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Natasha Kung

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Photograph Conservation
Preprogram Intern
New York, NY
I recently graduated from New York University and studied Art History and Chemistry with the intent to pursue a career in art conservation. I currently intern with the Department of Photograph Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and with the Conservation Department at the Brooklyn Museum. I am a native New Yorker and love meeting people of different backgrounds and experiences.
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 • Cathie Magee • 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
 

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

10:30am 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

1:00pm CDT

ECPN Informational Meeting ColumbianRebecca Gridley • Michelle Sullivan

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) The Conservation of Della Robbia Sculpture: An Exhibition as Initiator of Work Crystal Ballroom BAbigail Hykin (Textiles) You Say You Want a Revolution? An Innovative, Low-Tack Adhesive Treatment for 18th-Century Silk Flags Crystal Ballroom CCamille Myers Breeze-[Fellow]

2:30pm CDT

(Textiles) Identification of skins in a Chewa dance garment from Malawi using DNA sequencing Crystal Ballroom CAnne Peranteau

3:15pm CDT

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

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm CDT

(Photographic Materials) New Original – Reprint in Fine Art Photography Michigan 1A-BHanako Murata, [PA] • J. Luca Ackerman • Tatiana Cole • Peter Mustardo

4:30pm CDT

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

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Pioneering Solutions for Treating Water Stains on Acrylic Paintings: Case Study Composition, 1963 by Justin Knowles Regency C-DMaureen Cross • Maggie Barkovic • Olympia Diamond • Dr. Bronwyn Ormsby

5:30pm CDT

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

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]

8:30am CDT

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

8:45am CDT

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

9:00am CDT

(Paintings) The Monopoli Altarpiece: rediscovery and recovery of a Cretan-Venetian masterpiece Regency CCaitlin Breare

9:30am CDT

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

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am CDT

(Photographic Materials) Uncovering Irving Penn's Chemical Treatment Techniques Michigan 1A-BLaura Panadero

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 (Textiles) A Treatment Returns Undone Crystal Ballroom CNancy Love, [PA] (Photographic Materials) Business Meeting Michigan 1A-B

1:00pm CDT

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

2:05pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) The 40 year conservation story of Bruce Conner’s CHILD Crystal Ballroom BMegan Randall • Roger Griffith

2:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) Active conservation treatments and virtual retouching: what do people actually see? Regency A-BWilliam Wei (Treatment: Going Big) When what went up must come down: Triage treatment and disassembly of two 15th century Chinese mud plaster murals Crystal Ballroom AMadeleine Neiman • Emily Brown-[PA] • Lynn Grant-[PA]

2:55pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Treatment of a White Louise Nevelson Installation Regency C-DSarah Nunberg • Soraya Alcala • Jens Dittmer • Mathew Eckelman • Michael C. Henry • Cindie Kehlet • Chris McGlinchey • Carolyn Tomkiewicz, [PA]

