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Jessica Walthew

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Conservator
New York, New York
Jessica Walthew is an objects conservator at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. She holds an MA in Art History and Archaeology with advanced certificate in Conservation from NYU's Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center. Her research and teaching interests include history, theory, and practice in conservation, and technical research using digital photographic documentation techniques. She has worked on archaeological projects in Turkey, Italy, and Peru. At Cooper Hewitt, she works primarily with the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection as well as with the Digital Acquisitions Working Group. She is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation.
Monday, May 29
 

2:00pm CDT

Scholarly Writing for Conservation Michigan 1A-BMichele Derrick • Robin Hanson-[Fellow] • Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez • Ellen Pearlstein

3:30pm CDT

ECPN Poster Lightning Round Crystal Ballroom ARebecca Gridley • Michelle Sullivan • João Henrique Ribeiro Barbosa • Marci Jefcoat Burton • Nathan Daly • Ashley Freeman • Sarah Giffin • Hayley Monroe • Alexandra Nichols • Kaslyne O'Connor • Annabel Pinkney • Elinor Dei Tos Pironti • Julie Ribits • Marissa Vassari • Meredith Wilcox-Levine

5:30pm CDT

ECPN Happy Hour The Conservation Center
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

8:15am CDT

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

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]

12:30pm CDT

Protecting the World’s Cultural Heritage: Identifying and Protecting Looted Artifacts AcapulcoDawn Rogala, [Fellow] • L. Burgess • Oya Topcuoglu

1:00pm CDT

ECPN Informational Meeting ColumbianRebecca Gridley • Michelle Sullivan

2:30pm CDT

(Electronic Media) Digital Preservation Actions as Interventive Conservation Treatments at the Smithsonian ComiskeyCrystal Sanchez • Briana Feston-Brunet

3:00pm CDT

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) A Confusion of Colors: Yellow and red pigments in the decorative scheme of the tablinum in the House of the Bicentenary at the archaeological site of Herculaneum Regency C-DLeslie Rainer, [PA] • Kiernan Graves • Gilberto Artioli • Arlen Heginbotham • Francesca Piqué • Michele Secco

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

(Book & Paper) Medium Rare: An Innovative Treatment Approach to the Space between Special and General Collections Regency A-BQuinn Morgan Ferris

5:00pm CDT

(Textiles) From the Top Down: Dressing the Historic Bed—Developing Mounting Systems from a 21st- century Conservation Perspective Crystal Ballroom CDeirdre Windsor

5:30pm CDT

(Objects) Open Round Table Discussion Crystal Ballroom BAriel O'Connor-[PA] • Anthony Sigel 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
 

7:30am CDT

(Objects) Business Meeting with a Light Breakfast Crystal Ballroom BLaura Lipcsei-[PA]

8:45am CDT

(Objects) Structural repair of plaster using polyvinyl butyral adhesive systems Crystal Ballroom BL. H.(Hugh) Shockey-[PA]

9:00am CDT

(Objects) Carbon fiber fabric and its potential for use in objects conservation Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli

9:30am CDT

(Electronic Media) Framing the Jones Buffer: Documenting the History and Preservation of an Iconic Image-Processing Tool ComiskeyAthena Christa Holbrook (Objects) So Delicate, yet So Strong: The Use of Paper in Objects Conservation Crystal Ballroom BPaula Artal-Isbrand (Wooden Artifacts) A New Tool for the Traditional Toolbox AcapulcoAlton Bowman-[PA]

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am CDT

(Wooden Artifacts) Understanding Currently Accepted Practice: Wood fills and conservation material decision-making AcapulcoMegan Narvey

11:00am CDT

(Objects) An evaluation of cold paste waxes used in conservation for outdoor bronze sculpture. Crystal Ballroom BJulie Wolfe • Alessa Gambardella • Rosie Grayburn • Arlen Heginbotham • Herant Khanjian • Joy Mazurek • Alan Phenix-[PA] • Katrina Posner • Michael R. Schilling • Christina L. Simms • Magdalena Solano • Maria Olivia Davalos Stanton • Hope Welder

1:00pm CDT

(Archaeological Conservation) Discussion Group Business Meeting Gold CoastMolly C. Gleeson, [PA]

2:05pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

(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

(Beyond Treatment) In Support of the Bigger Picture: Preventive Conservation as a Recognized Specialty Regency A-BElena Torok • Meg Loew Craft-[Fellow]

3:30pm CDT

048. (Objects) Practical solutions to the challenges of documenting large-scale objects Riverside West Exhibit HallJessica Walthew

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

4:30pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Re-exhibiting Akeley Mounts at the Field Museum, Chicago Regency C-DLisa Goldberg • Thomas Gnoske • Ronald Harvey • Shelley Reisman Paine (Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Nanocellulose films: properties, development and new applications for translucent and transparent artworks and documents Crystal Ballroom BRemy Dreyfuss-Deseigne • Anne-Laurence Dupont

4:55pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Development of Cleaning Treatments for Asian Lacquer Crystal Ballroom BMarianne Webb • Herant Khanjian • Michael R. Schilling

6:30pm CDT

(Objects + Textiles) Reception at the Chicago History Museum Chicago History MuseumBruker Corporation • Dorfman Museum Figures

9:00pm CDT

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

7:30am CDT

AIC Member Business Meeting Regency A-B

10:30am CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) What can nanotechnology do for us? Evaluating novel cleaning tools through the NanoRestArt project at Tate Regency DDr. Bronwyn Ormsby • Dr. Lora Angelova • Rachel Barker • Gates Sofer (Textiles) Agarose, Two Ways: Successes and Challenges in Large Scale Gel Applications Crystal Ballroom CDana Renée Goodin

11:00am CDT

(Paintings) Using Butvar® B-98 as a Consolidant for Friable Matte Paint Regency CClaire Winfield, [PA]

11:30am CDT

(Wooden Artifacts) Wood Working Tools as Art AcapulcoJonathan Thornton

2:00pm CDT

(Wooden Artifacts) Technical Analysis and Conservation Treatment of a Mid-Eighteenth Century Chinese Carved Wood Lacquer Bodhisattva Sculpture AcapulcoLisa A. Ackerman • Jiuan Jiuan Chen-[PA] • Rebecca Ploeger • Aaron Shugar • Jonathan Thornton

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

(Research & Technical Studies) Stability of Polyvinyl Butyral Polymers with Light Exposure Regency DDavid Thomas • Matthew L. Clarke • Blythe McCarthy (Wooden Artifacts) Conservation and Analysis of a Pair of Qing Dynasty Lacquer Clothes Wardrobes in the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art AcapulcoWei Kao • Kelly M Conlin • Kate Duffy • Barbara Fisher • Hiromi Kinoshita • Peggy Olley • Beth A. Price • Behrooz Salimnejad-[PA]

3:30pm CDT

(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 CDT

(Electronic Media) Finding logic within integrated circuits: the restoration of Stephan von Huene's Tap Dancer ComiskeyJulie Wolfe • Coleman Wood (Objects) “Do what’s right”: The conservation of a David Hammons mud sculpture Crystal Ballroom BSasha Alexandra Drosdick • Roger Griffith • Lynda A. Zycherman (Research & Technical Studies) Revealing the text and folds in 17th-century locked letters Regency DJana Dambrogio, [PA] • Dr. Graham Davis • Dr. David Mills
 
Friday, June 2
 

9:30am CDT

Field Museum Anthropology Labs and StorageFILLING Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER