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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live In-Person Event on 02/11/2025 at 9:00 AM (PST)
February 11-13, 2025, The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
February 11-13, 2025
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Instructors: Elena Phipps and Nilda Callañaupa AlvarezPeruvian textiles are composed of diverse and complex structures—ranging from simple and complex braiding systems, looping and cross-looping, linking and sprang, plainweaves, supplementary weft and warp weaves, double-,triple-, quadruple- and quintuple-cloth, among others. In addition, traditions follow warp and or weft emphasis in the weave structures, all of which represent particular cultural practices. The workshop will focus on examining close-up a selection of Precolumbian textiles in the Fowler Museum, UCLA to understand their technical features. This will include identification of yarns spin directions and composition (though not fiber identification at this time), selvage types (warp or weft) and structural features including non-woven and woven constructions, both simple and complex.
Understanding the construction of Peruvian textiles enables conservators, curators and others who work with archaeological collections, to document the physical textiles. The information gleaned from this practice can contribute to decisions regarding conservation treatment and preservation initiatives, exhibition potential and systems of support, as well as contributing to studies of cultural context and association. Most Peruvian textiles in museum collections do not have provenance and documenting their physical features, normally the work of textile conservators, can help to provide invaluable information about the object.
The workshop will incorporate hands-on examination with low level magnification (ie 5-10x) as well as some higher levels (ca. 100-150x) of a selection of textiles from the Fowler Museum. To enhance the learning process, students will, in addition, practice making some of the structures, including 4-8 strand braiding, warp-faced plainweaves and doublecloth, among others. Nilda Callañaupa—master weaver from Chinchero, Peru will lead the weaving practice and provide her contemporary perspective to the textile traditions of the region.
Interested individuals must apply to participate. The registration fee for the workshop is $495 for AIC members and $594 for non-members. Financial support is available for a few workshop participants. Support can be requested in the workshop application.
Funding for this program comes from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support comes from the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) Endowment for Professional Development, which was also created by a grant from the Mellon Foundation and is supported by donations from members of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and its friends. Workshops are made possible with the assistance of many AIC members, but no AIC membership dues were used to create or present this course.
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Interested individuals must complete an application by November 26, 2024. Applications are submitted through our online application portal. When you enter the portal, you will be prompted to login to the system using a login ID and password. Please note that this system is not connected to your F/AIC profile on our general website. Notifications will be made by December 20, 2024.
Funding to support registration plus $1,000 travel stipend is available for three workshop participants. Applicants can indicate their need for funding in their workshop application. The request for funding will not be visible to the reviewers or effect the participant selection.
Criteria for review:
- Need for the content; priority will go to individuals currently working with Peruvian textiles.
- Plan for dissemination of information gained.
- The program seeks to support a diverse set of participants and will consider geographic location, place of employment, profession, and career level.
Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez
Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez is an indigenous Quechua weaver from Chinchero in the Cusco (Cuzco) region of Peru. Along with other Quechua weavers from Chinchero as well as international supporters, she helped to establish the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco (Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco) in 1996 as a non-profit organization. Since 1996, Nilda has served as director of the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco or CTTC. She has written two books on Peruvian weaving, and has co-authored a third on weaving elders of the Peruvian Andes.
Nilda holds a degree from the National University of San Antonio Abad in Cusco, 1986. She was one of the first women from her community to attend university, as during this time only men were expected to continue on to higher education. Nilda has taught internationally at museums and universities in the US and Canada, including Cornell University and the Smithsonian.
