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Skyler Jenkins

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Assistant Objects Conservator
Richmond, VA
Skyler Jenkins is an Assistant Objects Conservator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and the Vice Chair of the Archaeological Heritage Network. She previously held postgraduate positions as an NEH fellow at the VMFA and a Kress Fellow in Archaeological Conservation at Colonial Williamsburg. Skyler is a 2020 graduate of the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program additionally has worked and interned at the Arizona State Museum, Benaki Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, Penn Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, as well as archaeological projects in Arizona, Virginia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.
Monday, May 29
 

2:00pm CDT

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

4:00pm CDT

STASH FLASH IV Michigan 1A-BRachael Arenstein • Lisa Goldberg

5:30pm CDT

A Facilitated Conversation about Inclusion and Equity in Conservation and PreservationFILLING Field Museum - Lecture Room 2Lisa Marie Pickens • Nikhil Trivedi • Manju Rajendran • Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation (ANAGPIC) • Suzanne Deal Booth • Concerned Conservators • Equity and Inclusion Working Group • Tru Vue 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 • 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

1:00pm CDT

ECPN Informational Meeting ColumbianRebecca Gridley • Michelle Sullivan

2:00pm CDT

(Collection Care) Unhappy couples: degradation of microscope slides due to their mounting media Plaza BallroomMariana Di Giacomo

2:30pm CDT

(Collection Care) Environmental performance assessments of packing cases employed by the J. Paul Getty Museum Plaza BallroomVincent Beltran • Rita Gomez • Kevin Marshall (Objects) The Comprehensive Re-Treatment of a Renaissance Terracotta Altarpiece by Benedetto Buglioni Crystal Ballroom BRachel C. Sabino-[PA] (Textiles) Identification of skins in a Chewa dance garment from Malawi using DNA sequencing Crystal Ballroom CAnne Peranteau

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 (Electronic Media) The Role of Conservation Treatment in a Mass-Digitisation Program ComiskeyFelicity Corkill, [PA] (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

3:30pm CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

4:00pm CDT

(Textiles) Oh, Bother: The Conservation of Winnie the Pooh and Friends Crystal Ballroom CAlison Castaneda

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

(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

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 (Photographic Materials) Current Trends and Collaborations among Heritage Institutions in Latin America: Results of the APOYOnline 1st Heritage Preservation Regional Conference and Workshop on Photographic Conservation... Michigan 1A-BBeatriz Haspo • Debbie Hess Norris-[Fellow] • Amparo Rueda

8:45am CDT

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

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 (Objects) Carbon fiber fabric and its potential for use in objects conservation Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli (Paintings) The Monopoli Altarpiece: rediscovery and recovery of a Cretan-Venetian masterpiece Regency CCaitlin Breare (Wooden Artifacts) Interpreting Thonet: Treatment of a Gebrüder Thonet Bentwood Rocking Chair AcapulcoPaige Schmidt • Jiuan Jiuan Chen-[PA] • Aaron Shugar • Jonathan Thornton

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

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Characterization of Aniline Dyes in Colored Papers of Jose Posada’s Prints Using (ToF-SIMS)... Regency A-BStacey Kelly • Ashley Ellsworth • Jenny K. Hedlund • Jodie Lee Utter • Amy Walker (Objects) Local Treatment for Outdoor Painted Metal Sculptures: designing Suitable Paints for Retouching Crystal Ballroom BNikki van Basten • Ulysses Jackson • Rachel Rivenc

1:00pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) A Pole with a Story: Innovative Conservation and Documentation of an American Indian Story Pole Regency C-DLesley A. Day • J. Claire Dean • Ellen Pearlstein (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] (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]

