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Suzanne R. Schnepp, [PA]

Art Institute of Chicago
Conservator of Objects
Chicago, IL
Websiteartic.edu
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

10:50am 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

2:00pm CDT

(Electronic Media) The Ballad of Little Bill: Collaboration in Time-Based Media Conservation ComiskeyAriel O'Connor-[PA] • Daniel Finn (Objects) The Conservation of Della Robbia Sculpture: An Exhibition as Initiator of Work Crystal Ballroom BAbigail Hykin

2:30pm CDT

(Electronic Media) Digital Preservation Actions as Interventive Conservation Treatments at the Smithsonian ComiskeyCrystal Sanchez • Briana Feston-Brunet (Objects) The Comprehensive Re-Treatment of a Renaissance Terracotta Altarpiece by Benedetto Buglioni Crystal Ballroom BRachel C. Sabino-[PA]

3:00pm CDT

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

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

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
 
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] (Wooden Artifacts) Count Lamberg’s Roman Table in The Rijksmuseum AcapulcoJan Dorscheid • Arie Pappot

8:45am CDT

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

9:00am CDT

(Electronic Media) Obsolescent Technology: The viability of the cathode ray tube used in art ComiskeySara Moy • Raphaele Shirley (Objects) Carbon fiber fabric and its potential for use in objects conservation Crystal Ballroom BCarolyn Riccardelli (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

(Electronic Media) Framing the Jones Buffer: Documenting the History and Preservation of an Iconic Image-Processing Tool ComiskeyAthena Christa Holbrook (Objects) So Delicate, yet So Strong: The Use of Paper in Objects Conservation Crystal Ballroom BPaula Artal-Isbrand (Wooden Artifacts) A New Tool for the Traditional Toolbox AcapulcoAlton Bowman-[PA]

10:30am CDT

(Electronic Media) (Not) Freaking Out Over the Videofreex: Preserving a Video Collective Archive ComiskeyKristin MacDonough • Tom Colley (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

(Electronic Media) Overcoming your control issues—Arduinos as an emulation strategy ComiskeyMartina Haidvogl • Sasha Dobbs (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

(Electronic Media) Demonstration & Discussion: Open Source Hardware and Media Conservation ComiskeySasha Dobbs • Mark Hellar (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

(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: 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]

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

4:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) That Poor Cousin of Treatment: Documentation and Possibilities for Simple Innovation Regency A-BCybele Tom (Treatment: Going Big) Resurrecting della Robbia’s 'Resurrection': Challenges in the conservation of a monumental Renaissance relief Crystal Ballroom ASara Levin • Lisa Bruno, [PA] • Nicholas Pedemonti

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

(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]

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

(Electronic Media) New Research and Developments in the Conservation of Computer-based Art ComiskeyJoanna Phillips • Deena Engel (Objects) Well that didn't work, now what? - Stain Reduction on a 10th-century Iranian Ceramic Crystal Ballroom BClaire Cuyaubère • Ellen Salzman Chase (Research & Technical Studies) Sculpting in color: the innovative glazes of the della Robbias and followers in Renaissance Florence Regency DRichard Newman • Abigail Hykin

11:30am CDT

(Electronic Media) Establishing a workflow for the preservation of software-based artworks ComiskeyPatricia Falcao • Tom Ensom • Dragan Espenschied • Klaus Rechert (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

(Electronic Media) Do You Hear What I Hear? Documentation and Assessment of Aural Elements in Media Installation Art ComiskeyAmy Brost (Objects) Treatment of two badly damaged Egyptian Mummies and Associated Wooden Coffins Crystal Ballroom BJ P. Brown • Mimi Leveque • Morgan Nau

2:30pm CDT

(Electronic Media) SFMOMA’s Mediawiki: Prototyping a new object record ComiskeyMartina Haidvogl • Rachael Faust (Objects) Sitting Pretty: Collaborative Treatment of an early Yayoi Kusama Soft-Sculpture Chair Crystal Ballroom BFran Baas • Laura Eva Hartman (Wooden Artifacts) Old Meets New: Consolidation Techniques AcapulcoElizabeth Peirce

3:00pm CDT

(Electronic Media) The David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base: A Wiki-based Solution for Conservation and Exhibition Documentation ComiskeyDeena Engel • Glenn Wharton (Objects) New Technologies Applied to Restore a Nineteenth-century Wax Medardo Rosso Sculpture Crystal Ballroom BLluïsa Sàrries-Zgonc (Wooden Artifacts) Conservation and Analysis of a Pair of Qing Dynasty Lacquer Clothes Wardrobes in the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art AcapulcoWei Kao • Kelly M Conlin • Kate Duffy • Barbara Fisher • Hiromi Kinoshita • Peggy Olley • Beth A. Price • Behrooz Salimnejad-[PA]

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, [PA] • Michal Mikesell • Emily Nabasny (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

(Electronic Media) Finding logic within integrated circuits: the restoration of Stephan von Huene's Tap Dancer ComiskeyJulie Wolfe • Coleman Wood (Objects) “Do what’s right”: The conservation of a David Hammons mud sculpture Crystal Ballroom BSasha Alexandra Drosdick • Roger Griffith • Lynda A. Zycherman