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Tuesday
, May 27
C&C Editions
4:00pm •
Traditional Stone Lithography- Demonstration at C&C Editions - Free (Registration Required)
SOLD OUT
Gather in Main Hotel Lobby
1:30pm •
(Tour) Walking Tour of Owamniyomni Falls (formerly known as St. Anthony Falls) - $29
1:30pm •
(Tour) Minnesota Historical Society - Conservation Labs - $25
2:00pm •
(Tour) Purcell-Cutts House Tour - $39
4:00pm •
(Tour) Conservation at Work Tour of the Basilica of Saint Mary - $20
Hennepin Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Lactation Room
Lakeshore A
1:00pm •
(Workshop) Exploring Flexible Adhesives for Leather Treatments
SOLD OUT
Midwest Art Conservation Center
9:00am •
(Workshop) Applications for Nanocellulose Gels and Films in Conservation
SOLD OUT
Owamni
6:15pm •
Dinner at Owamni - May 27
Walker Art Center
9:00am •
(Workshop) Crating 101
SOLD OUT
Walker Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Quiet Room
Wednesday
, May 28
Brit's Pub
7:30pm •
Emerging Conservation Professionals Happy Hour (ECPN)
C&C Editions
10:00am •
Intaglio /Copper Etching Plate Printing- Demonstration at C&C Editions - Free (Registration Required)
Gather in Main Hotel Lobby
9:00am •
(Tour) Tru Vue Behind the Scenes - $15
9:30am •
(Tour) Walking Tour of Owamniyomni Falls (formerly known as St. Anthony Falls) - $29
9:30am •
(Tour) Twin Cities Gilded Age and Victorian Architectural Gems - $85
TICKETED
Greenway B-E
9:00am •
(Workshop) Inclusive Mentorship: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Greenway F-G
2:00pm •
(Pre-Session Seminar) Publishing Original Research in JAIC
Hennepin Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Lactation Room
Hyatt Exhibit Hall
6:30pm •
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Reception
6:30pm •
(Posters) Poster Session Opens - See description for poster abstracts
Lakeshore B-C
9:00am •
(Workshop) Contract Couriers
Mirage Room
1:00pm •
(Pre-Session Seminar) Paintings Group Easel Exchange - $39
Nicollet Ballroom
4:00pm •
Welcome and Introductions
4:05pm •
Land Acknowledgement and Keynote Address: "Restoration of Owamniyomni"
4:20pm •
Keynote Address - Where do we go from here?: Reflections on the growing tensions between public art conservation and destruction in the United States
4:35pm •
Sponsor Remarks - University Products
4:45pm •
Awards Presentations
Northstar B
7:30pm •
Conservators in Private Practice Happy Hour
Regency Room
1:00pm •
(Pre-Session Seminar) A Long Time Coming: Revising the AIC Ethics Core Documents
Science Museum of Minnesota
9:30am •
(Tour) “Lab & Learn” with the Science Museum of Minnesota
SOLD OUT
Walker Art Center
9:00am •
(Workshop) Crating 101
SOLD OUT
Walker Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Quiet Room
Thursday
, May 29
Brit's Pub
7:00pm •
Reception at Brit's Pub - (OSG/CAN!/EMG/PCN/WAG) - $45/$65
TICKETED
Greenway A-J
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Forging Connections: Working Together to Build and Sustain Small-Team Preservation Programs in Libraries and Archives - $35
Greenway B-E
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Our Stories: Communicating Conservation when Presenting to a General Audience - $35
Greenway F-G
2:00pm •
(Textiles) Facing the Unknown Together: Conservation of Mexican Costume Collection by Pedro Loredo
2:30pm •
(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
3:00pm •
(Textiles) It Takes a Village: Collaborations as a Critical Element in the Development of Pesticide Safety Programs
4:00pm •
(Textiles) Strategic(?) use of adhesive in treating fractured silk gauze layers of a complex garment.
4:30pm •
(Textiles) Reflections on Twenty-Five Years in Private Practice
4:45pm •
(Textiles) Private Practice Panel and Q/A
Greenway H-I
2:00pm •
(Contemporary Art) Direct Approaches to Complex Situations: Collaborating to Display Contemporary Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2:30pm •
(Contemporary Art)Mud Musings: Changing Systems and Ideas in Robert Rauschenberg’s Sound-Activated Artworks
3:00pm •
(Contemporary Art) Building collaborative networks of care for the conservation of Chryssa’s neon works
4:00pm •
(Contemporary Art) In name only? Collecting and caring for non-delegated performance artworks
4:30pm •
(Contemporary Art )A Prophylactic Treatment: Two Condom Collage Replications in Joanne Leonard’s Journal of a Miscarriage (1973)
5:00pm •
(Contemporary Art ) On the intersection of art and human rights: Collective efforts to preserve the work of imprisoned artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara
Hennepin Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Lactation Room
Hyatt Exhibit Hall
10:15am •
Morning Exhibit Hall Break
3:30pm •
Afternoon Break in the Exhibit Hall
Lakeshore A
2:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Machine Learning in Art: Tools, Techniques, and Implications for Conservation
2:30pm •
(Electronic Media) Video Archives for Media Archaelogy: Steina Vasulka and Live A/V Processing in the 90s
3:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Pay No Attention to that Unit Behind the Curtain: Identification, Assessment, and Documentation of Control Systems
4:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Refining Workflows: Using the Iteration Report as an Advocacy Tool
4:30pm •
(Electronic Media) More Than Meets the Eye: New Methods for Testing Artwork Iterations
Lakeshore B-C
2:00pm •
(Architecture) Solution from Nature: Psyllium Husk as a Biological Amendment for Soil-based Shelter Coat Protection of Earthen Heritage
2:30pm •
(Architecture) Heat, Humidity, and Pressure: Leveraging Techniques from Other Disciplines to Preserve Graffiti and Architectural Paints at a Historic Prison Museum
3:00pm •
(Architecture) Bridging the Gap Between Real and Virtual: A Digital Interface for a Building Materials Collection
4:00pm •
(Architecture) Partners in Preservation: The importance of collaboration during construction at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
4:30pm •
(Architecture) It takes a village to save an American Treasure: Preserving the Swimming Pool Grotto ceiling mural at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Mill City Museum
6:30pm •
Reception at Mill City Museum (ASG/BPG/PMG/TSG) - $69
TICKETED
Minneapolis Institute of Art
6:30pm •
Imaging Working Group Happy Hour and Studio Tour
Mirage Room
2:00pm •
(Preventive Care) Meeting in the Middle: Best Practices and Practical Actions Unite in Community Collaboration
2:30pm •
(Preventive Care) Van Gogh in motion: Safeguarding lined and unlined Van Gogh paintings from vibration and mechanical shock during transport - Remote Presentation
3:00pm •
(Preventive Care) A Multi-Strategy Approach to Preventive Conservation for historic wooden objects
4:00pm •
(Preventive Care) Heat protective covers: Enhancing Fire Preparedness for Cultural Collections and the case study of Emergency Planning in France
4:30pm •
(Preventive Care) Turning Leaks into Lessons: Insights from a Water Leak Response in University Special Collections
5:00pm •
(Preventive Care) Other duties as assigned: the unexpected tasks of preventive care and the lessons of a pre-program Preservation Assistant
Nicollet A-B
2:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Expanding Access: Inclusive Conservation and Education Engagement at The UK National Archives
2:30pm •
(Book and Paper) Blueprint for Growth: A Journey of Architecture Designs
3:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Archivists and Conservators: An Unlikely Love Story - Remote Presentation
4:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Manuscripts that multiplied – stories from the parchment partnerships
4:30pm •
(Book and Paper) Keeping the Wolf from the Door: Remediating the Effects of Pressure-sensitive Tape While Preserving Artistic Intention
Nicollet Ballroom
8:00am •
(Opening) Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30am •
(Opening) In Commitment to Community: BACC’s Journey into Radical Inclusion
8:47am •
