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AIC's 47th Annual Meeting

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8:20am EDT

(Opening Session) Welcome and Speaker Introductions Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomGoppion

8:40am EDT

(Opening Session) Conservation Is Not Neutral Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomFletcher Durant

9:00am EDT

(Opening Session) The Academy as Community: Leveraging Common Treatment to Expand Understanding and Audience Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomMark Aronson • Jessica J. David

9:15am EDT

(Opening Session) Lessons Learned from a Fishbowl: Preserving Nirvana Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomJacki Elgar

9:30am EDT

(Opening Session) Is Art like Language? Linguistic Approaches for the Future of Conservation Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomCybele Tom

10:00am EDT

Exhibit Hall - Break Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom

10:45am EDT

(Opening Session) Tactics "to preserve the art of art conservation itself" Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomJeanne Drewes

11:10am EDT

(Opening Session) The CoToCoCo Project : A Conceptual Toolkit for Contemporary Conservation Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomClaudine Houbart • Stéphane Dawans • Muriel Verbeeck

11:30am EDT

(Opening Session) Reframing Authenticity Salon A & B, Uncas BallroomSari K Uricheck

11:45am EDT

(Opening Session) Lessons from the Felt: Thoughts on Risk, Community, and Lifelong Learning from a Poker Player Turned Conservator Salon A & B, Uncas Ballroom

12:00pm EDT

ECPN Information Session Earth Ballroom B RATS Business Meeting Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsCorina E. Rogge CIPP Business Meeting & Luncheon Schaghticoke Room Socratic Dialogue: Authenticity, originality and innovation: what are we trying to achieve?TICKETED Abenaki RoomWilliam Wei

12:45pm EDT

Archaeological Discussion Group (ADG) Business Meeting Shinnecock/Nipmuc RoomsFrancis Lukezic Leadership Lunch - To Serve is to LeadTICKETED Earth Ballroom BBob Norris • Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation • The Getty Conservation Institute

1:00pm EDT

National Heritage Responders Business MeetingTICKETED Narragansett Room

2:00pm EDT

(Architecture) Mortar Mishaps: Testing the Freeze/Thaw Durability Of Common Restoration Repair Mortars Salon A1, Uncas BallroomStephanie M. Hoagland (Book and Paper) Select Tips and Tricks In Paper Conservation Earth Ballroom AJ Franklin Mowery (Collection Care) Remote Sensor Technology for Rodent Surveillance in Museums: Insights from Recent Trials at the AMNH Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomJulia Sybalsky • Robert Corrigan • Lisa Elkin • Mike Freshour • Robert Hanson (Electronic Media) Revisiting Chemical Reconditioning Of Cellulose Acetate Motion Picture Films For Improved Digital Reformatting Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsJohn Baty • Diana Little • La Verne Lopes (Objects) Seeing Clearly: Casting Epoxy Fills for Glass Objects Using Transparent Molds Salon B1, Uncas BallroomKaren Stamm • Rebecca Gridley (Paintings) Technical Study and Treatment of Paintings by Clementine Hunter Salon B2, Uncas BallroomChristine Romano • Thomas Lam • Jia-sun Tsang (Research & Technical Studies) Understanding Air-Tight Case Environments at the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution) by SPME-GC-MS Analysis Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsAlba Alvarez Martin • Rebecca Kaczkowski • Gwénaëlle Kavich • Cali Martin • Kelly McHugh (Textiles) Agarose-Alpha Amylase Application In Textile Conservation Oneida/Penobscot RoomsStaphany Cheng