Elena Phipps
Dr. Elena Phipps is former Senior Museum Conservator in the Textile Conservation Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), where she worked for over 34 years. She is an independent textile scholar and curator, and currently teaches technical and cultural history of textiles in the Department of World Arts and Culture, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She has a doctorate in Precolumbian Art History and Archaeology from Columbia University (1989), and was President of the Textile Society of America from 2011-2014. During her time at the MMA Elena worked on conservation and technical analysis of the museum collection, and developed a strong interest in the nature of material and technical issues in the context of culture history. She was a major participant in the development of the Antonio Ratti Textile Center, the Museum’s textile study, storage and conservation facility which opened in 1995. In addition, she was a special curator of several textile exhibitions, including The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork 1430-1830, (awarded the Alfred Barr Jr. Award for best exhibition catalogue 2004-2005 from the College Art Association, and the Mitchell Prize, in 2006) and The Interwoven Globe: worldwide textile trade 1500-1800 (MMA, 2013). In 2013, she was Guest Curator for the exhibition The Peruvian Four-Selvaged Cloth: ancient threads/new directions at the Fowler Museum (UCLA) and was a curatorial consultant for the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe’s 2015 exhibition The Red that Colored the World, inspired in part by her publication Cochineal Red: the art history of a color (MMA 2010). Elena has numerous publications on textiles focusing on the relationship between materials and techniques, and culture history.
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Contains 5 Component(s) Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 01/21/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk.
Increasing awareness among museums, institutions, and tribal communities about the potential risks of pesticide contamination residues on cultural heritage collections is critical, especially with increasing Indigenous involvement in collection care and the formal repatriation of cultural heritage to Native communities. This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk. Each webinar will provide resources and examples on a specific topic, as well as opportunities for discussion and examples. By the end of the course participants will:
● Know how to prepare an institutional pesticide use history.
● Gain information about pesticide chemicals and potential for human risk.
● Participate in a review of commonly used testing and analytical techniques, with information about their limitations, sampling, and other related topics.
● Understand how to organize data and results from analysis and historical research
● Be able to convey information in a way that frames acceptable risk and tribal perspectives.Course Instructors
- Lisa Goldberg, Conservator, Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC
- Marilen Pool, Objects Conservator, Principal, Sonoran Art Conservation Services
Session 1 - Pesticide History - Tuesday January 21, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
This webinar will provide approaches and tools for preparing an institution’s pesticide use history to facilitate the process of analyzing potential contaminants and pesticides previously used on cultural heritage collections.Session 2 - Pesticide Chemicals - Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
This webinar will provide participants with a framework for understanding the chemical classes of pesticides and their persistence. Presenters will also describe how health and safety professionals assess the risks associated with human exposure to these chemicals.Session 3 – Testing and Analysis - Tuesday February 4, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
This webinar will cover the techniques and tools used to evaluate the presence of pesticides on collection items. The limitations of common techniques like pXRF and the options available for identifying organic and inorganic pesticides will be covered. Also included will be an overview of how to select and work with your testing laboratory. Finally, a case study will also be presented on the use of these techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of remediation techniques.Session 4 – Organizing Information - Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
This webinar will describe how to interpret and present results from historical research, testing, and analysis with museum, repatriation, and tribal communities.Session 5 – Risk Communication & Tribal Perspectives - Tuesday February 18, 2025 1:00-2:30 pm ET
This webinar will provide participants with information about hazard communication and solutions that may decrease human risk. Current concern among tribal communities centers on how to welcome these items home when the potential for pesticide contamination is present. Discussing tribal perspectives and evaluating acceptable risks are part of an ongoing conversation; collaboration and transparency about collection history and previous use, fair and clear interpretation of testing data, and evaluation of future intended use parameters all contribute to improved awareness of human risk.Captioning in English and Spanish is available. The program will be held using Zoom Meeting.
Registration Fee
- $99 Early Bird through January 1, 2025
- $149 Regular Fee
Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Lisa Goldberg (Moderator)
Conservator
Lisa Goldberg, Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC, is a conservator in private practice with a focus on preventive care as well as health and safety issues. She has been involved in a wide range of conservation consultations and treatment projects to help resolve issues related to exhibit, support and storage, transport and environment for individuals and institutions of many sizes. She is a member of SPNHC and AAM, and is a Fellow of AIC and IIC. As long time editor of the AIC News, she regularly works with authors and various committees to help bring publication projects to fruition. Lisa is one of the founding members of the FAIC website, Storage Techniques for Art, Science, and History Collections (www.STASHc.com) and continues to serve the project as Editor-in-Chief.