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 011. (Book and Paper) Moth Larvae Infestation of Books and Materials from Syracuse University Libraries Riverside West Exhibit HallMarianne S. Hanley 017. (Book and Paper) Acid Transport through Mylar Encapsulation Riverside West Exhibit HallDr. Patricia McGuiggan • Andrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • William Minter 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 020. (Book and Paper) Cellulose Acetate Lamination: Composition and Condition Riverside West Exhibit HallMolly McGath • Jenn Foltz Cruickshank • Andrea KI Hall • Vicki L. Lee • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan • Emily Rezes 030. (Objects) Conservation in Miniature: The merger of museum object and historic interior in the treatment of a Victorian era dollhouse Riverside West Exhibit HallSarah Giffin 031. (Objects) Under close observation – a pilot study monitoring change in objects’ conditions Riverside West Exhibit HallVincent Beltran • Ashley Freeman • Foekje Boersma • Jim Druzik • Michał Lukomski • Joel Taylor 032. (Objects) Treatment of a Shattered Bark Basket from Australia Riverside West Exhibit HallMarci Jefcoat Burton 034. (Objects) NAGPRA and Conservation: Documenting Repatriation Materials from the Perspective of a Conservation Professional Riverside West Exhibit HallDr. Elyse Canosa • Dr. Nancy Odegaard 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 039. (Objects) What makes the white in white-on-red ware? A study of two white-on-red Etruscan pithoi. Riverside West Exhibit HallSara Levin • Lynn Lee • Jeffrey Maish 040. (Objects) Investigation of Gold Residues on Glazed Renaissance Sculpture: Gilding the Virtues Riverside West Exhibit HallAbigail Hykin • Casey Mallinckrodt 042. (Objects) Treatment and Reconstruction of a Badly Damaged Hopi Katsina Doll Made of Gourd Riverside West Exhibit HallHayley Monroe 044. (Objects) Applying Fills to Losses in a Flexible Polyurethane Foam Chair at the Museum of Modern Art Riverside West Exhibit HallAlexandra Nichols 045. (Objects) The USS Monitor gun carriages: treatment steps and innovations for the conservation of complex composite artifacts Riverside West Exhibit HallWilliam Hoffman • Elsa Sangouard • Kathleen M. Sullivan 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 059. (Research and Technical Studies) Cutting Edge Technologies in Non-invasive Organic Analytical Techniques Riverside West Exhibit HallAmanda Jones 061. (Objects) Corn and Tobacco Residue: Development of Protocol for Sampling and Analysis Riverside West Exhibit HallWendy Lindsey • Dr. Nancy Odegaard 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 077. (Collection Care) Microorganisms inhabiting our collections Riverside West Exhibit HallMaria Camila Patiño • Ada Echávez • Daniel Dorado Gaviria • John Simmons 088. (Objects) The Royal Treatment: Conservation of Archaeological Material from Revolutionary War Vessel ROYAL SAVAGE Riverside West Exhibit HallShanna Daniel • Kate Morrand 095. (Book and Paper) Conservation of evidence: Howard Carter's journals the Morning post and Egyptian Gazette Riverside West Exhibit HallNagm El Deen Morshed Hamza 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

4:05pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) Cross Platform Use of iPads in Stained Glass Conservation Treatment & Documentation Regency A-BAriana Makau • Greer Ashman • Chloe Castro (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 (Treatment: Going Big) Textiles as Architecture: Raising a Royal Persian Tent Crystal Ballroom ARobin Hanson-[Fellow]

4:30pm CDT

(Treatment: Don't Go it Alone) Re-exhibiting Akeley Mounts at the Field Museum, Chicago Regency C-DLisa Goldberg • Thomas Gnoske • Ronald Harvey • Shelley Reisman Paine

6:30pm CDT

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

10:00am CDT

(Electronic Media) The Conservation of Light: Managing a Collection of Light-Based Artwork ComiskeyAbigail Duckor • Charlotte Eng • Terry Schaffer (Objects) Practical Evaluation and Application of Cleaning Techniques for Marble Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BRaina Chao-[PA] (Wooden Artifacts) Conservation of The Immaculate Concepcion at San Xavier del Bac AcapulcoMatilde Rubio, [PA] • Timothy L. Lewis

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] (Wooden Artifacts) Manufacture and Treatment study of Coffin and mummy Cartonnage, at Egyptian Museum in Cairo AcapulcoMohammed A. Hussein • Rania El-Atfy • Randa El Helw • Moamen Othman • Sabah Abdel Razek • Eman H. Zidan

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 (Textiles) Sublime Applications: Creating an Efficient Cyclododecane Barrier on Textiles Crystal Ballroom CGennifer Majors (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

(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 (Wooden Artifacts) Wood Working Tools as Art AcapulcoJonathan Thornton

12:00pm CDT

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

1:00pm CDT

Collection Care Idea Fair TorontoCollection Care Network • Tru Vue

2:00pm CDT

(Objects) Treatment of two badly damaged Egyptian Mummies and Associated Wooden Coffins Crystal Ballroom BJP Brown • Mimi Leveque • Morgan Nau (Research & Technical Studies) Minimally invasive sampling for the analysis of proteins from solids and surfaces Regency DDan Kirby

2:30pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Conservation Science in Early Twentieth Century India: Dr. S. Paramasivan and the Chemical Conservation Laboratory at the Madras Government Museum Regency DSanchita Balachandran-[Fellow] (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 (Objects) New Technologies Applied to Restore a Nineteenth-century Wax Medardo Rosso Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BLluïsa Sàrries-Zgonc (Research & Technical Studies) Stability of Polyvinyl Butyral Polymers with Light Exposure Regency DDavid Thomas • Matthew L. Clarke • Blythe McCarthy

3:30pm CDT

(Electronic Media) Repair, Replace, and Re-make: Negotiating/Navigating the Conservation Treatment of Ann Hamilton’s 'at hand' ComiskeyBriana Feston-Brunet • Drew Doucette • Stephanie Lussier • Michal Mikesell • Emily Nabasny

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
 
Friday, June 2
 

9:30am CDT

Field Museum Anthropology Labs and StorageFILLING Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER