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Robert Alan Watson

Watson Fine Art Conservation
Conservator
Santa Cruz, CA

Sunday, May 28
 

12:30pm CDT

Afternoon at the University of Chicago with Reception at the Smart Art Museum without Robie HouseLIMITED Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER
 
Monday, May 29
 

9:30am CDT

Effectively Using Portable IR and Raman Instruments for Art Object AnalysisFULL Michigan 1A-BFrancesca Casadio • Tom Tague

2:00pm CDT

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

6:30pm CDT

Architecture River CruiseFILLING Tour Departure Area - Crystal Foyer At the Hyatt Regency WEST TOWER
 
Tuesday, May 30
 

8:15am CDT

(Opening General Session) Welcome and Awards Presentation (Part 1) Regency BallroomPamela Hatchfield

9:00am CDT

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

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

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

11:40am CDT

(Opening General Session) Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Regency BallroomKarl Buchberg

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 (Collection Care) Environmental performance assessments of packing cases employed by the J. Paul Getty Museum Plaza BallroomVincent Beltran • Rita Gomez • Kevin Marshall (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 (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

(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

(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

10:00am CDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Riverside West Exhibit Hall

10:30am CDT

(Book & Paper + Research & Technical Studies) - Revisiting paper pH determination: 40 years of evolving practice in the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Laboratory Regency A-BCindy Connelly Ryan • Eric Breitung • Lynn Brostoff • Michele Youket (Paintings) Tips Session Regency C

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

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] (Unique Objects/Unique Treatment) The 40 year conservation story of Bruce Conner’s CHILD Crystal Ballroom BMegan Randall • Roger Griffith

2:30pm CDT

(Beyond Treatment) Active conservation treatments and virtual retouching: what do people actually see? Regency A-BWilliam Wei

3:30pm CDT

005. (Book and Paper) Analysis of synthetic dyes and the Treatment of 1910's - 1950's Historic Chinese Wedding Documents Riverside West Exhibit HallPaul CW Chan • Edward Chun-Yiu Law • Angela Wai-Sum Liu 028. (Book and Paper) Necessity is the mother of invention – DIY iron (II) test paper Riverside West Exhibit HallCyntia Karnes-[PA] • Yasmeen Khan • Julie Biggs • Claire Dekle • Susan Peckham-[PA] 041. (Collection Care) The Emergence of the Science of Botany: Preservation of Personal Herbaria Riverside West Exhibit HallOlga Souza Marder • Kelsey Osborn Miller • Catherine Stephens 049. (Paintings) 'Rutabaga: In: The Sky' – Creative Solutions to Modern Treatment Problems Riverside West Exhibit HallStephanie Barnes • Craig Huzway • Antje Neumann • Jia-sun Tsang 052. (Paintings) Alternative methodology for traditional interventions: Loose lining in colonial paintings Riverside West Exhibit HallDamasia Gallegos • Ana Morales • Dolores González Pondal 056. (Book and Paper) From Scroll to Panel and Back Again: Changing Formats and the Challenges They Pose When Remounting Asian Paintings. Riverside West Exhibit HallSara Ribbans 059. (Research and Technical Studies) Cutting Edge Technologies in Non-invasive Organic Analytical Techniques Riverside West Exhibit HallAmanda Jones 083. (Research and Technical Studies) The Bay Area Conservation Science Initiative Riverside West Exhibit HallElise Effmann Clifford • Elizabeth S. Peña • Susan Roberts-Manganelli 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

6:30pm CDT

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

10:00am CDT

(Book & Paper) Challenging the Myths Surrounding Paul Gauguin’s “Little Marvels” Regency A-BMary Broadway, [PA] • Harriet K. Stratis-[PA] (Paintings) Our Lady of Mercy: the discovery of a hanging scroll painting by José Gil de Castro Regency CMonica Perez

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 (Research & Technical Studies) Early intervention for At-Risk 21st Century Fugitive Media Regency DFenella France • Chris Bolser • Meghan A. Wilson

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]

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
 
Friday, June 2
 

9:30am CDT

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