Kerith Koss Schrager
Head of Conservation
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Kerith Koss Schrager is an objects conservator and Head of Conservation at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Kerith specializes in occupational health and safety for cultural heritage workers and has degrees in both Environmental Health Sciences (2022) and Conservation (2008) from New York University. Prior to her current position, she was the owner of The Found Object Art Conservation, LLC and has also held positions with the Brooklyn Museum, Field Museum, and National Museum of Asian Art of the Smithsonian. Kerith also serves as adjunct faculty at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a former Chair of both their Health & Safety Network and Conservators in Private Practice (CIPP) Specialty Group.
Nancy Odegaard, PhD
Conservator Professor Emerita
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Nancy Odegaard served as Conservator, Head of Preservation Division at the Arizona State Museum and Professor of Anthropology, Materials Science & Engineering, Historic Preservation, and American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona from 1983 to 2021. She previously worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Peabody Museum – Harvard University, and with many museums throughout the country and internationally on special projects, conservation assessments, workshops. She has received resident scholar awards from the Fulbright Commission, Getty Conservation Institute, Winterthur Museum, ICCROM- Rome, Canadian Conservation Institute, and University of London as well as receiving an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016. Among her many publications are books including The Care and Handling of Anthropological Collections (WAAC 1991), Materials Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology (Archetype 2000, 2005, Kress Award), Old Poisons – New Problems A Museum Resource (Altamira 2005), Curating Human Remains: A Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions (Altamira 2006, Kress Award), and A Visual Dictionary of Artistic and Domestic Arts (Rowman & Littlefield 2022- American Alliance of Museums Award). She is currently Conservator Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona and continues to research, write, and conduct collaborative projects with museums and communities.
Helene Tello
Senior Conservator
Helene Tello has worked as a freelance senior conservator since 2020. Starting her career in 1980, she opened her own conservation studio in 1983. She then moved on to the Vonderau Museum in Fulda, Germany. Subsequently, she looked after the Indian collections at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany, from 1998 to mid-2020. There, she encountered the topic of pesticides formerly used on objects. She conducts research on decontamination methods of such treated cultural assets as well as safe handling of them for everyone who must deal with them. Due to the opening of museum collections to indigenous people, who started collaborating with the museums as well as repatriating their cultural assets, her many years of expertise are extremely important in our time. Her knowledge is spread out through numerous journal contributions, teaching activities and lectures at home and abroad. From May through October 2024, she was in residence at the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program. There, she conducted research on the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) as part of her Fulbright scholarship. Her research takes place against the background of debates on neocolonialism that have risen in Germany and Europe and the demands of indigenous people to museums for collaboration and restitution of their cultural assets.
Melodi McAdams
Senior Tribal Heritage Manager
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria
Melodi McAdams organizes the California Repatriation Community of Practice and the Tribally led Contamination & Repatriation Working group. She has her MA in anthropology with a focus in ethnography and 20 years of experience working for Tribal Governments and Museums on repatriation, Tribal Monitoring and cultural site protection.
David Hinkamp
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Cook County Hospital
David Hinkamp, MD, MPH (University of Michigan) is a Board-certified Occupational and Environmental Medicine specialist who has worked at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Cook County Hospital since the 1980’s
In 1988, Dr. Hinkamp helped found and direct health programs for Valerie Wellington’s Chicago Blues Coalition and later, Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation. In 1999, he founded the Health in the Arts Program at UIC School of Public Health. This program applies the Occupational Health approach to the work-related hazards in an underserved sectors of the visual and performing arts, as well as museum and collections professionals. In 2010, along with other health and safety experts, he wrote and edited the book, Health and Safety for Museum and Collections Professionals.
Dr. Hinkamp continues to work with local, national and international organizations on these issues. In 2024 he was elected President of the international Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) in London.
Ralph Froehlich
Helix Environmental, Inc
Mr. Ralph A. Froehlich, M.S., CIH, CSP, QEP, FAIHA, has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of environmental and occupational health and heads the industrial hygiene division of Helix Environmental, Inc.
