AIC's 53rd Annual Meeting

AIC's 53rd Annual Meeting

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8:15am CDT

(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Introduction Nicollet B-DGoppion

8:30am CDT

(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Getting on the Same Page at NYPL: Learning Together to Advance Climate Action in Preservation and Exhibition Contexts Nicollet B-DColleen Grant • Rebecca Fifield • Colleen Grant • Goppion

8:50am CDT

(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Sustainability across the collection multiverse Nicollet B-DChristopher Cameron • Christopher Cameron • Goppion

9:10am CDT

(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Sustainable Practices within Collection Care: Balancing Environmental Conditions with Institutional Demands Nicollet B-DJackie Coppen • Chris Taft

9:30am CDT

(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Panel Discussion Nicollet B-DGoppion

10:30am CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) From Ashes to Artifacts: the strategic recovery of collections from the Montpelier fire Lakeshore AArianna Johnston • Nichole Doub • Arianna Johnston (Architecture) Proposing an Alternative Methodology for Hurricane-Related Vulnerability Assessments of Built Heritage in Puerto Rico Lakeshore B-CAndrés Santana-Miranda • Andrés Santana-Miranda (Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Branching Out: Conservation of Nam June Paik’s Who’s Your Tree at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Greenway H-IAllison Slenker • Lance Pruitt • Allison Slenker • Sarah Trew (Objects) When Art Meets Engineering: Collaborative Approaches to Outdoor Sculpture Installations at the Toledo Museum of Art Nicollet B-DEmily Cummins • Emily Cummins (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Painting on a Ply: Exploring Innovative Treatments and Funding Solutions Northstar ABianca Garcia • Morgan Wylder • Bianca Garcia • Morgan Wylder (Preventive Care | Research & Technical Studies |MFT-IDG) Lighting Policy as an iterative process with MFT Regency RoomHebe Halstead • Hebe Halstead • Sarah VanSnick (Textiles) You Had Me at Trello: Kanban Style Project Management in Conservation through Four Case Studies Greenway F-GEmma Fritschel • Michelle Leung • Lucia Bay • Jessica Chloros • Emma Fritschel • Michelle Leung • Katrina Wilson • Deirdre Windsor (Book and Paper) Art on Paper Discussion Group - Citrates in Paper Conservation Nicollet AMeredith French • Amy Hughes • Sarah Bertalan • Madison Brockman • Crystal Maitland • Theresa J. Smith (Book and Paper) Library and Archives Discussion Group - Managing Existing Mold on Library and Archives Collections Mirage RoomClara Huisman • Marieka Kaye • Kelli Piotrowski • Eliza Spaulding

11:00am CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) Heritage West | Archaeology, Conservation, and Community in West Philadelphia Lakeshore AMichaela Paulson • Megan Kassabaum • Sarah Linn • Qi Liu • Michaela Paulson (Architecture) Colored Expectations, Whitewashed Reality: A.J. Downing's Influence and the Surprising Palette of Ivy Lodge Lakeshore B-CNicola Macdonald • Nicola Macdonald (Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Collaborative Voices: Preserving Alan Rath's Electronic Legacy Through Shared Knowledge Greenway H-IElisse Brautigam • Elisse Brautigam • Jim Campbell • Joshua Eveland • Wyndham Hannaway • Kate Moomaw-Taylor (Objects) My Kingdom for a Drain: The Collaborative Treatment of Robert Gober’s Untitled Installation Nicollet B-DStephanie Cashman • Stephanie Cashman (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Just Like the Real Thing: Jules Allard et Fils Reproduction Boiserie Period Rooms at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Northstar ABrooke Russell • Laurie Ossman • Barbara A. Ramsay • Brooke Russell • Mary Slater (Preventive Care | Research & Technical Studies |MFT-IDG) Shades of yellow: can MFT foretell light-induced color change of white paper? Regency RoomMarie Kern • Irene Brückle • Georg J. Dietz • Ute Henniges • Marie Kern • Fabienne Meyer • Thomas Prestel • Stefan Röhrs • Giulia Vannucci (Textiles) WANTED: Cleaning Methods for Fugitive Early Synthetic Organic Acid Dyes on the Run Greenway F-GLivi Andreini • Livi Andreini • Maarten van Bommel • Laura Maccarelli • Ana Serrano

