do people actually see? Regency A-BWilliam Wei

2:55pm CDT

(Treatment: Going Big) Puvis de Chavannes’ Philosophy: Condition Issues and Strategies for the Removal of a Severely Detached Mural, its Conservation Treatment and Remounting Crystal Ballroom AGianfranco Pocobene • Ian Hodkinson

4:05pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Not a Known Carcinogen: Health and Safety Considerations of New and Innovative Treatments Regency C-DKerith Koss Schrager • Anne Kingery Schwartz-[PA] • Julie Sobelman

4:55pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Flouting Convention: the Integration of Asian Paintings at Taliesin and their Conservation Regency C-DTK McClintock • Lisa Berk • Lorraine Bigrigg-[PA] • Deborah LaCamera-[PA] (Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Development of Cleaning Treatments for Asian Lacquer Crystal Ballroom BMarianne Webb • Herant Khanjian • Michael R. Schilling

6:30pm CDT

(Book and Paper + Research and Technical Studies) Reception Newberry LibrarySan-Jian Art & Conservation • Hollinger Metal Edge Inc. • T and D US, LLC
 
Thursday, June 1
 

10:00am CDT

Socratic Dialogue: High-tech innovation in conservation and collection care - do we need a better high-tech mousetrap? Water TowerWilliam Wei (Paintings) Our Lady of Mercy: the discovery of a hanging scroll painting by José Gil de Castro Regency CMonica Perez

10:30am CDT

(Textiles) Agarose, Two Ways: Successes and Challenges in Large Scale Gel Applications Crystal Ballroom CDana Renée Goodin

11:00am CDT

(Book & Paper) Ionic fixatives on water-sensitive media for aqueous treatment Regency A-BSoyeon Choi-[PA] (Paintings) Using Butvar® B-98 as a Consolidant for Friable Matte Paint Regency CClaire Winfield, [PA] (Textiles) Sublime Applications: Creating an Efficient Cyclododecane Barrier on Textiles Crystal Ballroom CGennifer Majors

11:30am CDT

(Book & Paper) The Challenge of Scale Revisited: Lessons learned from treatment and mounting an exhibition of 160 illuminated manuscripts Regency A-BAlan Puglia, [PA] • Debora Mayer
 
Friday, June 2
 

8:30am CDT

Behind the Scenes at the Art Institute of Chicago Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWERFILLING