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New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!
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Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings
The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art
Tough Challenges Need New Techniques
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Monday
, May 13
Mohegan Sun Lobby (Departures)
7:30am •
The Ultimate New England Conservation Lab Tour - Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) and Historic New England Conservation Laboratory and Storage Facility
TICKETED
11:15am •
Newport Mansions - A Conservation Exploration - Day 1
TICKETED
1:30pm •
Yale (Part 1) - A Taste of Yale West Campus: New Haven Style Pizza, Beer, and Conservation
TICKETED
multiple NYC venues
9:00am •
New York City - Pre-session Tour - Day 1
TICKETED
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
9:00am •
Documentation and Risk Assessment of Complex Time-Based Media Artworks
TICKETED
Narragansett Room
1:00pm •
Spruce Root Basketry Repair
TICKETED
New London Maritime Society
9:00am •
RE-ORG Angels Project: New London Maritime Museum
Passamaquoddy/Brothertown Rooms
10:30am •
Global Relevance / Local Action: Conservation at Work in Communities
TICKETED
TBA
9:30am •
Boston Area Tour Day - 1 Harvard and MIT - Preservation, Conservation and Collection Care Tours
TICKETED
Yale University Library
10:30am •
Emergency Recovery of Audiovisual and Electronic Media
TICKETED
Tuesday
, May 14
Abenaki Room
9:00am •
Microfade Testing: Fundamentals and Practice
TICKETED
Corn Planting, Maple Sugar, Strawberry Rooms
12:00pm •
Centering Value in Collection Care
TICKETED
Earth Ballroom A
8:00pm •
ECPN Networking Happy Hour
Earth Ballroom B
9:00pm •
ANAGPIC Graduate Program Reunions
Mohegan Sun Lobby (Departures)
7:00am •
Boston Area Tour Day - 2 MFA and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
TICKETED
7:30am •
Historic New England Architectural Gems
TICKETED
8:00am •
Designing Brilliance – The Gorham Silver Exhibition at the Rhode Island School of Design
TICKETED
8:00am •
Newport Mansions - A Conservation Exploration - Day 2
TICKETED
9:00am •
Yale (Part 2) - Preservation and Conservation of Book & Paper @ Yale University Library: A Behind the Scenes Laboratory Tour of the Yale Center for British Art and Yale University Library
TICKETED
11:30am •
Mark Twain House and Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Tour
multiple NYC venues
9:00am •
New York City - Pre-session Tour - Day 2
TICKETED
Narragansett Room
2:00pm •
Scholarly Writing: Presentation to Publication
Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms
1:00pm •
Sustainability Tool Kit
TICKETED
Nipmuc Room 1
9:00am •
GC Lasers Systems - Live Laser Cleaning Demos
3:00pm •
Insurance 101 - Practical Considerations: The Importance of Insurance & Risk Management
Nipmuc Room 2
9:00am •
Conserve Yourself First
TICKETED
Oneida/Penobscot Rooms
5:30pm •
APOYOnline 30th Anniversary Meeting
Passamaquoddy/Brothertown Rooms
1:00pm •
Conservation Technology Showcase
Peeping Frog
1:00pm •
Respirator Fit Test
TICKETED
Salon A & B, Uncas Ballroom
5:30pm •
HHIS Report / AIC Annual Awards Presentation
Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom
7:00pm •
Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
7:00pm •
Publications Committee - Meet & Greet
Schaghticoke Room
9:00am •
Packing and Crating: Basics for Traveling with Your Art
TICKETED
Shinnecock Room
1:00pm •
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Art of Diplomacy - Leading with Influence
TICKETED
University of Rhode Island Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design
11:15am •
Natural Dyes, Mineral Colors, and Synthetic Dyes on Textiles
TICKETED
Wednesday
, May 15
Abenaki Room
12:00pm •
Socratic Dialogue: Authenticity, originality and innovation: what are we trying to achieve?