Brandy Howard
Group Manager of Industrial Hygiene
Terracon
Brandy Howard, PE, CIH, CSP, is the Group Manager of Industrial Hygiene and Asbestos at Terracon’s Denver office. Brandy holds a BS in Engineering and a MS in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Brandy has been a consultant for over 15 years and works with clients in various industries to deliver cost-effective environmental, health, and safety solutions to support their operations. Brandy currently serves as the Vice Chair for the AIHA Museums and Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group and was a research partner on the Museum Poisons Test Kit project.
Jae Anderson
Heritage Conservation Scientist
Marilen Pool, PhD (Moderator)
Objects Conservator, Principal
Sonoran Art Conservation Services
Marilen Pool is an objects conservator in private practice in Tucson, Arizona. She worked for the Arizona State Museum (ASM) Preservation Division for more than 20 years as Senior Project Conservator before retiring in 2024. She holds a PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MA in Museum Studies, and is a graduate of the Sir Sanford Fleming Conservation Program in Canada. Before entering the field of conservation, Marilen worked as a Museum Curator and Director. Marilen is a former member of the AIC Health and Safety Committee. She has prepared pesticide use histories for ASM and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. She recently transposed her extensive research on pesticide chemicals used in museums for online use on Museumspests.net in a relational database.
Kate Compton-Gore
NAGPRA Training Coordinator for the National NAGPRA Program, and part of the NAGPRA team at the Museum of Northern Arizona
National NAGPRA Program
Kate Compton-Gore is the NAGPRA Training Coordinator for the National NAGPRA Program and part of the NAGPRA team at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She received here PhD from Northern Arizona University focusing on NAGPRA policy, Indigenous environmental justice, and the ongoing problem of pesticide contamination in collections. She has supported NAGPRA compliance for the past 20 years both in and out of museum settings. In her role with the National NAGPRA Program, she supports Indian Tribes, NHOs, museums, and Federal agencies through training and guidance on the revised regulations. Throughout her career, Ms. Compton-Gore actively focuses on community engagement and support. She currently volunteers as the co-facilitator of the NAGPRA Community of Practice, dedicated to decreasing misunderstanding and hesitancy and fostering relationships and healing across the field.
Whitney Petrey
Tribal Historian and Repatriation Coordinator
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
Whitney Petrey is the Tribal Historian and Repatriation Coordinator for the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake. She has worked as an archaeologist and curator for agencies, cultural resource management companies, museums, and universities. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Anthropology and with an M.A. from East Carolina University in Maritime Archaeology with an emphasis in object conservation.
Maeve Moriarty
Senior Conservation Scientist
Canadian Conservation Institute
Maeve Moriarty has been a member of the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) since 2017 and works on the analysis of heritage objects for pesticide residues. She has published numerous articles on arsenic analysis and obtaining data for risk assessments.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 01/07/2025 at 1:00 PM (EST)
January 7, 9, 14, 16, 2025, online
January 7, 9, 14, 16, 2025, online
Instructors: Olivia Bascle, Maddie Cooper, Megan Ramsey, Paige Schmidt
Coordinator: Kelly McCauley KrishPreventive conservation is the backbone of historic housekeeping and essential to the preservation of our cultural heritage. Preservation of historic homes and their contents is especially challenging as objects are often exhibited with fewer controls than in a formal museum context. This online series of four webinars will present key concepts around preventive conservation practices, which are essential in caring for these important historical sites and the objects they house.
- Session 1: Introduction to preventive conservation within historic houses
- Session 2: Mitigating deterioration in an historic house context
- Session 3: Focus on handling and maintenance of historic house collections
- Session 4: Development of policies and procedures to support preventive practices in historic houses
Registration to participate is free. The live webinar sessions will take place in Zoom and automated captions will be available.
If you are interested in participating in the in-person component of this program, find more information and apply here.
Funding for this program comes from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support comes from the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) Endowment for Professional Development, which was also created by a grant from the Mellon Foundation and is supported by donations from members of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and its friends. Workshops are made possible with the assistance of many AIC members, but no AIC membership dues were used to create or present this workshop.
