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Rebecca L. Vodehnal

The Conservation Center
Conservator of Paintings
Chicago, IL
Websitetheconservationcenter.com
Sunday, May 28
 

8:30am CDT

Approaches to the Conservation of Contemporary MuralsFILLING Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWERWill Shank, [Fellow] • Leslie Rainer, [PA] • Rahmaan Barnes • Astrid Fuller • Olivia Gude • Jeff Huebner • Nancy Plax • Jon Pounds • Steve Weaver • John Pitman Weber • Bernard Williams • Caryl Yasko • Voices in Contemporary Art • Golden Artist Colors • National Endowment for the Humanities • ICOM-CC Murals • Nova Color Artists' Acrylic Paint
 
Monday, May 29
 

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

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

(Architecture + Wooden Artifacts) Aimee Spencer Gorham’s Wood Marquetry of the Pacific Northwest Crystal Ballroom ANina M. Olsson • Suzana Radivojevic

3:00pm CDT

(Textiles) The Characterization of ‘Foxing’ on Textiles Crystal Ballroom CSophia Zweifel

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm CDT

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) A Preliminary Investigation into Aquazol® as an Alternative Lining Adhesive for Paintings Regency C-DBlair Bailey • Raymond Aso • Richard Campbell • Ben Dawson • Nicola Grimaldi • Kallum Moses • Dr. Roger Penlington • Dr. Charis Theodorakopoulos

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

(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

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

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

9:30am CDT

(Architecture) Research, Encapsulation and Replication of the Original 1844 Trompe l’oeil Apse Mural in the ‘Old Whaler’s Church, Sag Harbor, NY. Crystal Ballroom AGeoffrey Steward • Mary Aldrich

10:30am CDT

(Paintings) Tips Session Regency C

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

(Architecture) Beyond Treatment: Monitoring before during and after conservation of the mural, América Tropical, by David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1932 Crystal Ballroom ALeslie Rainer, [PA] • Kiernan Graves

2:00pm CDT

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

2:05pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

(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 • Matthew J. Eckelman • Michael C. Henry • Cindie Kehlet • Chris McGlinchey • Carolyn Tomkiewicz, [PA]

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall 084. (Paintings) Lifting the Microfiber Veil: Utilizing Evolon fabric at the Mauritshuis to remove aged varnish from Hendrick Heerschop's A Visit to the Doctor Riverside West Exhibit HallJulie Ribits

4:05pm CDT

(Treatment: Going Big) Textiles as Architecture: Raising a Royal Persian Tent Crystal Ballroom ARobin Hanson-[Fellow]

4:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) That Poor Cousin of Treatment: Documentation and Possibilities for Simple Innovation Regency A-BCybele Tom

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
 

10:00am CDT

(Paintings) Our Lady of Mercy: the discovery of a hanging scroll painting by José Gil de Castro Regency CMonica Perez

10:30am CDT

(Paintings) Color Field Paintings and Sun-bleaching: An approach for removing stains in unprimed canvas Regency CJay Krueger • Holly Krueger, [Fellow] • Julia Langenbacher • Thomas Learner • Alan Phenix-[PA]

11:00am CDT

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

11:30am CDT

(Paintings) When the Dog Bites: Tear Mending a Large Steven Parrino Painting Following a Dog Attack Regency CLaura Eva Hartman

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) Treatment of two badly damaged Egyptian Mummies and Associated Wooden Coffins Crystal Ballroom BJ P. Brown • Mimi Leveque • Morgan Nau

2:30pm CDT

(Paintings) Conservators as Collaborators: working with artist Dan Colen Regency CSuzanne Siano (Wooden Artifacts) Old Meets New: Consolidation Techniques AcapulcoElizabeth Peirce

3:00pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Stability of Polyvinyl Butyral Polymers with Light Exposure Regency DDavid Thomas • Matthew L. Clarke • Blythe McCarthy

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

(Paintings) A Colonial Portrait and a Mystery Regency CRustin Levenson-[Fellow] • Emily MacDonald Korth
 
Friday, June 2
 

9:00am CDT

G.C. Laser Cleaning Workshop CSOS Inc.Bartosz A. Dajnowski