TICKETED
Earth Ballroom A
2:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Select Tips and Tricks In Paper Conservation
2:30pm •
(Book and Paper) Unconventional Uses Of Conventional Treatments: Three Case Studies In Paper Conservation
3:00pm •
(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
4:00pm •
(Book and Paper) Legacy vs. Losses in Hedda Sterne’s Complex Monotypes
4:30pm •
(Book and Paper) The Conservator In The Age Of Digital Reproduction: Color Matching and Digital Fills For A Matte Screenprint
5:00pm •
(Book and Paper) A New Tool For Managing Cumulative Light Exposure
Earth Ballroom B
12:00pm •
ECPN Information Session
12:45pm •
Leadership Lunch - To Serve is to Lead
TICKETED
2:30pm •
(Photographic Materials) A Context-Based Approach to Conserving Photographs On Textiles
3:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) The Expansion of the Cold and Cool Storage Vaults at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
4:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) 19th Century Glass Manufacture and Its Relevance to Photographic Glass Stability
4:30pm •
(Photographic Materials) Blue Pigment Inclusions In Salted Paper Prints
5:00pm •
(Photographic Materials) Pictorialist Experiments of Karl Struss
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
5:30pm •
Opening Reception: Pre-Reception Lab and Storage Tours
6:30pm •
Opening Reception
Narragansett Room
1:00pm •
National Heritage Responders Business Meeting
TICKETED
Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms
12:00pm •
RATS Business Meeting
2:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Understanding Air-Tight Case Environments at the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution) by SPME-GC-MS Analysis
2:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Hyperspectral Imaging on the Microscopic Scale: Challenges and Successes of Instrument Design for Materials Characterization
3:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Glass Analysis Combining Elemental Imaging from Nanometer to Centimeter Scale With Quantitative Bulk Analysis: Characterizing a Carchesium with Silver Stain Enamel
4:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Examination of Metal Soap Efflorescence on Selected Oil-On-Canvas Studies by Edwin Austin Abbey
4:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Effects of Binder Layer and Bath pH on Pt-Ag Replacement Reactions as Applied to Photographic Toning Practices
5:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) The Application of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Gel-Sampling to Identify Synthetic Dyes Used on Hand-Colored Photographs
Oneida/Penobscot Rooms
2:00pm •
(Textiles) Agarose-Alpha Amylase Application In Textile Conservation
2:30pm •
(Textiles) Dewdrops on an Iris: Using Gels and a Crepeline Lining to Treat an Early 20th Century Japanese Silk Painting
3:00pm •
(Textiles) Erasing a Problematic Past: A New Application of Paper Conservation Expertise in the Corrective Treatment of a 17th-Century Chinese Tapestry
4:00pm •
(Textiles) Taking Cues and Measuring Hues: Using Paper Conservation Methodology In the Light Bleaching Of Textiles
4:30pm •
(Textiles) Treating Iron Degradation In Textiles: the Application Of A Paper Conservation Method
5:00pm •
(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
Passamaquoddy/Brothertown Rooms
2:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Revisiting Chemical Reconditioning Of Cellulose Acetate Motion Picture Films For Improved Digital Reformatting
2:30pm •
(Electronic Media) TBC Under Control: Suggestion For A New Documentation Method For the Digitization Of Analog Video
3:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Restoring the Residents: Correcting Fixed and Variable Speed Changes In Video Recordings
4:00pm •
(Electronic Media) And there Was Light: Restoring the Notman & Son Neon Sign
4:30pm •
(Electronic Media) The Use Of Technology For The Preservation Of Light-Kinetic Art: The Conservation Treatment On Three Strutturazioni Ritmiche By Gianni Colombo
5:00pm •
(Electronic Media) A Race Against Time: Preserving iOS App-Based Artworks
Salon A & B, Uncas Ballroom
8:20am •
(Opening Session) Welcome and Speaker Introductions
8:40am •
(Opening Session) Conservation Is Not Neutral
9:00am •
(Opening Session) The Academy as Community: Leveraging Common Treatment to Expand Understanding and Audience
9:15am •
(Opening Session) Lessons Learned from a Fishbowl: Preserving Nirvana
