AIC 53rd Annual Meeting

AIC 53rd Annual Meeting

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2:00pm CDT

(Architecture) Solution from Nature: Psyllium Husk as a Biological Amendment for Soil-based Shelter Coat Protection of Earthen Heritage Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJiwen Fan • Jiwen Fan (Book and Paper) A Decade in America: A 10 year race to prepare the 1960s Census Enumeration District Maps for digitization Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSaira Haqqi • Sonya Barron • Saira Haqqi (Contemporary Art + CAN!/VoCa) Direct Approaches to Complex Situations: Collaborating to Display Contemporary Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Hyatt Regency MinneapolisKristal Hale • Kristal Hale (Electronic Media) I’m Gonna Be (5000 Carriers): Success Rates and Predictors in Digital Media Preservation Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJess Whyte • Jess Whyte (Objects) New African Masquerades: Flexible mounts for a collaborative exhibition Hyatt Regency MinneapolisIngrid Seyb • Ingrid Seyb (Paintings) Case studies in Collaboration: 17th century painting workshops to 21st century conservation studios Hyatt Regency MinneapolisNikita Shah • Herant Khanjian • Joy Mazurek • Catherine Schmidt Patterson • Kari Rayner • Nikita Shah (Photographic Materials) Application of High-Resolution Multispectral Imaging Systems for the Very-Long-Term Monitoring of Degradation Over Time of Photographs, Paintings, Fabrics, Documents, Books, and Other Cultural... Hyatt Regency MinneapolisHenry Wilhelm • Ken Boydston • Henry Wilhelm (Preventive Care) Meeting in the Middle: Best Practices and Practical Actions Unite in Community Collaboration Hyatt Regency MinneapolisKatie Risseeuw • Katie Risseeuw (Research & Technical Studies) A multi-disciplinary solution for the problem of lead corrosion in organ pipes Hyatt Regency MinneapolisW. (Bill) Wei • Mateusz Sluszkiewicz • W. (Bill) Wei (Textiles) Facing the Unknown Together: Conservation of Mexican Costume Collection by Pedro Loredo Hyatt Regency MinneapolisZulema Paz Rodriguez • Alejandra Flores Paredes • Alejandra Flores Paredes • Zulema Paz Rodriguez

2:30pm CDT

(Architecture) Heat, Humidity, and Pressure: Leveraging Techniques from Other Disciplines to Preserve Graffiti and Architectural Paints at a Historic Prison Museum Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMeris Westberg • Meris Westberg (Book and Paper) Archivists and Conservators: An Unlikely Love Story Hyatt Regency MinneapolisLaura McCann • Weatherly A. Stephan • Laura McCann • Weatherly A. Stephan (Contemporary Art + CAN!/VoCa)Mud Musings: Changing Systems and Ideas in Robert Rauschenberg’s Sound-Activated Artworks Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMy Bundgaard • Caroline Carlsmith • My Bundgaard • Caroline Carlsmith • Tora Hederus (Electronic Media) Machine Learning in Art: Tools, Techniques, and Implications for Conservation Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDeena Engel • Deena Engel (Objects) A Sterling Conservation Project: Preparing 1200 Pieces of Gorham Silver for Exhibition and Travel Hyatt Regency MinneapolisIngrid Neuman • Ingrid Neuman (Paintings) “It’s the small pieces that make the big picture”: The structural treatment of An Allegory of the Tudor Succession Hyatt Regency MinneapolisKristin Holder • Kristin Holder • Alan Miller (Photographic Materials) “Lights on Vivex prints!” Raman identification and microfade testing of coloring materials Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCéline Daher • Loys Boivin • Céline Daher • Jean-Paul Gandolfo • Bruno Le Namouric • Gaël Quintric • Chloé Ranchoux (Preventive Care) Van Gogh in motion: Safeguarding lined and unlined Van Gogh paintings from vibration and mechanical shock during transport Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSaskia van Oudheusden • Kerstin Kracht • Saskia van Oudheusden (Research & Technical Studies) Use of bioplastics as art and conservation materials – Analysis of volatile and semivolatile organic compounds Hyatt Regency MinneapolisPatricia Schossler • Patricia Schossler (Textiles) If you Give a Mouse a Cookie: The use of Solvent Gels, Painted Overlays, and a Heating Pad in the Treatment of a Crazy Quilt Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMichelle Leung • Michelle Leung