2:30pm EDT

(Architecture) Let the Stones Keep Talking: The Conservation of Monuments Sculpted in Piedras Negras, Guatemala Salon A1, Uncas BallroomGriselda Pérez-Robles • Juan Carlos Pérez Calderón • James Doyle • Carlos Rodríguez Navarro • Edwin Rolando Pérez Robles • Mónica Urquizú (Book and Paper) Unconventional Uses Of Conventional Treatments: Three Case Studies In Paper Conservation Earth Ballroom AKyla Ubbink (Collection Care) Pigeon - Friend or Foe? Threatening Artworks Worldwide Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomTanushree Gupta • Gabriela Krist (Electronic Media) TBC Under Control: Suggestion For A New Documentation Method For the Digitization Of Analog Video Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsAgathe Jarczyk • Sophie Bunz (Objects) Supporting Silicified “Glass” Insect Macrofossils for Repair with Self-Releasing Bandages and Foam Support Systems Salon B1, Uncas BallroomMarina B. Gibbons (Paintings) Turmoil, Ruination, and the Sea: Technical Study of Werner Heldt’s "Still Life At the Window" Salon B2, Uncas BallroomAnne Schaffer • Georgina M. Rayner • Kate Smith (Photographic Materials) A Context-Based Approach to Conserving Photographs On Textiles Earth Ballroom BAnnaick Parker • Shannon A. Brogdon-Grantham • Miriam Doutriaux • Gwénaëlle Kavich • Thomas Lam (Research & Technical Studies) Hyperspectral Imaging on the Microscopic Scale: Challenges and Successes of Instrument Design for Materials Characterization Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsLindsay Oakley • Victoria Cooley • Marc Sebastian Walton (Textiles) Dewdrops on an Iris: Using Gels and a Crepeline Lining to Treat an Early 20th Century Japanese Silk Painting Oneida/Penobscot RoomsTanya Uyeda

3:00pm EDT

(Architecture) Anticipating Patina In Building Stone Salon A1, Uncas BallroomHeather Hartshorn (Book and Paper) It All Comes out in the Wash, or Does It? A Comparative Study of Washing Treatments on a Group of 18th-Century Engravings Earth Ballroom AGrace Walters • Sylvia Albro-[PA] • Julie Biggs • Claire Dekle • Claire Valero • Tana Villafana (Collection Care) The Peabody Museum Moth Mitigation Project: Approaches to the Preservation of Ethnographic Objects in the Aftermath of a Webbing Clothes Moth Infestation Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomCassy Cutulle • Matthew F. Vigneau • Mollie Denhard • Lindsay Koso • Khanh Nguyen (Electronic Media) Restoring the Residents: Correcting Fixed and Variable Speed Changes In Video Recordings Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsBill Seery • Maurice Schechter (Objects) Micromosaics from the Sir Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Salon B1, Uncas BallroomMariam Saskia Sonntag (Paintings) An Investigation into Florine Stettheimer's Materials and Techniques Salon B2, Uncas BallroomFiona Rutka • Kate Duffy (Photographic Materials) The Expansion of the Cold and Cool Storage Vaults at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art Earth Ballroom BFernanda Valverde (Research & Technical Studies) Glass Analysis Combining Elemental Imaging from Nanometer to Centimeter Scale With Quantitative Bulk Analysis: Characterizing a Carchesium with Silver Stain Enamel Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsPablo Londero • Aniko Bezur • Nicholas Bigelow • Patrick Degryse • Brian McIntyre • Elena Torok • Ralph Wiegandt (Textiles) Erasing a Problematic Past: A New Application of Paper Conservation Expertise in the Corrective Treatment of a 17th-Century Chinese Tapestry Oneida/Penobscot RoomsMinsun Hwang

3:30pm EDT

Exhibit Hall - Break Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom

4:00pm EDT

Intro to the Collection Care Tips Session Salon A2-A3, Uncas Ballroom (Architecture) Monitoring the Stone Degradation in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Salon A1, Uncas BallroomK. Goze Akoglu • Stefan Simon (Book and Paper) Legacy vs. Losses in Hedda Sterne’s Complex Monotypes Earth Ballroom ARachel Mochon (Electronic Media) And there Was Light: Restoring the Notman & Son Neon Sign Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsSonia Kata (Objects) Making It Stick: Challenges with the Re-Coating of Miró's Outdoor Bronze Sculpture Entitled Personnage Salon B1, Uncas BallroomJessica Chasen • Arlen Heginbotham • Herant Khanjian • Julie Wolfe (Paintings) Joining Skills: A Collaboration Between Painting and Furniture Specialties to Treat Panel Paintings Salon B2, Uncas BallroomLucia Bay • Gert van Gerven (Photographic Materials) 19th Century Glass Manufacture and Its Relevance to Photographic Glass Stability Earth Ballroom BLynn Brostoff • Kate Fogle (Research & Technical Studies) Examination of Metal Soap Efflorescence on Selected Oil-On-Canvas Studies by Edwin Austin Abbey Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsRichard R. Hark • Aniko Bezur • Pablo Londero • Katherine Schilling • Cynthia Schwarz • Kelsey Wingel (Textiles) Taking Cues and Measuring Hues: Using Paper Conservation Methodology In the Light Bleaching Of Textiles Oneida/Penobscot RoomsCaitlyn Picard • Renée Dancause • Crystal Maitland • Season Tse • Janet Wagner

