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Anne Schaffer

Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Paintings Conservation Fellow
Cambridge, MA
Websitehttps://harvardartmuseums.org/straus-center
Anne Schaffer received her M.A. in Paintings Conservation from Buffalo State College in 2016, and is currently the Paintings Conservation Fellow at the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Anne previously held a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Lunder Conservation Center focusing on paintings in the Museums’ folk and self-taught art collection, and has completed graduate internships at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Menil Collection, and the ICA regional conservation center in Cleveland. She currently serves on the board of the New England Conservation Association.
Tuesday, May 30
 

8:15am

(Opening General Session) Welcome and Awards Presentation (Part 1) Regency BallroomPamela Hatchfield

9:00am

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

9:30am

(Opening General Session) When An Airplane Acts Like a Painting: Applying Established Conservation Methodologies to Ephemeral Aircraft Materials Regency BallroomLauren Horelick • Malcolm Collum

10:00am

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am

(Opening General Session) Award Presentations (Part 2) Regency Ballroom

10:50am

(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

11:15am

(Opening General Session) What Would Anselm Do? Revisiting the treatment of Osiris and Isis Regency BallroomPaula De Cristofaro, [PA]

11:40am

(Opening General Session) Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Regency BallroomKarl Buchberg

12:05pm

(Opening General Session) Award Presentations (Part 3) Regency Ballroom

12:15pm

(Opening General Session) Open Discussion Regency Ballroom

2:00pm

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) The Framing of a Masterpiece The History and Conservation of a Monumental Tabernacle Frame Crystal Ballroom AWilliam Adair • Stephan Wilcox (Book & Paper) Less is More Regency A-BAdam Novak • Daria Keynan (Collection Care) Unhappy couples: degradation of microscope slides due to their mounting media Plaza BallroomMariana Di Giacomo (Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Practice-led and practice-based collaborative research at Tate: supporting the advancement of modern and contemporary painting conservation treatment practice Regency C-DDr. Bronwyn Ormsby

2:30pm

(Collection Care) Environmental performance assessments of packing cases employed by the J. Paul Getty Museum Plaza BallroomVincent L. Beltran • Rita Gomez • Kevin Marshall

3:00pm

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) Treatment of Appleton Organ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Crystal Ballroom AManu Frederickx • Jennifer Schnitker (Book & Paper) Removing Oil from Paper: A Collaborative Conservation Challenge Regency A-BHolly Herro • Wendy Cowan • Scott Webster Nolley • Kristi Wright (Photographic Materials) Moonlight and Midnight: The evolution of Edward Steichen's 'Moonrise' prints Michigan 1A-BKaslyne O'Connor • Ariel Pate • Sylvie Pénichon, [PA]

3:30pm

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) A Preliminary Investigation into Aquazol® as an Alternative Lining Adhesive for Paintings Regency C-DBlair Bailey • Raymond Aso • Richard Campbell • Ben Dawson • Nicola Grimaldi • Kallum Moses • Dr. Roger Penlington • Dr. Charis Theodorakopoulos

4:30pm

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Gecko-inspired µ-Dusters for Cleaning: Ongoing Research and Potential for Art Conservation Regency C-DCynthia Schwarz • Hadi Izadi • Kyle Vanderlick

5:00pm

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Pioneering Solutions for Treating Water Stains on Acrylic Paintings: Case Study Composition, 1963 by Justin Knowles Regency C-DMaureen Cross • Maggie Barkovic • Olympia Diamond • Dr. Bronwyn Ormsby

5:30pm

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

6:30pm

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

8:30am

(Paintings) Altered States: Conservation of the Ayala Altarpiece Regency CJulie Simek, [PA]

9:00am

(Electronic Media) Obsolescent Technology: The viability of the cathode ray tube used in art ComiskeySara Moy • Raphaele Shirley (Paintings) The Monopoli Altarpiece: rediscovery and recovery of a Cretan-Venetian masterpiece Regency CCaitlin Breare

9:30am

(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 (Paintings) Mapping a way forward: Bringing an artwork back from self-destruction Regency CPer Knutås-[PA] • Samantha Springer

9:40am

(Sustainability) Students for Sustainability in Conservation Plaza BallroomCaitlin Christena Southwick

