AIC 53rd Annual Meeting

AIC 53rd Annual Meeting

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8:30am CDT

(Architecture + Preventive Conservation) “Understanding the Problem and Defining the Goal: Environmental Assessments in Historic Buildings and Collections in the NPS, Region 1” Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMargaret D. Breuker • Margaret D. Breuker (Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS +Imaging) Investigating Transmitted Infrared Imaging to Detect Chalk Media on the Verso of Lined Stradanus Drawings Hyatt Regency MinneapolisE. Keats Webb • Perry Choe • E. Keats Webb (CAN! - VoCA) The conversation in a language of love. Passion or murder? An interactive presentation between Chilean artist Daniela Rivera and Spanish conservator Ruth del Fresno-Guillem Hyatt Regency MinneapolisRuth Del Fresno-Guillem • Daniela Rivera • Ruth Del Fresno-Guillem • Daniela Rivera (Objects) Fit to float: Conservation of a Painted Canvas and Birchbark Canoe Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSejal Goel • Fran E. Ritchie • Sejal Goel • Nicole Peters • Fran E. Ritchie (Textiles) “Form Inventions”: A Technical Analysis of Barbara Rossi’s Prints on Textiles Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMegan Creamer • Megan Creamer • Gillian Marcus • Stephanie Strother (Wooden Artifacts) Unleashing the Evidence: Creating an Interactive Didactic Centered on Conservation-Derived Content Hyatt Regency MinneapolisEve Mayberger • Eve Mayberger

9:00am CDT

(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS+Imaging) Colorant Detectives: An Interactive Dichotomous Key for Multiband Imaging Hyatt Regency MinneapolisL. M. Ramsey • L. M. Ramsey (Architecture + Preventive Conservation) Flood Barriers: Examining and Improving Flood Preparedness at Museums and Sites in Historic Buildings Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMeris Westberg • Meris Westberg (CAN-VoCA) Planting the Seed: Collaboration in the Preservation of Kraus Campo Hyatt Regency MinneapolisGwynne Ryan • Sylvia Jeffriess • Gwynne Ryan (Objects) “Turning the Feather Around”: Conservation of a Monumental George Morrison Mural Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMegan Emery • Luke Boehnke • Megan Emery • Mary LaGarde • Courtney Murray • Megan Randall (Paintings) “Preserving Oversize Paintings: Collaborative Innovations between Paintings Conservation and Collections Management at the Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore” Hyatt Regency MinneapolisFilzah Mohd Amir • Irene Dominguez Jimenez • Filzah Mohd Amir • Irene Dominguez Jimenez • Agnes Sing (Textiles) In the French Style: The Conservation of an 18th Century Chinese Tapestry in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMargaret O'Neil • Marlene Eidelheit • Robin Hanson • Margaret O'Neil • Valerie Soll (Wooden Artifacts) Lifting the Lid: Investigating an Italian Renaissance Painted Cassone Hyatt Regency MinneapolisEmily McClain • Aleskandra Popowich • Kate Duffy • Jack Hinton • Emily McClain • Peggy Olley • Aleskandra Popowich

9:15am CDT

(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS +Imaging) Automating Image Registration with OpenCV-Python: Lowering the Cost Barrier for Multiband and Multispectral Imaging Setups Hyatt Regency MinneapolisJiuan Jiuan Chen • Grace Wilkins • Jiuan Jiuan Chen • Grace Wilkins

9:30am CDT

(Architecture + Preventive Conservation) Preserving Ukraine's Cultural Heritage during Russia's Invasion Hyatt Regency MinneapolisMarila Salyuk (Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS+ Imaging) Using multispectral imaging to augment digitized West African manuscripts Hyatt Regency MinneapolisStephanie Gowler • Stephanie Gowler (CAN!/VoCA) Developing a Designer Residency Program from the ground up Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSarah Barack • Jessica Walthew (Objects) Collaborative Preservation: the NMAI Seneca Cabin Hyatt Regency MinneapolisNaomi Kroll Hassebroek • Naomi Kroll Hassebroek • Kelly McHugh (Paintings) Andy Warhol's Oxidation Paintings Hyatt Regency MinneapolisRikke Foulke • Rikke Foulke (Textiles) Stranger than it Seams: Treatment of a 19th-century Painted Embroidered Picture Hyatt Regency MinneapolisNhat Quyen Nguyen • Susan Enterline • Nhat Quyen Nguyen (Wooden Artifacts) How do you fill? How hallway conversations built collaborations for the conservation of wooden objects Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAnne-Stephanie Etienne • Anne-Stephanie Etienne • Eric Hagan • Marie-Helene Nadeau • Fiona Rutka

