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Leanne Tonkin

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Polaire Weissman Research Fellow, The Costume Institute
New York
Websitemetmuseum.org
I am currently a Polaire Weissman Research Scholar in conservation for 12 months at The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. I am responsible for researching and providing preservation strategies for early synthetics and plastics in the Brooklyn costume collection and the Costume Institute's collection. Interests: Preservation issues regarding modern and contemporary textiles
Tuesday, May 30
 

8:15am CDT

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

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

10:30am CDT

(Opening General Session) Award Presentations (Part 2) Regency Ballroom

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

12:05pm CDT

(Opening General Session) Award Presentations (Part 3) Regency Ballroom

12:15pm CDT

(Opening General Session) Open Discussion Regency Ballroom

2:00pm CDT

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Practice-led and practice-based collaborative research at Tate: supporting the advancement of modern and contemporary painting conservation treatment practice Regency C-DDr. Bronwyn Ormsby

2:30pm CDT

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

3:00pm CDT

(Electronic Media) The Role of Conservation Treatment in a Mass-Digitisation Program ComiskeyFelicity Corkill, [PA]

4:00pm CDT

(Textiles) Oh, Bother: The Conservation of Winnie the Pooh and Friends Crystal Ballroom CAlison Castaneda

4:30pm CDT

(Electronic Media) 20th Anniversary of EMG Panel ComiskeyPeter Oleksik • Paul Messier, [PA] • Christine Frohnert • Crystal Sanchez • Jill Sterrett • Glenn Wharton

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

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
 

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

10:30am CDT

(Textiles) Learning from treatments that did not go as planned Crystal Ballroom CSuzan Meijer • Marjolein Koek

11:00am CDT

(Electronic Media) Overcoming your control issues—Arduinos as an emulation strategy ComiskeyMartina Haidvogl • Sasha Dobbs

11:30am CDT

(Electronic Media) Demonstration & Discussion: Open Source Hardware and Media Conservation ComiskeySasha Dobbs • Mark Hellar

2:00pm CDT

Introduction of Sessions by Moderators 2 Hyatt Regency ChicagoMargaret Holben Ellis, [Fellow] • Patricia Silence, [PA] • Suzanne Davis • Dr. Corina E. Rogge-[PA]

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

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Reattaching without adhesive? Yes we can! The reactivation of paint on animation cels. Crystal Ballroom BKatharina Hoeyng • Vincent L. Beltran • Carolyn Carta • Art Kaplan • Joy Mazurek • Kristen McCormick • Michael R. Schilling

4:05pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) Cross Platform Use of iPads in Stained Glass Conservation Treatment & Documentation Regency A-BAriana Makau • Greer Ashman • Chloe Castro

4:30pm CDT

(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

(Treatment: Going Big) Gilding the Lily? The Conservation Treatment of Alexander Calder's Red Lily Pads Crystal Ballroom ANathan Otterson • Tracey Bashkoff • Federica Pozzi • Carol Stringari • John Vitagliano
 
Thursday, June 1
 

7:30am CDT

AIC Member Business Meeting Regency A-B

10:00am CDT

(Electronic Media) The Conservation of Light: Managing a Collection of Light-Based Artwork ComiskeyAbigail Duckor • Charlotte Eng • Terry Schaffer

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

11:00am CDT

(Electronic Media) New Research and Developments in the Conservation of Computer-based Art ComiskeyJoanna Phillips • Deena Engel

11:30am CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Early intervention for At-Risk 21st Century Fugitive Media Regency DFenella France • Chris Bolser • Meghan A. Wilson

2:00pm CDT

(Electronic Media) Do You Hear What I Hear? Documentation and Assessment of Aural Elements in Media Installation Art ComiskeyAmy Brost

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

(Electronic Media) The David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base: A Wiki-based Solution for Conservation and Exhibition Documentation ComiskeyDeena Engel • Glenn Wharton

3:30pm CDT

(Paintings) What the Folk Happened to Kitty James and other Folk Tales Regency CNina Roth-Wells

4:00pm CDT

(Electronic Media) Finding logic within integrated circuits: the restoration of Stephan von Huene's Tap Dancer ComiskeyJulie Wolfe • Coleman Wood