10:00am

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am

(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 (Paintings) Tips Session Regency C

11:30am

(Objects) Local Treatment for Outdoor Painted Metal Sculptures: designing Suitable Paints for Retouching Crystal Ballroom BNikki van Basten • Ulysses Jackson • Rachel Rivenc (Paintings) Business Meeting Regency CNoelle Ocon-[PA]

2:05pm

(Beyond Treatment) What's so ethical about doing nothing? Regency A-BJonathan Ashley-Smith

2:30pm

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

2:55pm

(Beyond Treatment) In Support of the Bigger Picture: Preventive Conservation as a Recognized Specialty Regency A-BElena Torok • Meg Loew Craft-[Fellow] (Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Treatment of a White Louise Nevelson Installation Regency C-DSarah Nunberg • Soraya Alcala • Jens Dittmer • Mathew Eckelman • Michael C. Henry • Cindie Kehlet • Chris McGlinchey • Carolyn Tomkiewicz, [PA]

3:30pm

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:05pm

(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

4:30pm

(Beyond Treatment) That Poor Cousin of Treatment: Documentation and Possibilities for Simple Innovation Regency A-BCybele Tom

4:55pm

(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] (Treatment: Going Big) Gilding the Lily? The Conservation Treatment of Alexander Calder's Red Lily Pads Crystal Ballroom ANathan Otterson • Tracey Bashkoff • Federica Pozzi • Carol Stringari • John Vitagliano

6:30pm

(Paintings) Reception at the Union League Club Union League ClubLighting Services Inc • Artex Fine Art Services

9:00pm

ANAGPIC Graduate Programs Reunions Crystal C and Crystal TerranceAssociation of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation (ANAGPIC)
 
Thursday, June 1
 

7:30am

AIC Member Business Meeting Regency A-B

10:00am

(Book & Paper) Challenging the Myths Surrounding Paul Gauguin’s “Little Marvels” Regency A-BMary Broadway, [PA] • Harriet K. Stratis-[PA] (Electronic Media) The Conservation of Light: Managing a Collection of Light-Based Artwork ComiskeyAbigail Duckor • Charlotte Eng • Terry Schaffer

10:30am

(Paintings) Color Field Paintings and Sun-bleaching: An approach for removing stains in unprimed canvas Regency CJay Krueger • Holly Krueger, [Fellow] • Julia Langenbacher • Thomas Learner • Alan Phenix-[PA]

11:00am

(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]

11:30am

(Paintings) When the Dog Bites: Tear Mending a Large Steven Parrino Painting Following a Dog Attack Regency CLaura Eva Hartman (Research & Technical Studies) Early intervention for At-Risk 21st Century Fugitive Media Regency DFenella France • Chris Bolser • Meghan A. Wilson

2:00pm

(Book & Paper) The Story not Told: The Examination and Treatment of Edward Steichen's Oochens Michigan 1A-BLinda M. Owen • Kathryn Morales (Paintings) Conservation of Alexander Calder’s Last Work Mexico #3: The cross-disciplinary treatment supported by SEM and TEM paint cross section analysis using focus ion beam (FIB) sample preparation Regency CSara J. Wohler • Ralph Wiegandt (Research & Technical Studies) Minimally invasive sampling for the analysis of proteins from solids and surfaces Regency DDan Kirby

2:30pm

(Electronic Media) SFMOMA’s Mediawiki: Prototyping a new object record ComiskeyMartina Haidvogl • Rachael Faust (Paintings) Conservators as Collaborators: working with artist Dan Colen Regency CSuzanne Siano

3:00pm

(Research & Technical Studies) Stability of Polyvinyl Butyral Polymers with Light Exposure Regency DDavid Thomas • Matthew L. Clarke • Blythe McCarthy

3:30pm

(Paintings) What the Folk Happened to Kitty James and other Folk Tales Regency CNina Roth-Wells (Research & Technical Studies) Understanding the Reactivity and the Dynamics of Lead Soaps in Oil Paintings Regency DSilvia Centeno • Jaclyn Catalano • Cecil Dybowski • Anna Murphy • Yao Yao • Nicholas Zumbulyadis

4:00pm

(Paintings) A Colonial Portrait and a Mystery Regency CRustin Levenson-[Fellow] • Emily MacDonald Korth