(Opening) Considering Elements of Effective Collaboration at the National Museum of the American Indian
9:04am •
(Opening) Powerful Places: cultivating cultural resilience in Minnesota’s sacred ecological sites
9:21am •
(Opening) Curiosa Naturalia: bringing a natural history collection back to life
9:38am •
(Opening) Threads of Time: Discovering a 19th-Century Faroese Knitted Sweater
10:55am •
(Opening) Telling Your Story: Thinking about Funding Perspectives
Nicollet C-D
2:00pm •
(Objects) New African Masquerades: Flexible mounts for a collaborative exhibition
2:30pm •
(Objects) A Sterling Conservation Project: Preparing 1200 Pieces of Gorham Silver for Exhibition and Travel
3:00pm •
(Objects) Rediscovering and assembling painted wooden boxes from King Tutankhamun's collection: a collaborative approach
4:00pm •
(Objects) Mighty Powder: Demonstrating that fumed silica increases the adhesive strength of Acryloid B-72
4:30pm •
(Objects) Exploring Consolidation of Degraded Natural Foam Rubber
5:00pm •
(Objects) Bulked B-72 Fills
Nicollet Foyer
12:45pm •
Preventive Conservation Network Idea Fair
Northstar A
2:00pm •
(Paintings) Case studies in Collaboration: 17th century painting workshops to 21st century conservation studios
2:30pm •
(Paintings) “It’s the small pieces that make the big picture”: The structural treatment of An Allegory of the Tudor Succession
3:00pm •
(Paintings) Corneille de Lyon heart: technical studies of a late Renaissance portraitist and his workshop in France
4:00pm •
(Paintings) A Collaboration Between Two Private Practice Firms: The Conservation and Restoration of Noël Hallé’s Abraham and the Three Angels
4:30pm •
(Paintings) Beva 371: past, present, and future
4:50pm •
(Paintings) BEVA 371: An examination of morphological properties and the visualization of stress in mock painting samples using advanced thermal, spectroscopic, and imaging methods
5:00pm •
(Paintings) Bringing BEVA 371 into the future: refinements and expanded forms
5:10pm •
(Paintings) BEVA Q&A
Northstar B
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Foundations of Spectral Imaging of Cultural Heritage Objects (Multiband, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging) - $35
5:45pm •
Objects Conservation - Speed Networking Session
TICKETED
Northstar Promenade
5:30pm •
Paintings Specialty Group Happy Hour
Northwoods Room
1:00pm •
Speed Mentoring
Regency Room
2:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) A multi-disciplinary solution for the problem of lead corrosion in organ pipes
2:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Museums and Zoos: A case study of an unusual collaboration for heritage science research and public outreach
3:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Testing for lead on sculpture: defining useful thresholds in a liability- and safety-minded America
4:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) The role of adsorption in the solubilization of paper degradation products: Using treatment observations as a springboard for scientific advances
4:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) On the development of Xanthan-Konjac/Agar physical hydrogels and their analogs for conservation cleaning applications
5:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Developments in Safer Solvent Selections for the Removal and Application of Synthetic Resins
Skyway Room
2:00pm •
(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 Heritage Materials
2:30pm •
(Photographic Materials) “Lights on Vivex prints!” Raman identification and microfade testing of coloring materials
3:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) The Wayside: House of Authors in Concord, MA, Introduction to Conservation and Preservation Efforts for Framed Photographs on Display
4:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) Handcrafted Preservation: Custom Storage Solutions for Photographs at the Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina- Remote Presentation
4:30pm •
(Photographic Materials) Conservation of the portrait of Leonardas Biržiška (1809 –1902) - Remote Presentation
4:45pm •
(Photographic Materials) Developing Conservator: My Journey in Darkroom Photography
5:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) De “mist”ifying the Dahlia Sprayer
Walker Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Quiet Room
Friday
, May 30
Gather in Main Hotel Lobby
6:45am •
(Wellness) Running Group
Greenway A-J