9:30am •
(Opening Session) Is Art like Language? Linguistic Approaches for the Future of Conservation
10:45am •
(Opening Session) Tactics "to preserve the art of art conservation itself"
11:10am •
(Opening Session) The CoToCoCo Project : A Conceptual Toolkit for Contemporary Conservation
11:30am •
(Opening Session) Reframing Authenticity
11:45am •
(Opening Session) Lessons from the Felt: Thoughts on Risk, Community, and Lifelong Learning from a Poker Player Turned Conservator
Salon A1, Uncas Ballroom
2:00pm •
(Architecture) Mortar Mishaps: Testing the Freeze/Thaw Durability Of Common Restoration Repair Mortars
2:30pm •
(Architecture) Let the Stones Keep Talking: The Conservation of Monuments Sculpted in Piedras Negras, Guatemala
3:00pm •
(Architecture) Anticipating Patina In Building Stone
4:00pm •
(Architecture) Monitoring the Stone Degradation in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven
4:30pm •
(Architecture) Dilatation of Stone Upon Exposure to Water: Know Your Stone and Its Environment
Salon A2-A3, Uncas Ballroom
2:00pm •
(Collection Care) Remote Sensor Technology for Rodent Surveillance in Museums: Insights from Recent Trials at the AMNH
2:30pm •
(Collection Care) Pigeon - Friend or Foe? Threatening Artworks Worldwide
3:00pm •
(Collection Care) The Peabody Museum Moth Mitigation Project: Approaches to the Preservation of Ethnographic Objects in the Aftermath of a Webbing Clothes Moth Infestation
4:00pm •
Intro to the Collection Care Tips Session
4:15pm •
(Collection Care) Survey Says…: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Streamlining Collections Assessments
4:30pm •
(Collection Care) Born Digital: Techniques, Advice, and Limitations of Digital Condition Reporting
4:45pm •
(Collection Care) Revolutionary Way to Measure Artifacts
5:00pm •
(Collection Care) Using Web-based eClimateNotebook to Virtually Monitor, Manage, and Evaluate Alternative Environmental Control Strategies for Museums in Historic Buildings
Salon B1, Uncas Ballroom
2:00pm •
(Objects) Seeing Clearly: Casting Epoxy Fills for Glass Objects Using Transparent Molds
2:30pm •
(Objects) Supporting Silicified “Glass” Insect Macrofossils for Repair with Self-Releasing Bandages and Foam Support Systems
3:00pm •
(Objects) Micromosaics from the Sir Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
4:00pm •
(Objects) Making It Stick: Challenges with the Re-Coating of Miró's Outdoor Bronze Sculpture Entitled Personnage
4:30pm •
(Objects) Maintenance: An Old Tactic for Evolving Treatments
5:00pm •
(Objects) An Unconventional Use of Conventional Materials: Conserving Barbara Neijna's Hand-Painted "Sunrest"
Salon B2, Uncas Ballroom
2:00pm •
(Paintings) Technical Study and Treatment of Paintings by Clementine Hunter
2:30pm •
(Paintings) Turmoil, Ruination, and the Sea: Technical Study of Werner Heldt’s "Still Life At the Window"
3:00pm •
(Paintings) An Investigation into Florine Stettheimer's Materials and Techniques
4:00pm •
(Paintings) Joining Skills: A Collaboration Between Painting and Furniture Specialties to Treat Panel Paintings
4:30pm •
(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
5:00pm •
(Paintings) The Lining of Canvas Paintings onto Aluminum Sheet Interleafs: History and Approaches for their Reversal
Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
Exhibit Hall - Break
3:30pm •
Exhibit Hall - Break
Schaghticoke Room
12:00pm •
CIPP Business Meeting & Luncheon
Shinnecock/Nipmuc Rooms
12:45pm •
Archaeological Discussion Group (ADG) Business Meeting
Thursday
, May 16
Abenaki Room
8:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Furthering Wooden Artifact and Architecture Conservation in Ukraine
9:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Analysis of Black Resin of a Late Period Coffin by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
9:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Strengthen Methylcellulose with Nanocellulose for High Relative Humidity
10:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Local Color: The Visual Analysis of a South American Colonial Lacquered Gourd in the Collection of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
11:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Characterizing Asian Lacquer Surfaces Using Surface Metrology and Multimodal Imaging Techniques: A New Approach
11:30am •
WAG Business Meeting
5:30pm •
Contemporary Art Network Happy Hour
Earth Ballroom A
7:30am •