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall 001. (Architecture) Identification and Analysis of Hard Water Staining on Granite in the Western United States and Comparative Study for Cleaning Methods Riverside West Exhibit HallAlex Beard • Jason Church • Ifrah Jamil • Bilal Khurshid • Caitlin R. O'Grady 003. (Book and Paper) Cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrils for coating of paper artefacts Riverside West Exhibit HallCamilla Camargos • Dr. João Figueiredo Junior • Dr. Fabiano Pereira 004. (Book and Paper) Local cleaning of stained artworks on paper: the new possibilities of rigid gels Riverside West Exhibit HallSophie Barbisan • Catherine Maynor • Anne-Laurence Dupont 005. (Book and Paper) Analysis of synthetic dyes and the Treatment of 1910's - 1950's Historic Chinese Wedding Documents Riverside West Exhibit HallPaul CW Chan • Edward Chun-Yiu Law • Angela Wai-Sum Liu 010. (Book and Paper) Towards Nondestructive Characterization of Black Drawing Media Riverside West Exhibit HallNathan Daly • Lynn Lee • Michelle Sullivan • Karen Trentelman 016. (Book and Paper) Measuring the Stiffness of Brittle Paper Riverside West Exhibit HallAndrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan • Thomas O'connor 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 019. (Objects) Polishing Methods and Their Impact on Results in the Oddy Test Riverside West Exhibit HallChloe Cao • Andrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan 031. (Objects) Under close observation – a pilot study monitoring change in objects’ conditions Riverside West Exhibit HallVincent L. Beltran • Ashley Freeman • Foekje Boersma • Jim Druzik • Michał Lukomski • Joel Taylor 035. (Objects) Between the ephemeral and the immortal: considerations about the process of conservation of Ticuna’s barkcloth. Riverside West Exhibit HallAna Carolina Delgado Vieira • Paula Aline Durães Almeida • Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho • Marcia de Almeida Rizzutto 037. (Objects) Mending Baskets: Revisiting older approaches with new techniques and inventing better solutions Riverside West Exhibit HallLeah Bright • Betsy Burr • Skyler Jenkins • Dr. Nancy Odegaard • Nicole L Peters • Marilen Pool • Gina Marie Watkinson 038. (Objects) Guns and Ships: Using Dry Ice Blasting in the Conservation of Cast Iron Riverside West Exhibit HallWilliam Hoffman • Laurie King 044. (Objects) Applying Fills to Losses in a Flexible Polyurethane Foam Chair at the Museum of Modern Art Riverside West Exhibit HallAlexandra Nichols 046. (Objects) Reconstructed, Re-cut, and Re-interpreted: Dionysos and Maenad at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Riverside West Exhibit HallGerri Strickler, [PA] 048. (Objects) Practical solutions to the challenges of documenting large-scale objects Riverside West Exhibit HallJessica Walthew 051. (Paintings) Five van Goghs Riverside West Exhibit HallThomas Heller 053. (Paintings) Chinese Handscrolls: A Systematic Approach to Treatment Solutions for Common Problems Riverside West Exhibit HallXiangmei Gu • Grace Jan 054. (Research and Technical Studies) Blue Period? : Analysis muddies Tintoretto attribution and working practice Riverside West Exhibit HallDr. Amanda J. Norbutus • Lourdes Nunez 059. (Research and Technical Studies) Cutting Edge Technologies in Non-invasive Organic Analytical Techniques Riverside West Exhibit HallAmanda Jones 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] 062. (Objects) Evaluating (poly)ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) adhesives for use in wax conservation. Riverside West Exhibit HallMarina B. Gibbons 065. (Research and Technical Studies) Elucidating Daguerreotype Degradation Through Surface Species Formation Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy Riverside West Exhibit HallAndrea E. Schlather • Silvia Centeno 072. (Collection Care) Best Practices, Creative Problem Solving and Balancing Compromises in Conservation Treatments Riverside West Exhibit HallElizabeth Alford Curran Boody 088. (Objects) The Royal Treatment: Conservation of Archaeological Material from Revolutionary War Vessel ROYAL SAVAGE Riverside West Exhibit HallShanna Daniel • Kate Morrand 096. (Book and Paper) Michigan papyri fragments from excavations to display; Egyptian museum of Cairo. Riverside West Exhibit HallSara M. Nour 097. (Research and Technical Studies) Advances in State-of-the-Art in XRF Elemental Analysis for Art Conservation Riverside West Exhibit HallDr. Bruce Kaiser • Dr. Lee Drake 098. (Paintings) Performance evaluation of UV inhibiting acrylic resin coated glass with modern and historic glazing systems Riverside West Exhibit HallAndrew Fearon • Janelle Elyse Sahutski

4:05pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) It's About Time Crystal Ballroom BDiana Galante, [PA] • Beth Richwine • Dawn Wallace

4:30pm CDT

(Treatment: Going Big) Resurrecting della Robbia’s 'Resurrection': Challenges in the conservation of a monumental Renaissance relief Crystal Ballroom ASara Levin • Lisa Bruno, [PA] • Nicholas Pedemonti

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

6:30pm CDT

(Objects + Textiles) Reception at the Chicago History Museum Chicago History MuseumBruker Corporation • Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc.
 
Thursday, June 1
 

10:00am CDT

(Objects) Practical Evaluation and Application of Cleaning Techniques for Marble Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BRaina Chao-[PA]

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

(Research & Technical Studies) Sculpting in color: the innovative glazes of the della Robbias and followers in Renaissance Florence Regency DRichard Newman • Abigail Hykin

11:30am CDT

(Objects) The Case for Cold: Using dry ice blasting to remove lacquer coating from the King Jagiello monument in Central Park. Crystal Ballroom BMatt Reiley

12:00pm CDT

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

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

(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

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

(Objects) “Do what’s right”: The conservation of a David Hammons mud sculpture Crystal Ballroom BSasha Alexandra Drosdick • Roger Griffith • Lynda Zycherman