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Robin P. Croskery Howard

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
Conservator
Fort Myers, FL
Websiteahtahthiki.com
Robin P. Croskery Howard is the Objects Conservator for the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Reservation in Southern Florida. Her Master’s Degree is in Maritime Studies, with a concentration in the conservation of waterlogged material objects, from East Carolina University.
Sunday, May 28
 

4:00pm CDT

River North Walking Tour and Pub CrawlLIMITED Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER
 
Monday, May 29
 

8:30am CDT

Building Emergency Response SkillsFILLING AcapulcoSusan Duhl, [PA] • Robert Herskovitz, [PA] • Ann Frellsen • Emergency Committee • National Heritage Responders

5:30pm CDT

ECPN Happy Hour The Conservation Center
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

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 • 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

2:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Less is More Regency A-BAdam Novak • Daria Keynan

2:30pm CDT

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

3:00pm CDT

(Collection Care) Evaluation of climate control in Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History – energy consumption and risk assessment Plaza BallroomLukasz Bratasz • Richard Boardman • Susan Butts • Catherine Sease • Stefan Simon • Nathan Utrup • Tim White

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

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) Exposing Graffiti in George Washington’s Cupola Crystal Ballroom ASteven Stuckey

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
 

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 Arenstein • Elisheva Kamaisky

9:00am CDT

(Architecture) The Perfect Room: The Restoration of the Old Senate Chamber at the Maryland State House, Annapolis Maryland Crystal Ballroom ADavid C. Overholt

9:30am CDT

(Photographic Materials) A Pilot Project to treat photogravures on Gampi paper from Edward Curtis' 'The North American Indian' Michigan 1A-BRachel Danzing, [PA] • Ann Baldwin

10:30am CDT

(Objects) Archaeological Glass Conservation: Comparative approaches & practicalities of using acrylic resin films as gap fills Crystal Ballroom BJan Cutajar • Hana Bristow (Wooden Artifacts) Understanding Currently Accepted Practice: Wood fills and conservation material decision-making AcapulcoMegan Narvey

11:00am CDT

(Architecture) Conservation in Context: Considerations in Treatment Planning in Relation to the Safety of Conservators and the General Public Crystal Ballroom ABeata Sasinska

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

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

2:30pm CDT

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) How important is knowing the ropes? Thoughts on the ethics and practice of conserving ship model rigging Crystal Ballroom BDavina Kuh Jakobi

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]

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: 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

(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
 
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

(Wooden Artifacts) Preservation of the Endangered Cultural Assets of the Traditional Egyptian Storyteller's Heritage and its Instruments and Tools AcapulcoDr. Hany Hanna

11:30am CDT

(Architecture) A Comparative Study of Sacrificial anti-graffiti Coatings for Outdoor Marble Crystal Ballroom AJason Church • Dorothy Cheng (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

2:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Re-engineering Broken Book Spines Regency A-BJana Dambrogio, [PA] • Katherine Beattie • Brien Beidler • Emily Hishta Cohen • Ayako Letizia • Mary Uthuppuru

2:30pm CDT

(Wooden Artifacts) Old Meets New: Consolidation Techniques AcapulcoElizabeth Peirce

3:00pm CDT

(Architecture) Solid CO2 Cleaning and Patina Preservation: Case studies in aluminum and bronze Crystal Ballroom AElizabeth Beesley, [PA] • Mark Rabinowitz, [Fellow] • Joseph Sembrat

3:30pm CDT

(Objects) The case of the Hydrating Hydra: examination and treatment of a Blaschka glass invertebrate model Crystal Ballroom BN. Astrid R. Van Giffen-[PA]

4:00pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Revealing the text and folds in 17th-century locked letters Regency DJana Dambrogio, [PA] • Dr. Graham Davis • Dr. David Mills