AIC's 47th Annual Meeting has ended

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AIC's 47th Annual Meeting

5:30pm EDT

HHIS Report / AIC Annual Awards Presentation Salon A & B, Uncas Ballroom

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

10:45am 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

2:00pm EDT

(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Orthomosaics For Object Documentation Earth Ballroom AJ P. Brown (New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Smartsourced Conservation: Overcoming the Limitations of Smartphone Technologies Salon B1, Uncas BallroomLaura Chaillie (New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) High Acyl Gellan Gum in Parchment Conservation Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Pedal to the Metals: Preserving High-Polish Metals In A Racing Collection Salon A1, Uncas BallroomLisa Imamura • Roxine Dunbar (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Revisiting the Decision-Making Model for the Conservation of Contemporary Art Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomJulia Giebeler • Gunnar Heydenreich • Andrea Sartorius (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) The Dating Game: A New Diagnostic Marker for Dating and Provenancing of Titanium White Pigments Salon B2, Uncas BallroomCorina E. Rogge • Julie Arslanoglu

2:30pm EDT

(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Collaborating to Conserve Sound and Substrate of Rare Phonograph Cylinders from the Edison Laboratory Earth Ballroom AMary Wilcop • Peter Alyea • Earl Cornell (New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Collecting Contemporary Design: Planning For the Future Right Now Salon B1, Uncas BallroomJessica Walthew • Sarah Barack • Ben Fino-Radin (New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Investigation into the Reduction of Foxing Stains in Paper Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsMadison Brockman • Emily Farek (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Using Water Droplets to Rapidly Evaluate the Playability of Magnetic Tapes Salon A1, Uncas BallroomAndrew Davis (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Seeking Balance: Conservation Values and the Artist’s Voice Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomMatthew Skopek • Margo Delidow-[PA] • Clara Rojas Sebesta (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Use Of Er:Yag Laser Systems to Target Cleaning Challenges at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Salon B2, Uncas BallroomJessica Chloros • Holly Salmon • Gianfranco Pocobene • Ellen Promise

3:00pm EDT

(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Image Subtraction At the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit Earth Ballroom ADawn Lohnas Kriss • Lauren Bradley • Elyse Driscoll • Jessica Ford • Victoria Schussler (New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Rapid Prototype Conservation: A Collaborative Approach Salon B1, Uncas BallroomCaitlin Richeson • Emily Hamilton-[PA] (New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Gel as an Alternative to Immersion for Light Bleaching Works on Paper Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsMichelle Sullivan • Sarah Freeman • Anne Maheux (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Thinking Outside the Box: Getting the Most Out of Scientific Research with Minimal Resources Salon A1, Uncas BallroomCaitlin R. O'Grady (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) The Museum as Production Studio - Thomas Hirschhorn’s Intensif-Station (2010) Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomNina Quabeck (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Self-Supporting Methylcellulose Meshes – An Innovative Bonding Tool Salon B2, Uncas BallroomMona Konietzny • Sonja Bretschneider • Natalie Ellwanger • Ursula Haller • Karolina Soppa

4:00pm EDT

(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Broken into Fragments: Analysis, Stabilization, and Conservation of the Maya Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala Salon B1, Uncas BallroomHeather Hurst • Angelyn Bass (New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Teaching an Old Lab New Tricks: Introducing Gels to an Archaeological and Ethnographic Collection Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsJulia Commander • Tessa de Alarcon • Emily Brown-[PA] • Jessica Byler • Molly Gleeson-[PA] • Julia Lawson-[PA] • Alexis North • Nina Owczarek-[Fellow] (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) In-Situ Measurements of the Burial Environment Provide a Key to Conservation Treatment and Management Options of the Archaeological Heritage Salon A1, Uncas BallroomAlice Boccia Paterakis (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Art that Lives and Breathes: Conserving Creatures in Contemporary Art Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomPamela Johnson (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Kill-Or-Cure Remedy and Authenticity of Condition: From Weathered Paintings by Edvard Munch to Ephemeral Contemporary Art Salon B2, Uncas BallroomNina M. Olsson • Tomas Markevicius (Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Imaging Tools, Techniques, and Tactics Panel Earth Ballroom AJiuan Jiuan Chen • Mary Elizabeth Haude • Scott Geffert • Dale P. Kronkright

4:30pm EDT

(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Three-Dimensional Imaging of the Smith Collection of Globes for Preservation and Access Salon B1, Uncas BallroomMatthew Edney • Deborah LaCamera-[PA] • Lorraine Bigrigg-[PA] • Ian Fowler • TK McClintock • David Neikirk (New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Removing Non-Original Film-Forming Substances from Mural Painting Surfaces: The Use of Micro-Fragmented Agar Gels Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsRosa Senserrich-Espuñes • Lídia Font-Pagès (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Minimally Invasive Quantitative Field Analysis for Coating Consolidation Evaluation Salon A1, Uncas BallroomMelissa McGrew (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Creating, Implementing, and Actualising Katie Paterson's “Future Library” (2014–2114) Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomBrian Castriota (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) How to Take Care of the Tarot Garden by Niki the Saint Phalle? Guiding "Her Team" to a More Conservative and Methodical Approach and to an Interdisciplinary Collaboration Salon B2, Uncas BallroomSerena Vella

5:00pm EDT

(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Using Polymeric Emulsion Stabilizers Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett RoomsChris Stavroudis (Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Small Museum Research Strategies in Alaska Salon A1, Uncas BallroomEllen M. Carrlee (The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) From Prism to Kaleidoscope: Metamorphosis of Contemporary Conservator's tools Salon A2-A3, Uncas BallroomMuriel Verbeeck (Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Passive Conditioning in Extreme Conditions Salon B2, Uncas BallroomTara Hornung • Christopher Cameron • Kelly McCauley Krish • Troy Schaum

4:30pm EDT

Untold Stories 2019: Indigenous Futures and Collaborative Conservation Salon C & D, Uncas BallroomTamia Anaya • Sanchita Balachandran-[Fellow] • Jason Mancini • Chris Newell • Nicole Passerotti • endawnis Spears