10:30am CDT

(Architecture + Preventive Conservation) Let there be light (or maybe not) Hyatt Regency MinneapolisGretchen Anderson • Gretchen Anderson (Book and Paper) The Ties That Bind: Communication, Collaboration, and Cross-Disciplinary Professional Development in the Service of Library Special Collections Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAude Gabory • Kimberly Kwan • Elizabeth Ryan • Aude Gabory • Kimberly Kwan • Elizabeth Ryan (CAN!/VoCA) The Evolution of Glenstone Museum’s Artist Oral History Program Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSteven O'Banion • Steven O'Banion • Samantha Owens (Objects) Perpetual Conservation: a continuing collaboration to conserve Jack Nelson’s kinetic Sculpture Clock Hyatt Regency MinneapolisNicole Flam • Laura Kubick • Kristin Cheronis • Nicole Flam • Laura Kubick (Paintings) A Mysterious Pair: the treatment and technical study of Veronese’s Allegories of Navigation at LACMA Hyatt Regency MinneapolisGerrit Albertson • Gerrit Albertson • Laura Maccarelli • Yosi Pozeilov (Research & Technical Studies) Challenges and benefits of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in technical art history and conservation science: The Tikuna/Magüta blue case Hyatt Regency MinneapolisThiago Puglieri • Thiago Puglieri (Textiles) Glue Me Once, Glue Me Twice: Adhesive Retreatment of an Early 18th C Embroidered Palampore Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAnnalise M. Gall • Karri Vaughn • Annalise M. Gall • Karri Vaughn (Wooden Artifacts) In Between the Layers: Technical Study of a Contemporary Vietnamese Lacquer Painting Hyatt Regency MinneapolisVu Do • Fiona Beckett • Jiuan Jiuan Chen • Vu Do • Emily Hamilton • Rebecca Ploeger • Gregory Smith (Electronic Media) Learning on the Job with Maintenance Culture: Creating a digital media art preservation Field Guide and trainings for small shops and artists - a 90 minute panel Hyatt Regency MinneapolisFrances Harrell • Frances Harrell • Joana Stillwell

11:00am CDT

(Architecture + Preventive Conservation) Common HVAC issues and ways to avoid or correct them. Hyatt Regency MinneapolisChristopher Cameron • Christopher Cameron (Book and Paper) A History of the Books in Taiwan: The Transformation of Bookbinding Formats During the Period under Japanese Rule (1895-1945) Hyatt Regency MinneapolisLois Su • Lois Su • Fei-Wen Tsai (CAN!/VoCA) Bringing in new voices: the next generation of the Artist Documentation Program Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCorina Rogge • Matthew Skopek • Joy Bloser • Jeremy Davet • Sara Kornhauser • Corina Rogge • Matthew Skopek • Farris Wabeh (Objects) Gorgonized by Her Monsterful Snoutfair Visage: Harriet Hosmer's Medusa in Context Hyatt Regency MinneapolisClara Livingston Bailin • Clara Livingston Bailin (Paintings) Swept Under the Table: Analysis and Treatment of Susan Watkins’s Afternoon Tea with Successive Artists’ Materials and Methods Study Hyatt Regency MinneapolisChristy Gratini • Christy Gratini • Mark Lewis • Corey Piper • Rebecca Ploeger • Ed Pollard • Erich Uffelman (Research & Technical Studies) Embracing Uncertainty: Exploring New Perspectives in the Story of a Chinese Lacquer Screen Hyatt Regency MinneapolisElle Friedberg • Elle Friedberg • Annette Ortiz Miranda (Textiles) Alf Engen Ski Museum Gets a Lift Hyatt Regency MinneapolisReilly Jensen • Marie Desrochers • Steph Guidera • Reilly Jensen • Kaela Nurmi (Wooden Artifacts) Re-define the craquelure patterns on traditional Chinese musical instrument guqin with advanced imaging techniques RTI and micro-CT Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAidi Bao • Aidi Bao • Keats Webb

11:30am CDT

(Book and Paper) Sympathetic to Synthetics: Developing Tear Repairs for Matte Laminated Papers in Twenty-first Century Periodical Covers Hyatt Regency MinneapolisCancy Chu • Cancy Chu (Architecture + Preventive Conservation) Building Together Better: Establishing Dynamic Models for Collections Storage Planning at The New York Public Library Research Libraries Hyatt Regency MinneapolisRebecca Fifield • Rebecca Fifield (CAN!/VoCA)Evolving Dialogues: Revisiting the Artist Interview Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSarah Barack • Steven O'Banion • Daniela Rivera • Gwynne Ryan • Matthew Skopek (Objects) Still Got The Blues: The Technical Study and Conservation Treatment of a Tian-Tsui Headdress Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDevon Lee • Devon Lee (Paintings) “I paint paintings”: The materials, techniques, and conservation of Joan Mitchell’s Paintings on Canvas Hyatt Regency MinneapolisSuzanne Siano • Shauna Young • Annika Finne • Pamela Johnson • Suzanne Siano • Shauna Young (Research & Technical Studies) Our Elusive Yellow Whale: New Findings on the History and Identification of Patent Yellow/Lead Oxychloride Pigment in Painted Heritage Objects Hyatt Regency MinneapolisDr. Jocelyn Alcantara Garcia • Kirsten T. Moffitt • Gabriela Farfan • Dr. Jocelyn Alcantara Garcia • Kirsten T. Moffitt (Textiles) A comparative practical study to evaluate the impact of the selected Bio and Synthetic polymers loaded with cleaning agents applied for reduction different stains from dyed stained wool fabric Hyatt Regency MinneapolisEman Osman • Heba saad • Abdel Rahman El-Srougy • Neveen Kamal • Eman Osman • Heba saad • Wael Sabry (Wooden Artifacts) Furthering Conservation in Wartime Ukraine Hyatt Regency MinneapolisYuri Yanchyshyn • Yuri Yanchyshyn

11:45am CDT

(Book and Paper) When Outreach Reaches Back: The Treatment and Re-Treatment of Katsukawa Shunshō’s Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus Hyatt Regency MinneapolisAmanda Burr • Amanda Burr