3:00pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Museums and Zoos: A case study of an unusual collaboration for heritage science research and public outreach Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCathryn Harvey • Fiona Brock • Diana Davis • Cathryn Harvey • Paul Pearce-Kelley (Architecture) Bridging the Gap Between Real and Virtual: A Digital Interface for a Building Materials Collection Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJose Hernandez • Jose Hernandez (Book and Paper) Blueprint for Growth: A Journey of Architecture Designs Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJam Meng Tay • Sanira Karim Gani • Sanira Karim Gani • Jam Meng Tay (Contemporary Art) Building collaborative networks of care for the conservation of Chryssa’s neon works Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJoy Bloser • Joy Bloser (Electronic Media) Video Archives for Media Archaelogy: Steina Vasulka and Live A/V Processing in the 90s Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJoey Heinen • Joey Heinen (Objects) Rediscovering and assembling painted wooden boxes from King Tutankhamun's collection: a collaborative approach Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAhmed Abdrabou • medhat Abdallah • Mohamed Abdelkader • Ahmed Abdrabou • Ali Hussein • Abdelaal Mohamed • Gilan Sultan (Paintings) Corneille de Lyon heart: technical studies of a late Renaissance portraitist and his workshop in France Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCarlandrea Tortorelli • Roxy Sperber • Sadie Arft • John K. Delaney • Laura Mosteller • Gregory Dale Smith • Roxy Sperber • Carlandrea Tortorelli (Photographic Materials) Assessing Lightfastness of Additive Color Screen Processes through Transmission Microfading: A Grain-Level Approach Hyatt Regency MinneapolisBertrand Lavedrine • Bertrand Lavedrine (Preventive Care) A Multi-Strategy Approach to Preventive Conservation for historic wooden objects Hyatt Regency MinneapolisHebe Halstead • Amanda Hahn • Amanda Hahn • Hebe Halstead • Antanas Melinis • Bhavesh Shah • David Thickett (Textiles) When UFOs invade: Displaying unfinished objects Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJacquelyn Peterson-Grace • Gretchen Guidess • Gretchen Guidess • Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace

3:15pm CDT

(Research & Technical Studies) Testing for lead on sculpture: defining useful thresholds in a liability- and safety-minded America Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSarah Montonchaikul • Ellen Rand • Abigail Mack • Sarah Montonchaikul • Soon Kai Poh • Ellen Rand • Lynda Zycherman

4:00pm CDT

(Architecture) Patching the Cracks : An outsider art space becomes the glue for a post-industrial city Hyatt Regency MinneapolisLindsay Jones • Kevin Rose • Lindsay Jones • Kevin Rose (Book and Paper) Expanding Access: Inclusive Conservation and Education Engagement at The UK National Archives Hyatt Regency MinneapolisNatalie Brown • Natalie Brown • Sarah Petter (Contemporary Art + CAN!/VoCa) In name only? Collecting and caring for non-delegated performance artworks Hyatt Regency MinneapolisBrian Castriota • Brian Castriota (Electronic Media) Pay No Attention to that Unit Behind the Curtain: Identification, Assessment, and Documentation of Control Systems Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDaniella Briceño Villamil • Tom Ensom • Tom Ensom • Daniella Briceño Villamil (Objects) Mighty Powder: Demonstrating that fumed silica increases the adhesive strength of Acryloid B-72 Hyatt Regency MinneapolisRenée Stein • Olivia L. F. Boyd • Elly Stewart Davis • Connie B. Roth • Renée Stein (Paintings) A Collaboration Between Two Private Practice Firms: The Conservation and Restoration of Noël Hallé’s Abraham and the Three Angels Hyatt Regency MinneapolisGianfranco Pocobene • Corrine Long • Bitzy Couling • Corrine Long • Gianfranco Pocobene • Oliver Watkiss (Photographic Materials) Handcrafted Preservation: Custom Storage Solutions for Photographs at the Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCarolina Nastri • Carolina Figueredo • Carolina Nastri • Ornella Vega (Preventive Care) Heat protective covers: Enhancing Fire Preparedness for Cultural Collections and the case study of Emergency Planning in France Hyatt Regency MinneapolisGrégoire Bernand • Grégoire Bernand (Research & Technical Studies) The role of adsorption in the solubilization of paper degradation products: Using treatment observations as a springboard for scientific advances Hyatt Regency MinneapolisTeresa Duncan • Barbara Berrie • Teresa Duncan • Michelle Sullivan (Textiles) Strategic(?) use of adhesive in treating fractured silk gauze layers of a complex garment. Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJennifer Cruise • Jennifer Cruise