11:30am CDT

(Textiles) Thutmose III Mummy Shroud from Storage to Display: Challenges and Collaborative Insights into Preservation and Exhibition - Remote Presentation Greenway F-GSarah Ismael • Enas Mohamed • Safwat Alsayed • Sarah Ismael • Hussein Kamal • Enas Mohamed • Menna Allah Mohamed • Hend Yassin (Archaeological Heritage) Hazy and Fragmented Memories: Revitalizing Two Archaeological Glass Carboy Bottles Lakeshore AYuyin (Charlotte) Li • Yuyin (Charlotte) Li • Katie Linder (Architecture) Importance of Planning, Research, and Material Testing in Maintaining an Oldest Public Wood-and-Glass Greenhouse in the United States Lakeshore B-CMayank Patel • Mayank Patel (Contemporary Art and Electronic Media) Meet RALPH: The Reliable, Archival, Longterm Preservation Helper Greenway H-ICass Fino-Radin • Cass Fino-Radin • Samantha Owens (Objects) Collaboration on Restoring Henry Moore’s Bronze Form at the Getty Museum Nicollet B-DJulie Wolfe • Andrew Baxter • Katrina Posner • Robert Price • Julie Wolfe (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Early case studies in the use of Xanthan-Konjac/Agar physical hydrogels and their analogs for conservation cleaning Northstar AMatthew Cushman • Stéphanie Auffret • Rita Cavalcante • Matthew Cushman • Marie Dubost • Caroline Shaver • Michelle Sullivan • Brianna Weakley (Preventive Care | Research & Technical Studies |MFT-IDG) Low Dose Microfade Testing in Air and Low Oxygen Environments to Optimize Long-Term Display for the Emancipation Proclamation Regency RoomLindsay Oakley • Henry Duan • Jennifer Herrmann • Lindsay Oakley • Mark Ormsby

12:00pm CDT

Microfade Testing Informal Meetup Regency Room (Luncheon) Paintings Conservation Tips Luncheon - $35 Northstar B (Luncheon) Socratic dialogue: What makes an object (in)valuable enough to conserve and preserve? $35 Greenway A-JWilliam Wei (Luncheon) Sustainability in Collections Care: Centering on Context vs. Extending an Object’s Physical Life $35 Greenway B-EPejuta Haka Win Red Eagle • Jane Henderson • Jessica Walthew • Joelle Wickens • Conserv • DriSteem

2:00pm CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) When Conservation Goes For a Spin: Experiences gained and lessons learning from ten years of lifting and rotating large archaeological objects at the Mariners’ Museum and Park Lakeshore AWilliam Hoffman • William Hoffman (Book and Paper) Adhesive Kinetics: the Folding Endurance of Wheat Starch Paste, Cellulose Ethers, and Photo-Grade Gelatin Nicollet ACatherine E. Stephens • Catherine E. Stephens (Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Balancing Aesthetics and Functionality: a continuous refinement to care for design objects Greenway H-IShu-Wen Lin • Chantal Willi • Shu-Wen Lin • Chantal Willi (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) The First Hundred Years of Masonite Northstar AM. Alan Miller • M. Alan Miller (Research & Technical Studies) Joe Overstreet: searching for an unknown truth Regency RoomCorina Rogge • Silvia Russo • Corina Rogge • Silvia Russo (Textiles) Technical analysis of Anatolian Kilims: Bridging disciplines, departments and continents Greenway F-GCallista Jerman • Maria Fusco • Callista Jerman • Sumru Krody (Architecture) Panel on Laser Cleaning on Masonry Materials, Lessons Learned Lakeshore B-CKelly Caldwell • Judy Jacob • Adam Jenkins • Walter Kesaris • Holly Salmon (Objects) Mercury: A Collection Component - A Panel Discussion Mirage RoomKerith Koss Schrager • Lisa Goldberg • Kerith Koss Schrager

