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Jessica Chloros

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Objects Conservator
Boston, Massachusetts
Jessica Chloros is the Objects Conservator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where she has worked since 2008. In 2007, she received her M.S. in Art Conservation, specializing in objects, from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. She has completed internships and fellowships at various institutions including: Brooklyn Museum, American School of Classical Studies Agora Excavations in Athens, Greece, Worcester Art Museum, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums. She is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
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

10:50am 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

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) The Conservation of Della Robbia Sculpture: An Exhibition as Initiator of Work Crystal Ballroom BAbigail Hykin

2:30pm CDT

(Objects) The Comprehensive Re-Treatment of a Renaissance Terracotta Altarpiece by Benedetto Buglioni Crystal Ballroom BRachel C. Sabino-[PA]

3:00pm CDT

(Objects) Truth Versus Beauty: Maintaining visual unity in the treatment of Florentine polychrome terracotta sculpture Crystal Ballroom BAnthony Sigel

3:15pm CDT

(Objects) Conservation of 15th and 16th century Italian Glazed Terracotta Crystal Ballroom BLeslie Ransick Gat, [PA] • Erin Toomey, [PA]

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

(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

(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

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

8:45am CDT

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

9:00am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - The Codex Eyckensis (8th century). Re-evaluation of the 20th century restoration & conservation treatments Regency A-BLieve Watteeuw • Marina Van Bos • Bruno Vandermeulen (Objects) Carbon fiber fabric and its potential for use in objects conservation Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli

9:30am CDT

(Objects) So Delicate, yet So Strong: The Use of Paper in Objects Conservation Crystal Ballroom BPaula Artal-Isbrand

10:30am CDT

(Objects) Archaeological Glass Conservation: Comparative approaches & practicalities of using acrylic resin films as gap fills Crystal Ballroom BJan Cutajar • Hana Bristow

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

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

(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

4:55pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Development of Cleaning Treatments for Asian Lacquer Crystal Ballroom BMarianne Webb • Herant Khanjian • Michael R. Schilling
 
Thursday, June 1
 

10:00am CDT

(Objects) Practical Evaluation and Application of Cleaning Techniques for Marble Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BRaina Chao-[PA] (Research & Technical Studies) Conservation Science 2.0: The Northwestern University / Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts Regency DFrancesca Casadio • Marc Sebastian Walton • Monica Olvera de la Cruz • Emeline Pouyet • Johanna Salvant • Ken Sutherland

10:30am CDT

(Objects) The use of medical chelating agents for the removal of iron stains from marble Crystal Ballroom BAnna Funke • Jason Church • Leah Poole • Martha Singer-[PA] • Mary F. Striegel, [Fellow]

11:00am CDT

(Objects) Well that didn't work, now what? - Stain Reduction on a 10th-century Iranian Ceramic Crystal Ballroom BClaire Cuyaubère • Ellen Salzman Chase (Research & Technical Studies) Sculpting in color: the innovative glazes of the della Robbias and followers in Renaissance Florence Regency DRichard Newman • Abigail Hykin

12:00pm CDT

(Objects) TIPS Lunch Crystal Ballroom BAnthony Sigel • Testo • Robert Alden Marshall

2:00pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Conservation Science in Early Twentieth Century India: Dr. S. Paramasivan and the Chemical Conservation Laboratory at the Madras Government Museum Regency DSanchita Balachandran-[Fellow]