Speakers
Director of Preventive Conservation, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Patricia Silence (she/her) joined the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a preventive conservator, following a 15-year career in textiles and objects conservation. She has worked at CWF for 25 years and is currently the Director of Conservation Operations. The conservation department...
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Authors
Director of Preventive Conservation, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Patricia Silence (she/her) joined the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a preventive conservator, following a 15-year career in textiles and objects conservation. She has worked at CWF for 25 years and is currently the Director of Conservation Operations. The conservation department...
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
GRETCHEN GUIDESS (she/her) is the Conservator of Textiles for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She was the Associate Conservator of Objects & Textiles at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center in Williamstown, MA. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A...
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Associate Textile Conservator, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace (she/her) is the associate conservator of textiles at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. She holds a BSc in conservation studies from Marist College and an MSc from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation with concentrations in...
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Textiles Intern, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Michelle Leung graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2023 with a MS in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design with a specialization in Historic Fashion and Textiles, Textile Conservation, and Cultural Analysis. Her thesis work is on Solvent Gels for Textile Conservation...
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