Olivia Bascle
Olivia Bascle is the manager of Preventive Conservation in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s (CWF) Historic Area. Using preventive conservation practices, her team cares for over 35 original and reconstructed 18th century properties as well as collections storage and warehouse spaces. Olivia works with many departments to ensure preservation needs are considered. Through her work at CWF, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and an internship at George Mason’s Gunston Hall, Olivia has years of experience with collections care and preventive project planning. She holds a BA in Anthropology from George Mason University and completed the Heritage Emergency and Response Training in 2022 run by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and FEMA.
Maddie Cooper
Maddie Cooper is the Associate Preventive Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) where she carries out preservation surveys and assessments and facilitates educational programming. Maddie has worked with a wide range of institutional and community collections. She held roles in conservation and collections at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and the Wolfsonian-FIU prior to specializing in preventive conservation in graduate school. Through her graduate career, she interned with the Disaster Research Center, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Midwest Art Conservation Center. Maddie holds an MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, a BA in Chemistry from the University of Delaware, and a BA in Art Conservation with a minor in Art History from the University of Delaware.
Megan Ramsey
Megan Ramsey is the Collections Manager at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. In this role, Megan is responsible for organizing the first comprehensive collections catalog at the museum including the preservation, documentation and management of over 8,000 objects. Megan brings over a decade of experience in museums and a passion for improving preservation of and access to museum collections. Prior to joining EDM in 2020, Megan worked at Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii; Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia; Greenbrier Historical Society in Lewisburg, West Virginia; and the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia.
Paige Schmidt
Paige Schmidt owns and works as an objects conservator for Dogwood Workshop, LLC. She is also the Wooden Objects Conservator for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, which provides preservation and conservation support to all of the state’s parks and over 30 historic sites. Paige previously worked as an objects conservator at The Mariners’ Museum and Park, where she helped establish the museum’s current conservation program and worked collaboratively across departments to establish, update, and implement preservation policies and procedures. She holds an MA from Buffalo State University with a certificate in conservation. Her training includes internships at several historic house and living history museums, including the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Frick Collection, and Biltmore.
Kelly McCauley Krish (Moderator)
Kelly McCauley Krish is the Preventive Conservator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she helps implement preventive practices in the historic houses and fine arts museum. Prior to joining CW, she was the Senior Preventive Conservator at the National Museum Cardiff and a Preventive Conservation Specialist at the Image Permanence Institute, where she offered consulting services, research, and educational opportunities to support sustainable preservation practices. Kelly holds an MS from the University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.
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Contains 9 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/13/2024 at 2:00 PM (EST) Recorded On: 09/13/2024
Connect with your fellow members!
Our Monthly Member Meetup is a series of hour-long monthly events that we’ll host every second Friday at 2pm ET. Topics may cover sustainability, private practice, volunteering, the wiki, emergency planning, introductions to our various committees and groups, and more. Our goal is to offer you a social outlet and way to connect with other members. We welcome suggestions for topics and guest hosts! Send us your ideas at membership@culturalheritage.org. See past recordings at https://learning.culturalherit... and https://learning.culturalherit....
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The AIC Sustainability Committee is excited to announce the eighth in a series of webinars where we chat with conservators and allied professionals who are implementing changes to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings.
The AIC Sustainability Committee is excited to announce the eighth in a series of webinars where we chat with conservators and allied professionals who are implementing changes to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings.
The energy used to heat, cool, de/humidify, and light buildings is the biggest environmental impact of the cultural heritage sector. After decades of regarding one-size-fits-all, non-fluctuating indoor environmental parameters as the gold standard, the field is now questioning the value of this approach. And as the recent extreme weather and the associated risks to cultural heritage continue to remind us, the need for change is urgent.
On Friday October 25th 12:00 - 1:00 ET, join us as we speak with members of the collections care team at the New York Public Library (NYPL): Becky Fifield, Associate Director, Collections Management; Colleen Grant, Senior Collection Manager at the NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; and Deborah Straussman, Head Registrar. They will discuss how they are facilitating reduction of energy use by clarifying preservation goals and fostering active collaboration with colleagues and potential lenders to their exhibitions.
