Paula De Cristofaro has worked in the SFMOMA Conservation Department since 1990. Prior to joining the staff at SFMOMA, she worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland Ohio. She completed the Conservation Training Program at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and was an Advanced Intern in Conservation at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. Paula was awarded the Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and Conservation in 2005-2006. Her involvement with SFMOMA projects to date include the Rauschenberg Online Scholarly Catalogue, the SFMOMA Artist Initiative (Ellsworth Kelly) and the upcoming Artist Initiative project focusing on Vija Celmins.