Past Annual Meetings – 2015
Schedule
All events at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology unless otherwise noted.
Enter via the 434 South State Street door.
Friday, October 02, 2015
Registration Desk open from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - WORKSHOP: MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING
preregistration required, check in at State Street desk
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL!
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - REGIONAL LAB OPEN HOUSES
U of M conservation labs: Papyrology, Special collections
Southeast Michigan: Detroit Institute of Arts, The Henry Ford
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM - TOUR OF SPECIAL EXHIBITION, “Passionate Curiosities: Collecting in Egypt & the Near East, 1880s–1950s,” with Curator Margaret Cool Root
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM - OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, October 03, 2015
Registration desk open from 8:15 AM to 9:00 AM
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM - COFFEE & PASTRIES
9:00 AM - WELCOME
9:05 AM to 11:00 AM - MORNING SESSION I - Technical Studies
Audubon's Colors: Utilizing XRF to Examine Watercolor Pigments used in a Double Elephant Folio Birds of America Set - Amber Kehoe, Pre-program Conservation Intern, Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Diego Rivera Cartoons - Drawing Materials and Methods - Cathy Selvius DeRoo, Research Scientist, Detroit Institute of Arts and Christopher Foster, Conservator of Art on Paper and Photographs, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Transposing the Original: Analysis and Restoration of an Early 16th C. Polychrome Saint - Cybele Tom, Assistant Conservator of Objects and Ken Sutherland, Conservation Scientist, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Decorating with DNA: Analysis and Treatment of a Victorian-Era Hairwork Wreath - Janelle Batkin-Hall, Conservation Intern, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Graduate Student of Art Conservation at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM - COFFEE BREAK
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM - MORNING SESSION II - "Not Really My Job," unusual projects for authors
Relying on the Kindness of Strangers: Gathering Information for the Treatment of a Suit of Japanese Samurai Armor - Anne Battram, Upholstery Conservator, Biltmore Estate, Ashville, NC
Under the Eyes of Krishna: Bringing the Paintings of the Pustimarg to the Art Institute of Chicago and Some Observations on the Changing Materials of Nathdwara Artists - Rachel Freeman, Assistant Paper Conservator; Daniela Leonard, Mellon Fellow in Paintings Conservation; and Annette Gaspers, Asian Art Departmental Specialist, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Italian Linings for American Paintings at the Cincinnati Art Museum - Serena Urry, Chief Conservator, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - LUNCH
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM - AFTERNOON SESSION - Three Talks In Honor of Chris Young
Non-chemical Means to Bleach Cellulose - Harold Mailand, Director and Textile Conservator, Textile Conservation Services, Indianapolis, IN
2-D or not 2-D: The Conservation Treatment of A Convex Crayon Enlargement Portrait after a Failed Decoupage Attempt - Thomas Edmondson, Heugh-Edmondson Conservation Services, LLC., Kansas City, MO
Charles Russell, A Forensic Examination: An In-depth Examination Reveals More Questions Than Answers - Jodie Utter, Conservator of Works on Paper, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM - MRCG HAPPY HOUR AT SAVA's - 216 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; Phone: 734.623.2233
Sunday, October 04, 2015
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM - COFFEE & PASTRIES
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM - MORNING SESSION - Collections Care and Education
Mixed Media Part Two: Looking Back on a Multi-year Grant Funded Project While Planning for the Future - Jessica Lafrance-Hwang, Project Conservator and Clara Deck, Senior Conservator, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
A Collaboration of 3-D Modeling and Automated Box Manufacture for Library Special Collections Enclosures - Doug Sanders, Paper Conservator, Indiana University Library Preservation, Bloomington, IN
Conservation in the Classroom - Heather Galloway, Galloway Art Conservation LLC, Oberlin, OH
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM - COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM - BUSINESS MEETING
1:00 PM - MEETING ADJOURNED
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