Rebecca Fifield
Senior Manager, Collection Management
New York Public Library
Rebecca Fifield is Senior Manager, Collection Management at The New York Public Library. She has over thirty years of experience working with both large and small library, art, and history collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received an M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University in 1999, where she received a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to study collections care administration. A frequent speaker on emergency preparedness and collection care topics, she is the author of "Emergency Management" in Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. A Professional Associate of AIC, Becky is former Chair of the American Institute for Conservation’s Collection Care Network and former Chair of the Alliance for Response NYC.
Colleen Grant
Senior Collection Manager at the NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
New York Public Library
Colleen Grant is the Senior Collection Manager at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Prior to joining NYPL, she was a Collections Inventory Project Leader at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She holds an M.A. in Museum Studies with a concentration in Collections Management from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Maryland. She is currently in her second term as the Social Media Chair for AIC’s Preventive Care Network.
Deborah Straussman
Head Registrar
New York Public LIbrary
Deborah Straussman is the Sr Registrar at the New York Public Library and has worked at NYPL for sixteen years. She worked at The Museum of Modern Art in the exhibitions administration department before coming to NYPL. She holds an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University, and a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Barnard College. She is an active member of the Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists, serving as the conference co-chair in 2022 and on the conference committee in 2021 and 2023.
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series of programs designed to provide information supporting our work in private practice
The officers of the Conservators in Private Practice group are pleased to announce the first in a series of programs designed to provide information supporting our work in private practice.
This first program will focus on understanding the language of government contracts and insights into the bidding process for contracts with the National Park Service and Smithsonian Institution. Our speakers will be Angela Campbell, National Park Service and Lauren Horelick, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Additional information about other government agencies who also have a contracting methodology will be reviewed briefly. We also anticipate that some of the insight into bidding will be helpful on the state and local level.
Following the presentations there will be ample time for questions and discussions.
If you cannot attend and would like to send questions in advance, please email Linnaea@theconservatorseasel.com
Lauren Horelick
Objects Conservator
National Air and Space Museum
Lauren Anne Horelick has been an objects conservator at NASM since 2012. She has a BFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute, a BA in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware, and an MA in archaeological and ethnographic conservation from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)/Getty Conservation Master’s program. Lauren completed graduate internships at the Alaska State Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. She also served as the Andrew W. Mellon Postgraduate Fellow in Objects Conservation at Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian. Lauren’s research interests include studying the effects of adhesives on cultural materials, diagnostic imaging, and exploring cross-disciplinary adaptive treatment techniques for ephemeral technological materials. Prior to becoming an objects conservator Lauren worked in the field of architectural restoration as a sculptor and mold maker.
Angela Campbell
Paper Conservator, Project Inspector
NPS Historic Architecture, Conservation, and Engineering Center
Angela Campbell is the Paper Conservator and Project Inspector at the Historic Architecture, Conservation and Engineering Center (HACE) of the National Park Service. She is responsible for the conservation and preservation of works on paper in over 80 historic homes and collections in the northeast region. Angela was previously an Assistant Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she spent seven years working in the Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation. Angela holds an MA degree and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation from Buffalo State College.
Linnaea Saunders (Moderator)
Conservator of Paintings
The Conservators Easel, LLC
Linnaea E. Saunders is a Conservator of Paintings in private practice in Los Angeles. Following her training at the Courtauld Institute of Art (1999), Linnaea worked for the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mauritshuis, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In 2007, she established her independent conservation studio, The Conservator's Easel, LLC, specializing in the treatment of easel paintings and frames. Linnaea has experience treating European, Latin American, American, and Modern and Contemporary paintings on canvas, wood panel, copper, and paperboard support. She provides services to major institutions, smaller museums and historical societies, galleries, collectors, and private individuals. Linnaea regularly hosts graduate interns in her studio as part of their training.
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Utilizing multiple teaching tools, including readings, podcasts, videos, and discussions, this course will guide participants through the development process of their Collections Management Policy.