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) The Impact of the New Orleans Charter After 30 Years: Collections in Historic Buildings - $35
Greenway B-E
12:00pm •
(Luncheon ) Embracing “It Depends”: A Collaborative Discussion on Navigating Ambiguity in Art Conservation - $35
Greenway F-G
8:30am •
(Textiles) “Form Inventions”: A Technical Analysis of Barbara Rossi’s Prints on Textiles
9:00am •
(Textiles) In the French Style: The Conservation of an 18th Century Chinese Tapestry in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
9:30am •
TSG Achievement Award and other announcements
10:30am •
(Textiles) Glue Me Once, Glue Me Twice: Adhesive Retreatment of an Early 18th C Embroidered Palampore
11:00am •
(Textiles) Alf Engen Ski Museum Gets a Lift
11:30am •
(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
Greenway H-I
8:30am •
(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
9:00am •
(CAN-VoCA) Planting the Seed: Collaboration in the Preservation of Kraus Campo
9:30am •
(CAN!/VoCA) Developing a Designer Residency Program From the Ground Up
10:30am •
(CAN!/VoCA) The Evolution of Glenstone Museum’s Artist Oral History Program
11:00am •
(CAN!/VoCA) Bringing in new voices: the next generation of the Artist Documentation Program
11:30am •
(CAN!/VoCA) Evolving Dialogues: Revisiting the Artist Interview
Hennepin Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Lactation Room
Hyatt Exhibit Hall
10:00am •
Morning Exhibit Hall Break
3:30pm •
Afternoon Break in the Exhibit Hall and Poster Q&A Session
Lakeshore A
10:30am •
(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
Lakeshore B-C
8:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Unleashing the Evidence: Creating an Interactive Didactic Centered on Conservation-Derived Content
9:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) How do you fill? How hallway conversations built collaborations for the conservation of wooden objects
9:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) In Between the Layers: Technical Study of a Contemporary Vietnamese Lacquer Painting
10:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Re-define the craquelure patterns on traditional Chinese musical instrument guqin with advanced imaging techniques RTI and micro-CT
11:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Furthering Conservation in Wartime Ukraine
2:00pm •
(Conservation in Times of Historical Conflict) Conservation, site preservation, and civil war at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Jebel Barkal, Sudan: lessons from work during armed conflict
2:30pm •
(Conservation in Times of Historical Conflict) Wooden Churches in Wartime Ukraine: Conservation Challenges
4:00pm •
(Documenting Reactivations: Between Materials & Sensory Experiences and Interactions) Jordan Wolfson's Body Sculpture: Transferring skills and documenting robots at the National Gallery of Australia.
4:20pm •
(Documenting Reactivations: Between Materials & Sensory Experiences and Interactions) A Touchy Subject: Advancing Tactile Accessibility for Everyone
4:40pm •
(Documenting Reactivations: Between Materials & Sensory Experiences and Interactions) Future lives: Collaborative approaches to the Conservation of Choreographic Artworks
5:00pm •
(Documenting Reactivations: Between Materials & Sensory Experiences and Interactions) Visceral Adipose Tissue: Overcoming Boundaries for the Presentation and Preservation of 2000-04-11 by Gu Dexin
5:20pm •
(Documenting Reactivations: Between Materials & Sensory Experiences and Interactions) Panel Discussion
Minnehaha Room
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Insurance for Conservators in Private Practice - $35
Mirage Room
8:30am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Understanding the Problem and Defining the Goal: Environmental Assessments in Historic Buildings and Collections in the NPS, Region 1 - Remote Presentation
9:00am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Building Together Better: Establishing Dynamic Models for Collections Storage Planning at The New York Public Library Research Libraries - Remote Presentation
9:30am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Preserving Ukraine's Cultural Heritage during Russia's Invasion - Remote Presentation
10:30am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Let There Be Light (Or Maybe Not)
11:00am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Common HVAC issues and ways to avoid or correct them.
