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037. (Objects) Mending Baskets: Revisiting older approaches with new techniques and inventing better solutions
Speaker(s)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, National Museum of the American Indian
Growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska, Leah developeda passion for experimenting and crafting withnatural materials at an early age. She later transferred this interest into a dual degree in Art History and Spanish from the University of Oregon. Leah combined these fields of study by researching...
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Assistant Conservator, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service
Betsy Burr is from Minneapolis, MN and began her training in conservation at the Minnesota Historical Society in Saint Paul. She received her MA in 2016 from UCLA in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials where she completed her thesis on dye analysis of archaeological...
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Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA/Getty Program for the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials
Skyler graduated with an MA in Principles of Conservation from University College London in 2012. Her research interests include the intersection of organic and inorganic material in situ, interdisciplinary conservation outreach, preventive conservation, and conservation ethics. From...
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Conservator, Head of Preservation Division, Arizona State Museum; Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, School of Anthropology, American Indian Studies GIDP, University of Arizona, University of Arizona
Nancy Odegaard is the Head of the Preservation Division at the Arizona State Museum on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson where she is also a professor with the Department of Material Science & Engineering, the School of Anthropology, and the Drachman Institute (historic...
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Co-Author(s)
Conservator, Peters Art Conservation Services, LLC
Nicole Peters received a Master of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation with a focus in objects conservation from Buffalo State College in 2016. Prior to her formal graduate training in art conservation, Nicole received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration...
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Project Conservator, Arizona State Museum
Marilen Pool is an Objects Conservator specializing in ethnographic and archaeological artifacts. She is currently working as the Project Conservator on the IMLS funded “Conservation of Southwest Ceramic Vessels” phase of the Pottery Project. She has worked previously in the...
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Conservation Lab Manager, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona