Conservators in Private Practice Meeting: Government Contracting

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.