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Brian Simmons

LDS Church History Library
Conservator - Collection Care Specialist
Salt Lake City, UT
I am a bench trained conservator and was recently hired on the conservation team for the Church History Library and Museum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have completed six courses at the Campbell Center in Mount Carroll, Illinois, completing the Collections Care Specialty Track Certificate. Prior to this position I worked for almost three years in the University Archives of Weber State University.
Monday, May 29
 

1:00pm CDT

Advancing Leadership in Conservation – A Workshop and Focus GroupLIMITED Art Institute of ChicagoTiarna M. Doherty, [PA] • Francesca Casadio • Nicholas Dorman • Paul Ingram • Narayan Khandekar • Per Knutås-[PA]
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

9:00am CDT

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

9:30am CDT

(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 CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:50am CDT

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

11:15am CDT

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

11:40am CDT

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

2:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Less is More Regency A-BAdam Novak • Daria Keynan

2:30pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Reducing agent tertbutylamine borane complex and its use in stain reduction on paper-based artifacts Regency A-BCrystal Maitland (Photographic Materials) The Fiocruz Collections: Discussing the Preservation of its Photographic Archives Michigan 1A-BNathália Vieira Serrano

3:00pm CDT

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) Treatment of Appleton Organ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Crystal Ballroom AManu Frederickx (Book & Paper) Removing Oil from Paper: A Collaborative Conservation Challenge Regency A-BHolly Herro • Wendy Cowan • Scott Webster Nolley • Kristi Wright

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm CDT

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) Structural Treatment of Wooden Beams Crystal Ballroom AMostafa Sherif (Book & Paper) Treatment 305: A Love Story Regency A-BKatherine Lechuga (Photographic Materials) New Original – Reprint in Fine Art Photography Michigan 1A-BHanako Murata, [PA] • J. Luca Ackerman • Tatiana Cole • Peter Mustardo

4:30pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Medium Rare: An Innovative Treatment Approach to the Space between Special and General Collections Regency A-BQuinn Morgan Ferris (Objects) The gap between ethics and aesthetics in Italian restoration: experience in the laboratories of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence especially on della Robbia works Crystal Ballroom BLaura Speranza • Shirin Afra

5:00pm CDT

(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
 
Wednesday, May 31
 

7:30am CDT

(Book & Paper) Business Meeting with a Light Breakfast Regency A-BWhitney Baker-[PA] • Mary Oey

8:30am CDT

(Architecture) Learning Together from Preventive Conservation: Restoration of the Choir Room of the Convent of Mercedarian Sisters (S XVIII), Lima, Perú Crystal Ballroom AErika Anticona (Photographic Materials) Current Trends and Collaborations among Heritage Institutions in Latin America: Results of the APOYOnline 1st Heritage Preservation Regional Conference and Workshop on Photographic Conservation... Michigan 1A-BBeatriz Haspo • Debbie Hess Norris-[Fellow] • Amparo Rueda

9:00am CDT

(Architecture) The Perfect Room: The Restoration of the Old Senate Chamber at the Maryland State House, Annapolis Maryland Crystal Ballroom ADavid C. Overholt (Photographic Materials) Preservation of Photography in Cuba as a Historic Memory of its Evolution Michigan 1A-BGloria Alvarez Frigola

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

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

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 (Photographic Materials) Providing Access to ‘Overprotected’ Color Slides Michigan 1A-BDiana L. Diaz Cañas

11:30am CDT

(Objects) Local Treatment for Outdoor Painted Metal Sculptures: designing Suitable Paints for Retouching Crystal Ballroom BNikki van Basten • Ulysses Jackson • Rachel Rivenc

2:05pm CDT

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

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

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall 025. (Book and Paper) Thoughtful withdrawal of monographs from academic libraries: Knowing the risks to our cultural print heritage Riverside West Exhibit HallJennifer Hain Teper 074. (Paintings) The development and testing of Gel Cleaning Systems for Cleaning Inorganic Supports in Argentina, Curazao and the Dominican Republic. Riverside West Exhibit HallViviana Dominguez • Ruahidy Lombert • Giselle Canosa

4:05pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) It's About Time Crystal Ballroom BDiana Galante, [PA] • Beth Richwine • Dawn Wallace

4:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) That Poor Cousin of Treatment: Documentation and Possibilities for Simple Innovation Regency A-BCybele Tom
 
Thursday, June 1
 

7:30am CDT

AIC Member Business Meeting Regency A-B

10:00am CDT

(Book & Paper) Challenging the Myths Surrounding Paul Gauguin’s “Little Marvels” Regency A-BMary Broadway, [PA] • Harriet K. Stratis-[PA]

10:30am CDT

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

11:00am CDT

(Architecture) Preservation in “Cathedral-Time”: Conservation in the North Transept at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine Crystal Ballroom ALaura Buchner

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

2:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Re-engineering Broken Book Spines Regency A-BJana Dambrogio, [PA] • Katherine Beattie • Brien Beidler • Emily Hishta Cohen • Ayako Letizia • Mary Uthuppuru

2:30pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group - Unexpectedly Expert: Diversifying your skills to cover all the bases Regency A-BAngela Andres-[PA] • Sofia I. Barron • Anahit Campbell • Deborah Howe • Justin P. Johnson • Janet Lee • Suzanne Morgan • Susan Russick • Ashleigh Schieszer • Elizabeth Stone