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Elizabeth Simpson

Senator John Heinz History Center
Assistant Editor/Assistant Registrar
Pittsburgh, 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, [PA] • 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

2:30pm CDT

(Collection Care) Environmental performance assessments of packing cases employed by the J. Paul Getty Museum Plaza BallroomVincent L. Beltran • Rita Gomez • Kevin Marshall (Electronic Media) Digital Preservation Actions as Interventive Conservation Treatments at the Smithsonian ComiskeyCrystal Sanchez • Briana Feston-Brunet

3:00pm CDT

(Collection Care) Evaluation of climate control in Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History – energy consumption and risk assessment Plaza BallroomLukasz Bratasz • Richard Boardman • Susan Butts • Catherine Sease • Stefan Simon • Nathan Utrup • Tim White (Textiles) The Characterization of ‘Foxing’ on Textiles Crystal Ballroom CSophia Zweifel

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm CDT

(Objects) Tempting Fate: Lessons Learned from the Treatment of Giovanni della Robbia's Adam and Eve Crystal Ballroom BGregory Bailey, [PA]

4:15pm CDT

(Collection Care) Panel Discussion: A Review and Comparison of Anoxic Treatment Methods for Pest Management Plaza BallroomEric Breitung • Laura Mina-[PA] • Elena Torok

4:30pm CDT

(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 CDT

(Objects) The Treatment of Two Terracotta Architectural Reliefs by Andrea della Robbia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli • Wendy Walker

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
 

8:30am CDT

(Objects) To B-72 or Not To B-72? Alternative Adhesives for Archaeological Ceramics Crystal Ballroom BRachael Perkins Arenstein-[PA] • Elisheva Kamaisky

9:30am CDT

(Architecture) Research, Encapsulation and Replication of the Original 1844 Trompe l’oeil Apse Mural in the ‘Old Whaler’s Church, Sag Harbor, NY. Crystal Ballroom AGeoffrey Steward • Mary Aldrich (Paintings) Mapping a way forward: Bringing an artwork back from self-destruction Regency CPer Knutås-[PA] • Samantha Springer (Textiles) Costume Loans: Challenges and Strategies Crystal Ballroom CCassandra Gero

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am CDT

(Textiles) Learning from treatments that did not go as planned Crystal Ballroom CSuzan Meijer • Marjolein Koek (Wooden Artifacts) Understanding Currently Accepted Practice: Wood fills and conservation material decision-making AcapulcoMegan Narvey

11:00am CDT

(Architecture) Conservation in Context: Considerations in Treatment Planning in Relation to the Safety of Conservators and the General Public Crystal Ballroom ABeata Sasinska (Textiles) A Worthwhile Endeavor: The Conservation of a Worth and Bobergh Ensemble Crystal Ballroom CJohanna Tower

11:30am CDT

(Architecture) Beyond Treatment: Monitoring before during and after conservation of the mural, América Tropical, by David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1932 Crystal Ballroom ALeslie Rainer, [PA] • Kiernan Graves

12:00pm CDT

(Health and Safety) Asbestos Safety and Current Practices in Cultural Properties Lunch Water TowerPeter Dennis • Lisa Goldberg • Kathryn Makos • Sara Munoz-Abramowicz • Margaret Skimina • Lisa Young • Atlas Preservation Inc.

2:05pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it alone) Unraveling the past to inform the present: conservation of Egyptian Mummies at the Penn Museum Regency C-DMolly C. Gleeson, [PA] • Alexis North (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 (Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) A Pole with a Story: Innovative Conservation and Documentation of an American Indian Story Pole Regency C-DLesley A. Day • J. Claire Dean • Ellen Pearlstein

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 017. (Book and Paper) Acid Transport through Mylar Encapsulation Riverside West Exhibit HallDr. Patricia McGuiggan • Andrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • William Minter 018. (Objects) Development of a User-Driven Adhesives Database Riverside West Exhibit HallShaina Palmer • Andrea KI Hall • Robert Leheny • Molly McGath • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan • Sara Zaccaron 045. (Objects) The USS Monitor gun carriages: treatment steps and innovations for the conservation of complex composite artifacts Riverside West Exhibit HallWilliam Hoffman • Elsa Sangouard • Kathleen M. Sullivan 048. (Objects) Practical solutions to the challenges of documenting large-scale objects Riverside West Exhibit HallJessica Walthew 060. (Collection Care) Conservation and Art Historical Data goes Digital at the Art Institute of Chicago Riverside West Exhibit HallKaslyne O'Connor • Ariel Pate • Sylvie Pénichon, [PA] 095. (Book and Paper) Conservation of evidence: Howard Carter's journals the Morning post and Egyptian Gazette Riverside West Exhibit HallNagm El Deen Morshed Hamza

4:30pm CDT

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

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]
 
Thursday, June 1
 

10:00am CDT

(Architecture) The Majestic Grand Goddess Cibeles in Madrid and its Restoration in Gauzes Crystal Ballroom AJulia Betancor • Daniel Munoz • Macarena Sanz

10:30am CDT

(Wooden Artifacts) Manufacture and Treatment study of Coffin and mummy Cartonnage, at Egyptian Museum in Cairo AcapulcoMohammed A. Hussein • Rania El-Atfy • Randa El Helw • Moamen Othman • Sabah Abdel Razek • Eman H. Zidan

11:30am CDT

(Architecture) A Comparative Study of Sacrificial anti-graffiti Coatings for Outdoor Marble Crystal Ballroom AJason Church • Dorothy Cheng (Paintings) When the Dog Bites: Tear Mending a Large Steven Parrino Painting Following a Dog Attack Regency CLaura Eva Hartman

1:00pm CDT

Collection Care Idea Fair TorontoCollection Care Network • Tru Vue

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) Treatment of two badly damaged Egyptian Mummies and Associated Wooden Coffins Crystal Ballroom BJ P. Brown • Mimi Leveque • Morgan Nau

2:30pm CDT

(Objects) Sitting Pretty: Collaborative Treatment of an early Yayoi Kusama Soft-Sculpture Chair Crystal Ballroom BFran Baas • Laura Eva Hartman

3:00pm CDT

(Textiles) 3D Scanning to Create Custom Storage Forms for the Charles James collection in the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art Crystal Ballroom CTaylor Healy • Sarah Scaturro

4:00pm CDT

(Objects) “Do what’s right”: The conservation of a David Hammons mud sculpture Crystal Ballroom BSasha Alexandra Drosdick • Roger Griffith • Lynda A. Zycherman (Paintings) A Colonial Portrait and a Mystery Regency CRustin Levenson-[Fellow] • Emily MacDonald Korth

5:00pm CDT

Art Deco Skyscrapers WalkFILLING Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER
 
Friday, June 2
 

8:30am CDT

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