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Sara J. Wohler

Kuniej Berry Associates
Assistant Paintings Conservator
Chicago, IL
Sara Wohler is an Assistant Paintings Conservator at Kuniej Berry Associates in Chicago. There, she is actively involved in the research, documentation, and treatment of paintings that range from old masters to contemporary works. She earned her Post Graduate Degree in Easel Paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2015. Sara has had the good fortune to be mentored by many skilled conservators at the following internships: IMA Scholar at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Collaborative Internship at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Kuniej Berry Associates, and Chicago History Museum.
Monday, May 29
 

1:00pm CDT

CIPP Seminar: Using Innovative Tools to Enhance Your Business Michigan 1C Managing Risk: Conservators who care for collections - are you insured inside and out? ColumbianSameena Merchant • Ever Song • Ms Casey Wigglesworth

2:00pm CDT

Scholarly Writing for Conservation Michigan 1A-BMichele Derrick • Robin Hanson-[Fellow] • Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez • Ellen Pearlstein
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

9:00am CDT

(Opening General Session) Revision & Reflection; The Conservation/Restoration project of the Ghent Altarpiece Regency BallroomBart Devolder

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

12:30pm CDT

Protecting the World’s Cultural Heritage: Identifying and Protecting Looted Artifacts AcapulcoDawn Rogala, [Fellow] • L. Burgess • Oya Topcuoglu

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

(Book & Paper) Reducing agent tertbutylamine borane complex and its use in stain reduction on paper-based artifacts Regency A-BCrystal Maitland (Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Re-examining Old Findings and Inferences: The Study of a Magus at a Table by Jan Lievens Regency C-DShan Kuang

3:00pm CDT

(Book & Paper) Removing Oil from Paper: A Collaborative Conservation Challenge Regency A-BHolly Herro • Wendy Cowan • Scott Webster Nolley • Kristi Wright (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 (Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) A Confusion of Colors: Yellow and red pigments in the decorative scheme of the tablinum in the House of the Bicentenary at the archaeological site of Herculaneum Regency C-DLeslie Rainer, [PA] • Kiernan Graves • Gilberto Artioli • Arlen Heginbotham • Francesca Piqué • Michele Secco

4:00pm CDT

(Objects) Tempting Fate: Lessons Learned from the Treatment of Giovanni della Robbia's Adam and Eve Crystal Ballroom BGregory Bailey, [PA] (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

(Paintings + Research & Technical Studies) Gecko-inspired µ-Dusters for Cleaning: Ongoing Research and Potential for Art Conservation Regency C-DCynthia Schwarz • Hadi Izadi • Kyle Vanderlick

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

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

(Objects) To B-72 or Not To B-72? Alternative Adhesives for Archaeological Ceramics Crystal Ballroom BRachael Perkins Arenstein-[PA] • Elisheva Kamaisky (Paintings) Altered States: Conservation of the Ayala Altarpiece Regency CJulie Simek, [PA]

9:00am CDT

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

9:30am CDT

(Paintings) Mapping a way forward: Bringing an artwork back from self-destruction Regency CPer Knutås-[PA] • Samantha Springer

9:40am CDT

(Sustainability) Students for Sustainability in Conservation Plaza BallroomCaitlin Christena Southwick

10:30am CDT

(Paintings) Tips Session Regency C

11:30am CDT

(Paintings) Business Meeting Regency CNoelle Ocon-[PA]

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 (Treatment: Going Big) Go Big or Go Home: Broader Considerations in the Treatment of Oversize Objects at the Art Institute of Chicago Crystal Ballroom ARachel C. Sabino-[PA]

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: Going Big) Puvis de Chavannes’ Philosophy: Condition Issues and Strategies for the Removal of a Severely Detached Mural, its Conservation Treatment and Remounting Crystal Ballroom AGianfranco Pocobene • Ian Hodkinson (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

(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

4:55pm 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

(Paintings) Reception at the Union League Club Union League ClubLighting Services Inc • Artex Fine Art Services
 
Thursday, June 1
 

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

(Paintings) Conservation of Alexander Calder’s Last Work Mexico #3: The cross-disciplinary treatment supported by SEM and TEM paint cross section analysis using focus ion beam (FIB) sample preparation Regency CSara J. Wohler • Ralph Wiegandt

2:30pm CDT

(Paintings) Conservators as Collaborators: working with artist Dan Colen Regency CSuzanne Siano

3:00pm CDT

(Paintings) Conserving the Paintings of Romaine Brooks Regency CTiarna M. Doherty, [PA] (Research & Technical Studies) Stability of Polyvinyl Butyral Polymers with Light Exposure Regency DDavid Thomas • Matthew L. Clarke • Blythe McCarthy

3:30pm CDT

(Paintings) What the Folk Happened to Kitty James and other Folk Tales Regency CNina Roth-Wells (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 (Research & Technical Studies) Revealing the text and folds in 17th-century locked letters Regency DJana Dambrogio, [PA] • Dr. Graham Davis • Dr. David Mills