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Sian Pirnie

The Conservation Center
Associate Objects Conservator
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, May 30
 

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

12:15pm CDT

(Opening General Session) Open Discussion Regency Ballroom

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) The Conservation of Della Robbia Sculpture: An Exhibition as Initiator of Work Crystal Ballroom BAbigail Hykin

2:30pm CDT

(Objects) The Comprehensive Re-Treatment of a Renaissance Terracotta Altarpiece by Benedetto Buglioni Crystal Ballroom BRachel C. Sabino-[PA]

3:00pm CDT

(Objects) Truth Versus Beauty: Maintaining visual unity in the treatment of Florentine polychrome terracotta sculpture Crystal Ballroom BAnthony Sigel

3:15pm CDT

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

4:00pm CDT

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

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

(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

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

(Objects) Carbon fiber fabric and its potential for use in objects conservation Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli

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

(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

(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

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 Beltran • Carolyn Carta • Art Kaplan • Joy Mazurek • Kristen McCormick • Michael R. Schilling

4:05pm CDT

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

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

(Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) Development of Cleaning Treatments for Asian Lacquer Crystal Ballroom BMarianne Webb • Herant Khanjian • Michael R. Schilling
 
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

(Objects) Well that didn't work, now what? - Stain Reduction on a 10th-century Iranian Ceramic Crystal Ballroom BClaire Cuyaubère • Ellen Salzman Chase

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

2:00pm CDT

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

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

(Objects) New Technologies Applied to Restore a Nineteenth-century Wax Medardo Rosso Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BLluïsa Sàrries-Zgonc

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

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