11:30am •
(Architecture + Preventive Care) Flood Barriers: Examining and Improving Flood Preparedness at Museums and Sites in Historic Buildings
2:00pm •
(Collaboration in Conservation Education) A Broad Brush Approach to Learning: Preserving Community Heritage
2:30pm •
(Collaboration in Conservation Education) Strategies for Accessible and Collaborative Training in Indigenous Collections Care
3:00pm •
(Collaboration in Conservation Education) Teaching and Networking as a Strategy for the Preventive Conservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage at the University of São Paulo and in Brazil
3:15pm •
(Collaboration in Conservation Education) Enhancing Diversity in Conservation through Collaboration at the World’s Largest Consortium of HBCUs
4:00pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Introduction
4:05pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) NEW Conservation Leadership Collective with a Foundation in Cultural Equity
4:20pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Managing change - Leadership in conservation and science for a new era
4:40pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Empowering Black Preservation: A Collaboration of Community, Conservation, and Construction at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio
4:50pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Your Neighborhood Museum: creating a workspace for sustainable community-led cultural heritage preservation models
5:10pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Community-Inclusive Public Art Conservation: Inner Resources Mural Conservation Apprenticeship Project
5:20pm •
(Inside Out: Rewriting the Power Dynamics in Conservation) Lightning Round Q&A and Panel Discussion
Nicollet A-B
8:30am •
(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS + Imaging) Investigating Transmitted Infrared Imaging to Detect Chalk Media on the Verso of Lined Stradanus Drawings
9:00am •
(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS+ Imaging) Colorant Detectives: An Interactive Dichotomous Key for Multiband Imaging
9:15am •
(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS + Imaging) Automating Image Registration with OpenCV-Python: Lowering the Cost Barrier for Multiband and Multispectral Imaging Setups
9:30am •
(Book & Paper + Photographic Materials + RATS+ Imaging) Using multispectral imaging to augment digitized West African manuscripts
10:30am •
(Book and Paper) The Ties That Bind: Communication, Collaboration, and Cross-Disciplinary Professional Development in the Service of Library Special Collections
11:00am •
(Book and Paper) A History of the Books in Taiwan: The Transformation of Bookbinding Formats During the Period under Japanese Rule (1895-1945)
11:30am •
(Book and Paper) Sympathetic to Synthetics: Developing Tear Repairs for Matte Laminated Papers in Twenty-first Century Periodical Covers
11:45am •
(Book and Paper) When Outreach Reaches Back: The Treatment and Re-Treatment of Katsukawa Shunshō’s Abalone Fishergirl with an Octopus
12:00pm •
Book and Paper Group Wiki Discussion
2:00pm •
(Lighting the Way: Museum Illumination Policies and MicroFade Testing) Introduction
2:10pm •
(Lighting the Way: Museum Illumination Policies and MicroFade Testing) Sustainability-based decision making for museum lighting
2:35pm •
(Lighting the Way: Museum Illumination Policies and MicroFade Testing) Illumination and Remembrance: Lighting Practices at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
3:00pm •
(Lighting the Way: Museum Illumination Policies and MicroFade Testing) Illuminating Acceptable Change: Collaborative, Data-Driven Lighting Guidelines
4:00pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) Introduction and Session Sponsor Remarks by Click Netherfield
4:10pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) Building Bridges: Reflections from a Collaborative Conservation Project
4:30pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) Thirty Sailors Walk into a Museum: A Story of Collaboration Between Collections Professionals and a US Naval Nuclear Submarine Crew
4:50pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) Supporting Our Communities On the Edge: Community-led conservation in the midst of the climate crisis
5:10pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) A Focused and Critical Look at Collaborative Relationships at the National Museum of the American Indian
5:30pm •
(Elements of Effective Collaboration) Panel Discussion
Nicollet C-D
8:30am •
(Objects) Fit to float: Conservation of a Painted Canvas and Birchbark Canoe
9:00am •
(Objects) “Turning the Feather Around”: Conservation of a Monumental George Morrison Mural
9:30am •
(Objects) Radiography in the Round: Capturing and Viewing X-rays in 360°
10:30am •
(Objects) Perpetual Conservation: a continuing collaboration to conserve Jack Nelson’s kinetic Sculpture Clock
11:00am •
(Objects) Gorgonized by Her Monsterful Snoutfair Visage: Harriet Hosmer's Medusa in Context
11:30am •
(Objects) Still Got The Blues: The Technical Study and Conservation Treatment of a Tian-Tsui Headdress
2:00pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) Introduction and Session Sponsor Remarks by Propagroup S.p.A.