A Collections Management Policy is a core document for any collecting institution that governs the legal and ethical requirements of the institution’s collecting practices and collections care. Writing a policy for the first time or updating a policy can be overwhelming due to the complexities of constantly changing legal and ethical requirements. Utilizing multiple teaching tools, including readings, podcasts, videos, and discussions, this course will guide participants through the development process of their Collections Management Policy. Additionally, this course will draw participant’s attention to the protection provided by a carefully written Collections Management Policy from unlawful or unethical decision making. At the end of the program, participants should feel confident to edit an existing Collections Management Policy or write a new one with a focus on those collections-related law and ethics that impact our ability to care for, use, and manage collections.
This self-study program is presented as a series of recordings of a live course offered in September 2024. Please note that any assignments are designed for enrichment only and will not be reviewed.
Course Outline
Session 1
- Date: September 17, 2024
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
- Topic: The first session of this course will focus on the different ways objects can be acquired and how the title of ownership passes to the museum.
Session 2
- Date: September 19, 2024
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
- Topic: The second session of the course will be diving deeper into special laws and ethics that can impact acquisition methods and quality of title, such as copyright or questionable provenance.
Session 3
- Date: September 24, 2024
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
- Topic: The third session will move on to non-title holding acquisitions, such as loans and temporary custody.
Session 4
- Date: September 26, 2024
- Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
- Topic: We will conclude the course with the fourth session on how to dispose of, or deaccession, objects no longer wanted by the museum.
*Please note: All meetings will be conducted using Zoom Meeting.
Coordinator/Instructor
Rebecca Kennedy has collaborated with diverse collections and cultural institutions to elevate the preservation and management of collections. Following the completion of an MA in Museum Studies from The George Washington University, Rebecca dedicated eleven years to preservation and collections management at the Smithsonian Institution before founding Curae Collections, LLC in 2018.
Rebecca contributes actively to committees within the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and Association of Registrars and Collections Specialist (ARCS), demonstrating her commitment to bolstering the cultural institutions and their workers. Additionally, she serves as an editor for the Collections Journal and imparts her knowledge as an instructor on Collections Management for the George Washington University. As a peer-reviewed Professional Associate (PA) of AIC, Rebecca garners recognition for her contributions as an allied professional within the conservation community.
Registration Fee:
- $89 USD - Self-Study
Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Rebecca Kennedy (Moderator)
Collections Care Specialist at Curae Collections Care, LLC
With nearly 15 years of experience, Rebecca has worked with a variety of collections in storage and on exhibition in diverse media. Her career began as a registrar for an historical society in Florida. After graduating with her MA in Museum Studies from The George Washington University, Kennedy worked in preservation and collections management at the Smithsonian Institution for 11 years. Her projects consisted of rehousing, exhibition installation, offsite storage management, object cataloging, deaccessioning and much more.
In 2016, Kennedy completed a training in First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC) by the International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). This FAC course expanded her impact in helping institutions prepare for and respond to emergencies and disasters. She also served on the inaugural team of the Smithsonian’s Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergency (PRICE) for two years and the steering committee for the DC Alliance for Response. She is a Professional Associate (PA) of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
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Learn about how you can participate to the fullest this Ask a Conservator Day!
Ask a Conservator Day is an opportunity to spread awareness of our field and showcase the depth of knowledge that conservators hold. In the past we’ve called for participation from conservation professionals across the field, and as we build upon the success of the event, we want to extend the opportunity to be more involved in the lead-up to Ask a Conservator Day 2024 through our ambassador program. Ambassadors help us amplify the message about Ask a Conservator Day throughout the field as well as to their wider networks.
Learn about our ambassador program and how to participate in Ask a Conservator Day and discuss ideas and questions about participating with FAIC Outreach Manager Katelin Lee and our colleagues at Resnicow and Associates.
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Contains 6 Component(s) Recorded On: 06/13/2024
Learn about new processes and improvements with the AIC Wiki
The Wiki Working Group welcomes AIC Wiki editors and users to an open discussion. Learn about new processes and improvements with the AIC Wiki, as well as technical hurdles we are addressing, then discuss your own experiences and ideas. This will be a quarterly meeting, and will be recorded for those who can't join live.
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Contains 5 Component(s) Recorded On: 06/04/2024
June 4, 1 p.m. ET via Zoom
Join the board and executive director for a summary of our activities and financials and hear about plans for the future.
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