4:30pm CDT

(Photographic Materials) Conservation of the portrait of Leonardas Biržiška (1809 –1902) Hyatt Regency MinneapolisElvina Karosienė • Elvina Karosienė (Paintings) Beva 371: past, present, and future Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDean Yoder [PM] • Kristin Patterson • Ali Dhinojwala • Dharamdeep Jain • Christopher McGlinchey • Kristin Patterson • Dean Yoder [PM] (Architecture) Partners in Preservation: The importance of collaboration during construction at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Hyatt Regency MinneapolisStephanie Hoagland • Stephanie Hoagland (Book and Paper) Manuscripts that multiplied – stories from the parchment partnerships Hyatt Regency MinneapolisFenella France • Fenella France • Meghan Hill • Anna Hoffman • Pádraig Ó Macháin • Cynthia Connelly Ryan (Contemporary Art + CAN!/VoCa)A Prophylactic Treatment: Two Condom Collage Replications in Joanne Leonard’s Journal of a Miscarriage (1973) Hyatt Regency MinneapolisClara Rojas Sebesta • Margo Delidow • Clara Rojas Sebesta (Electronic Media) Refining Workflows: Using the Iteration Report as an Advocacy Tool Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCaroline Gil Rodríguez • adrian hernandez • adrian hernandez • Kirston Otis • Caroline Gil Rodríguez • Flora Schaeffer (Objects) Exploring Consolidation of Degraded Natural Foam Rubber Hyatt Regency MinneapolisLindsay Cross • Lindsay Cross • Lauren Horelick (Preventive Care) Turning Leaks into Lessons: Insights from a Water Leak Response in University Special Collections Hyatt Regency MinneapolisFleur van der Woude • Elise Etrheim • Elise Etrheim • Fleur van der Woude (Research & Technical Studies) On the development of Xanthan-Konjac/Agar physical hydrogels and their analogs for conservation cleaning applications Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMatthew Cushman • Matthew Cushman (Textiles) Reflections on Twenty-Five Years in Private Practice Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCamille Myers Breeze • Camille Myers Breeze

4:45pm CDT

(Photographic Materials) Developing Conservator: My Journey in Darkroom Photography Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSophie Church • Sophie Church • Theresa Smith

4:50pm CDT

(Paintings) BEVA 371: An examination of morphological properties and the visualization of stress in mock painting samples using advanced thermal, spectroscopic, and imaging methods Hyatt Regency MinneapolisErin Crater • Aidan Miller • Robert Moore • Jackson Charles • Erin Crater • David Dillard • Christopher Jackson • Christopher McGlinchey • Aidan Miller • Robert Moore • Kristin Patterson • Rafaella De Vita • Dean Yoder [PM]

5:00pm CDT

(Paintings) Bringing BEVA 371 into the future: refinements and expanded forms Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDharamdeep Jain • Ali Dhinojwala • Dharamdeep Jain • Christopher McGlinchey • Kristin Patterson • Dean Yoder [PM] (Architecture) It takes a village to save an American Treasure: Preserving the Swimming Pool Grotto ceiling mural at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDavina Kuh Jakobi • Davina Kuh Jakobi (Book and Paper) Keeping the Wolf from the Door: Remediating the Effects of Pressure-sensitive Tape While Preserving Artistic Intention Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMary French • Mary French (Contemporary Art + CAN!/VoCa) On the intersection of art and human rights: Collective efforts to preserve the work of imprisoned artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAnamely Ramos Gonzalez • Salome Garcia • Salome Garcia • Anamely Ramos Gonzalez (Electronic Media) More Than Meets the Eye: New Methods for Testing Artwork Iterations Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCass Fino- Radin • Emma Dickson • Emma Dickson • Cass Fino- Radin (Objects) Bulked B-72 Fills Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCarolyn Riccardelli • Carolyn Riccardelli (Photographic Materials) De “mist”ifying the Dahlia Sprayer Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSeth Irwin • Seth Irwin (Preventive Care) Other duties as assigned: the unexpected tasks of preventive care and the lessons of a pre-program Preservation Assistant Hyatt Regency MinneapolisElise Etrheim • Elise Etrheim (Research & Technical Studies) Developments in Safer Solvent Selections for the Removal and Application of Synthetic Resins Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMelinda Keefe • Gwendoline Fife • Roise Grayburn • Bethany Karl • Melinda Keefe • Alan Phenix • Vikram Prasad (Textiles) Private Practice Panel Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

5:10pm CDT

(Paintings) BEVA Q&A Hyatt Regency Minneapolis