2:05pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) Teacher/Conservator Co-Creation: Lessons in K-12 Outreach at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
2:15pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) Letters to a Pre-Scientist: Accessible and Inclusive K-12 Outreach for Every Conservator
2:35pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) Community-Led Preservation: Our Stuff, Our Stories at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
2:45pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) Establishing a Conservation Outreach Position at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
3:05pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) The Stories We Keep: Conservation as the bridge to connect visitors, staff and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s collections.
3:15pm •
(We’re All in This Together: Conservation Outreach and Community Engagement) (Un)Concealed Layers: Design + public reception of a technical analysis exhibition
4:00pm •
(Context-Based Practice: Conservation Field Services) -Introduction
4:10pm •
(Context-Based Practice: Conservation Field Services) Embedding Community Conservators in Public Libraries: Conservation as a Public Service
4:40pm •
(Context-Based Practice: Conservation Field Services) A Field Services Guide to Emergency Response
5:10pm •
(Context-Based Practice: Conservation Field Services) Acts of Commemoration: When Narrative Precedes Material Context at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
5:40pm •
(Context-Based Practice: Conservation Field Services) Q&A and Panel discussion
Northstar A
8:00am •
Paintings Specialty Group Networking Event
9:00am •
(Paintings) “Preserving Oversize Paintings: Collaborative Innovations between Paintings Conservation and Collections Management at the Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore”
9:30am •
(Paintings) Andy Warhol's Oxidation Paintings
10:30am •
(Paintings) A Mysterious Pair: the treatment and technical study of Veronese’s Allegories of Navigation at LACMA
11:00am •
(Paintings) “I paint paintings”: The materials, techniques, and conservation of Joan Mitchell’s Paintings on Canvas
11:30am •
(Paintings) Conservator as Project Manager:Lessons I learned and friends I made while moving a Keith Haring Mural
2:00pm •
(Capturing Complexity: Addressing Imaging Challenges through Collaboration) A Partnership Between The City Palace Museum in Udaipur and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York: The Joint Study of Mewar Paintings Through Multiband Imaging
2:30pm •
(Capturing Complexity: Addressing Imaging Challenges through Collaboration) Photogrammetry Fast: Developing a New Automated Pipeline.
3:00pm •
(Capturing Complexity: Addressing Imaging Challenges through Collaboration) The Challenge of Chemical Reagents:The Verona Gaius and Vergil Palimpsests at the Confluence of Technologies
4:00pm •
(Digitization and Open Access to Conservation Research and Technical Images) Introduction
4:15pm •
(Digitization and Open Access to Conservation Research and Technical Images) From Shared Mission to Shared Resources: The Joint Design and Development of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and NYU Kress Conservation Websites
4:35pm •
(Digitization and Open Access to Conservation Research and Technical Images) Developing a Legacy of Open Access, Digital Catalogs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
4:55pm •
(Digitization and Open Access to Conservation Research and Technical Images) Publishing Technical Material on a Museum Website: The Early Netherlandish Paintings at The Met as a Case Study
5:15pm •
(Digitization and Open Access to Conservation Research and Technical Images) Panel Discussion
Northstar B
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Objects Conservation Tips Lunch - $35
Northwoods Room
8:00am •
(Workshop) Respirator Fit Test
Owamni
6:15pm •
Dinner at Owamni - May 30 - $129
Regency Room
10:30am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Challenges and benefits of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in technical art history and conservation science: The Tikuna/Magüta blue case
11:00am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Embracing Uncertainty: Exploring New Perspectives in the Story of a Chinese Lacquer Screen
11:30am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Our Elusive Yellow Whale: New Findings on the History and Identification of Patent Yellow/Lead Oxychloride Pigment in Painted Heritage Objects