4:15pm EDT

(Collection Care) Survey Says…: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Streamlining Collections Assessments Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomLesley Haines • Hannah Fleming

4:30pm EDT

(Collection Care) Born Digital: Techniques, Advice, and Limitations of Digital Condition Reporting Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomKatrina Rush-[PA] (Architecture) Dilatation of Stone Upon Exposure to Water: Know Your Stone and Its Environment Salon A1, Uncas BallroomGeorge Wheeler (Book and Paper) The Conservator In The Age Of Digital Reproduction: Color Matching and Digital Fills For A Matte Screenprint Earth Ballroom ACarolyn Burns • Jiuan Jiuan Chen • Rebecca Ploeger • Aaron Shugar • Theresa J. Smith (Electronic Media) The Use Of Technology For The Preservation Of Light-Kinetic Art: The Conservation Treatment On Three Strutturazioni Ritmiche By Gianni Colombo Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsMaria Cristina Lanza (Objects) Maintenance: An Old Tactic for Evolving Treatments Salon B1, Uncas BallroomHoward Wellman • Ronald Harvey • Nancy Kurtz (Paintings) The Conservation History and Treatment of Three Large-Scale Paintings by Joan Miró: Releaving Canvas Distortions in Highly Reactive Paintings with a Gliding Elastic Tensioning System Salon B2, Uncas BallroomAntonio Iaccarino Idelson • Ana Alba • Luca Bonetti • Moriah Evans • Carlo Serino (Photographic Materials) Blue Pigment Inclusions In Salted Paper Prints Earth Ballroom BLisa Barro • Silvia Centeno (Research & Technical Studies) Effects of Binder Layer and Bath pH on Pt-Ag Replacement Reactions as Applied to Photographic Toning Practices Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsJoan M. Walker • Alline Myers • Ronel YL Namde • Keana Scott (Textiles) Treating Iron Degradation In Textiles: the Application Of A Paper Conservation Method Oneida/Penobscot RoomsAlison Castaneda • Callie O'Connor

4:45pm EDT

(Collection Care) Revolutionary Way to Measure Artifacts Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomJun Yin Hsiao

5:00pm EDT

(Collection Care) Using Web-based eClimateNotebook to Virtually Monitor, Manage, and Evaluate Alternative Environmental Control Strategies for Museums in Historic Buildings Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomRichard Kerschner (Book and Paper) A New Tool For Managing Cumulative Light Exposure Earth Ballroom AJordan Ferraro (Electronic Media) A Race Against Time: Preserving iOS App-Based Artworks Passamaquoddy/Brothertown RoomsJoseph G Heinen Jr. • Flaminia Fortunato • Morgan Kessler (Objects) An Unconventional Use of Conventional Materials: Conserving Barbara Neijna's Hand-Painted "Sunrest" Salon B1, Uncas BallroomRosa Lowinger-[Fellow] (Paintings) The Lining of Canvas Paintings onto Aluminum Sheet Interleafs: History and Approaches for their Reversal Salon B2, Uncas BallroomCourtney Books • Corrine Long • Gianfranco Pocobene (Photographic Materials) Pictorialist Experiments of Karl Struss Earth Ballroom BSarah Casto (Research & Technical Studies) The Application of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Gel-Sampling to Identify Synthetic Dyes Used on Hand-Colored Photographs Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsHan Neevel • Veronica Biolcati • Katrien Keune • Inez van der Werf (Textiles) It's a Cover Up!: The Use of Japanese Tissue Paper in the Conservation of the Embellished Hangings from the Spangled Bed c.1621 Oneida/Penobscot RoomsYoko Hanegreefs • Rosamund Weatherall ACR

5:30pm EDT

Opening Reception: Pre-Reception Lab and Storage Tours Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

6:30pm EDT

Opening Reception Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research CenterHuntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc. • University Products