2:30pm CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) A Treatment Odyssey: The Preparation of 201 Ancient Cypriot Objects for Permanent Display Lakeshore AEmily E. Brown • Tara Johnston • Emily E. Brown • Tara Johnston • Dimitra Pantoulia (Book and Paper) Evaluating the effectiveness of alum-tawed parchment as a repair material Nicollet AGwen dePolo • Kathryn Kenney • Gwen dePolo • Kathryn Kenney (Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Exploring 3D Documentation for Time-based Media artworks: Case Studies from the Smithsonian Institution Greenway H-IAna Gabriela Calderon Puente • Ana Gabriela Calderon Puente (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Collaborative conservation of a monumental altarpiece: Vivarini’s Virgin and Dead Christ with the Ascension and Saints Northstar AAbigail Hykin • Monica Berry • Judy Dion • Andrew Haines • Pamela Hatchfield • Abigail Hykin • Erin Mysak • Gregory Porter • Lydia Vagts (Research & Technical Studies) Secret Sauce: Investigating the Materials in Whistler’s Nocturnes Regency RoomGeorgina Rayner • Sophie Lynford • Georgina Rayner (Textiles) When UFOs invade: Displaying unfinished objects Greenway F-GGretchen Guidess • Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace • Gretchen Guidess • Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace

3:00pm CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) Setting Up Shop: Objects Conservation and Materials Analysis at Pañamarca, Peru Lakeshore AMegan E. Salas • Megan E. Salas (Book and Paper) Reconsidering Klucel M: A Comparative Study of Commonly Used Cellulose Ethers in Paper Conservation Nicollet AGrace Walters • Christopher Bolser • Andrew Davis • Gwenanne Edwards • Kelli Stoneburner • Grace Walters (Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Teams of Care: Transfer Data Trust and the Case for Networked Artist Studios Greenway H-IRegina Harsanyi • Kelani Nichole • Sasha Arden • Eddy Coloton • Regina Harsanyi • Taylor Healy • Kelani Nichole • Claudia Roeck (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) X-ray Dendro: DIY CT Tree Ring Measurement for Dating Wooden Panels Northstar AArlen Heginbotham • Francien Bossema • Marta Domínguez-Delmás • Arlen Heginbotham • Andrea Seim (Research & Technical Studies) The Chronology of a Painting - Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe: Sketch, Copy or Replica Regency RoomMaureen Cross • Silvia Amato • Maureen Cross • Karen Serres Textile Specialty Group Wiki Discussion Greenway F-G

3:30pm CDT

(Archaeological Heritage) Forging Ahead: Creosote Removal from the Valley Forge National Park Upper Forge Site Lakeshore AHannah Sanner • Hannah Sanner • Curtis Sullivan (Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Collaboration past and present: the collective investigation and treatment of the Saint John the Baptist altarpiece from the workshop of Blasco de Grañén Northstar AMolly Hughes-Hallett • Matthew Hayes • Molly Hughes-Hallett • Alexa Klein • Clare Misko • Kyle Norris (Research & Technical Studies) Exploring the High-temperature Degradation of Athenian Red-figure Pottery Used in Cremation Burials Regency RoomCelia Chari • Nicole Ledoux • Celia Chari • Susanne Ebbinghaus • Katherine Eremin • Nicole Ledoux Book and Paper Tips Session Nicollet A

4:00pm CDT

AIC Member Business Meeting Nicollet B-D

5:00pm CDT

8th Annual Mistakes Session Nicollet B-D