2:00pm •
(Leading the Way: Conservation Strategies in Museum Redevelopment) Introduction by Session Chair Vanessa Applebaum and Session Sponsor Remarks by Tru Vue
2:10pm •
(Leading the Way: Conservation Strategies in Museum Redevelopment) Let there be light: reintroducing natural light with mixed displays at the National Portrait Gallery London
2:35pm •
(Leading the Way: Conservation Strategies in Museum Redevelopment) “If you build it, they will come”: Building a Climate-Controlled Storage Unite Inside a 1940s Warehouse on a Navy Base
3:00pm •
(Leading the Way: Conservation Strategies in Museum Redevelopment) Hundreds of Objects, Very Few of Us: Treatment, Prioritization, and Teamwork During the Yale Peabody Museum Renovation
4:00pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) Introduction
4:15pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) Darning the Wear of Time in the 21st Century: Redefining the Art Historical Narrative and the Role of the Textile Conservator
4:30pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) Resonating Change through Collections Stewardship: The Creation of the Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Guide
4:55pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) Traditional Care and Western Care – A “Kinship” Approach to Collections Care
5:15pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) To Box or Not to Box that is the question of Being Boxed in - The Designing Process of Culturally Sensitive Containers
5:30pm •
(Prioritizing People Over Objects: Re-imagining Conservation Ethics) Panel Q/A and Discussion
Roxy’s Cabaret
7:30pm •
Drag After Party - $39-75
Walker Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Quiet Room
Saturday
, May 31
Greenway A-J
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Socratic dialogue: What makes an object (in)valuable enough to conserve and preserve? $35
Greenway B-E
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Paintings Conservation Tips Luncheon - $35
Greenway F-G
10:30am •
(Textiles) You Had Me at Trello: Kanban Style Project Management in Conservation through Four Case Studies
11:00am •
(Textiles) WANTED: Cleaning Methods for Fugitive Early Synthetic Organic Acid Dyes on the Run
11:30am •
(Textiles) Thutmose III Mummy Shroud from Storage to Display: Challenges and Collaborative Insights into Preservation and Exhibition - Remote Presentation
2:00pm •
(Textiles) Technical analysis of Anatolian Kilims: Bridging disciplines, departments and continents
2:30pm •
(Textiles) When UFOs invade: Displaying unfinished objects
3:00pm •
Textile Specialty Group Wiki Discussion
Greenway H-I
10:30am •
(Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Branching Out: Conservation of Nam June Paik’s Who’s Your Tree at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
11:00am •
(Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Collaborative Voices: Preserving Alan Rath's Electronic Legacy Through Shared Knowledge
11:30am •
(Contemporary Art and Electronic Media) Meet RALPH: The Reliable, Archival, Longterm Preservation Helper
2:00pm •
(Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Balancing Aesthetics and Functionality: a continuous refinement to care for design objects
2:30pm •
(Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Exploring 3D Documentation for Time-based Media artworks: Case Studies from the Smithsonian Institution
3:00pm •
(Contemporary Art + Electronic Media) Teams of Care: Transfer Data Trust and the Case for Networked Artist Studios
Hennepin Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Lactation Room
Lakeshore A
10:30am •
(Archaeological Heritage) From Ashes to Artifacts: the strategic recovery of collections from the Montpelier fire
11:00am •
(Archaeological Heritage) Heritage West | Archaeology, Conservation, and Community in West Philadelphia
11:30am •
(Archaeological Heritage) Hazy and Fragmented Memories: Revitalizing Two Archaeological Glass Carboy Bottles
2:00pm •
(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
2:30pm •
(Archaeological Heritage) A Treatment Odyssey: The Preparation of 201 Ancient Cypriot Objects for Permanent Display
3:00pm •
(Archaeological Heritage) Setting Up Shop: Objects Conservation and Materials Analysis at Pañamarca, Peru
3:30pm •
(Archaeological Heritage) Forging Ahead: Creosote Removal from the Valley Forge National Park Upper Forge Site
Lakeshore B-C
10:30am •
(Architecture) Proposing an Alternative Methodology for Hurricane-Related Vulnerability Assessments of Built Heritage in Puerto Rico
11:00am •
(Architecture) Colored Expectations, Whitewashed Reality: A.J. Downing's Influence and the Surprising Palette of Ivy Lodge
11:30am •
(Architecture) Importance of Planning, Research, and Material Testing in Maintaining an Oldest Public Wood-and-Glass Greenhouse in the United States
2:00pm •
(Architecture) Panel on Laser Cleaning on Masonry Materials, Lessons Learned
Mirage Room
10:30am •
(Book and Paper) Library and Archives Discussion Group - Managing Existing Mold on Library and Archives Collections
2:00pm •
(Objects) Mercury: A Collection Component - A Panel Discussion
Nicollet A
10:30am •
(Book and Paper) Art on Paper Discussion Group - Citrates in Paper Conservation
2:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Adhesive Kinetics: the Folding Endurance of Wheat Starch Paste, Cellulose Ethers, and Photo-Grade Gelatin
2:30pm •
(Book and Paper) Evaluating the effectiveness of alum-tawed parchment as a repair material
3:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Reconsidering Klucel M: A Comparative Study of Commonly Used Cellulose Ethers in Paper Conservation
3:30pm •
Book and Paper Tips Session
Nicollet B-D
8:15am •
(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Introduction
8:30am •
(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Getting on the Same Page at NYPL: Learning Together to Advance Climate Action in Preservation and Exhibition Contexts
8:50am •
(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Sustainability across the collection multiverse
9:10am •
(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Sustainable Practices within Collection Care: Balancing Environmental Conditions with Institutional Demands
9:30am •
(Stumbling Towards Sustainability: Stories About Implementation) Panel Discussion
10:30am •
(Objects) When Art Meets Engineering: Collaborative Approaches to Outdoor Sculpture Installations at the Toledo Museum of Art
11:00am •
(Objects) My Kingdom for a Drain: The Collaborative Treatment of Robert Gober’s Untitled Installation
11:30am •
(Objects) Collaboration on Restoring Henry Moore’s Bronze Form at the Getty Museum
4:00pm •
AIC Member Business Meeting
5:00pm •
8th Annual Mistakes Session
Northstar A
10:30am •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Painting on a Ply: Exploring Innovative Treatments and Funding Solutions
11:00am •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Just Like the Real Thing: Jules Allard et Fils Reproduction Boiserie Period Rooms at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
11:30am •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Early case studies in the use of Xanthan-Konjac/Agar physical hydrogels and their analogs for conservation cleaning
12:00pm •
(Luncheon) Sustainability in Collections Care: Centering on Context vs. Extending an Object’s Physical Life $35
2:00pm •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) The First Hundred Years of Masonite
2:30pm •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) Collaborative conservation of a monumental altarpiece: Vivarini’s Virgin and Dead Christ with the Ascension and Saints
3:00pm •
(Paintings + Wooden Artifacts) X-ray Dendro: DIY CT Tree Ring Measurement for Dating Wooden Panels
3:30pm •
(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
Regency Room
10:30am •
(Preventive Care | Research & Technical Studies |MFT-IDG) Lighting Policy as an iterative process with MFT
11:00am •
(Preventive Care | Research & Technical Studies |MFT-IDG) Shades of yellow: can MFT foretell light-induced color change of white paper?
11:30am •
(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
12:00pm •
Microfade Testing Informal Meetup
2:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Joe Overstreet: searching for an unknown truth
2:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Secret Sauce: Investigating the Materials in Whistler’s Nocturnes
3:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) The Chronology of a Painting - Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe: Sketch, Copy or Replica
3:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Exploring the High-temperature Degradation of Athenian Red-figure Pottery Used in Cremation Burials
Walker Room
7:00am •
(Wellness) Quiet Room
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