BPG Business Meeting
8:30am •
(Book and Paper) Comparison Of Chinese Painting and Western Paper Conservation Techniques
9:00am •
(Book and Paper) Combining Traditional Thinking and Innovative Methods On the Conservation Of Chinese Hanging Scroll – A Case Study From the National Palace Museum Collections
9:30am •
(Book and Paper) Whistler’s Little Game: Watercolor Materials and Technique
11:00am •
(Book and Paper) Repairing A 52-Pound Antiphonary At the University Of Chicago
11:30am •
(Book and Paper) The Queen’s Bindery Apprenticeship Scheme: a new look at traditional craft training
12:00pm •
(Book and Paper) BPG Wiki Discussion Session
2:00pm •
(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Orthomosaics For Object Documentation
2:30pm •
(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Collaborating to Conserve Sound and Substrate of Rare Phonograph Cylinders from the Edison Laboratory
3:00pm •
(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Image Subtraction At the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit
4:00pm •
(Imaging Tools/Techniques/& Tactics) Imaging Tools, Techniques, and Tactics Panel
Earth Ballroom B
12:00pm •
Objects Tips Lunch
TICKETED
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
6:30pm •
Paintings Group Reception
TICKETED
Mystic Seaport Museum
5:15pm •
VIP Tour of Mystic Seaport
TICKETED
6:00pm •
Specialty Group Receptions - A Mystic Seaport Experience
6:30pm •
Tour of Mystic Seaport
TICKETED
Narragansett Room
12:00pm •
JAIC Editorial Board meeting
Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms
8:00am •
PMG Business Meeting
9:00am •
(Photographic Materials) Analytical Testing of Heat and Solvent Set Repair Tissues
9:30am •
(Photographic Materials) Biodegradation Study on Photographic Archive of Khedive Ismail Pasha Back to 19th Century
10:30am •
(Photographic Materials) Atmospheric Pressure Non-thermal Plasma of Cleaning 19th Century Tintype
11:00am •
(Photographic Materials) Specular Reflection FTIR for Chemical Analysis of Historic Photographs
2:00pm •
(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) High Acyl Gellan Gum in Parchment Conservation
2:30pm •
(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Investigation into the Reduction of Foxing Stains in Paper
3:00pm •
(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Gel as an Alternative to Immersion for Light Bleaching Works on Paper
4:00pm •
(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Teaching an Old Lab New Tricks: Introducing Gels to an Archaeological and Ethnographic Collection
4:30pm •
(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
5:00pm •
(New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!) Using Polymeric Emulsion Stabilizers
Oneida/Penobscot Rooms
7:30am •
TSG Business Meeting
8:30am •
(Textiles) An On-Going Mystery: Copper Kettles & Chilkat Blue
9:00am •
(Textiles) Flax and Hemp? A Holistic Approach to Fiber Identification
9:30am •
(Textiles) Wild Orchids For Textile Conservation – Considerations On Sustainability
10:30am •
(Textiles) Beyond Cavitation: Investigating Ultrasound In Immersion Cleaning Environments
11:00am •
(Textiles) Pressed and Presented: Pressure Mounting Textiles, History and Current Practice
11:30am •
(Textiles) Covering Up A Sticky Situation
Passamaquoddy/Brothertown Rooms
7:30am •
EMG Business Meeting
8:30am •
(Electronic Media) Towards Best Practices In Disk Imaging: A Cross-Institutional Approach
10:30am •
(Electronic Media) The Potential of Augmented Reality (AR) in the Virtual Performance of Time-Based Media Art
10:50am •
(Electronic Media) First Look: Capturing Emerging Digital Art With Webrecorder
11:10am •
(Electronic Media) Archiving Complex Digital Artworks
11:30am •
(Electronic Media) Virtual Reality As An Environment and Movement Documenting tool In Conservation Practice For Mechanical Kinetic Artwork
Salon A1, Uncas Ballroom
8:30am •
(Architecture) The Latchis Theater: Planning the Conservation and Restoration of an Art Deco Masterpiece in Brattleboro, Vermont
9:00am •
(Architecture) Hold My Beer: A Team-Based Approach for Addressing the Complexity of Conditions at Monument Hill State Historic Site, Texas's Oldest Brewery
9:30am •
(Architecture) A Comparative Finish Investigation of Vernacular Wood Structures at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Alberta
10:30am •
(Architecture) Conservation of Pre-Hispanic Aymaran–Inka Funeral Towers, ‘Chullpar’ on the Bolivian Altiplano: Discovering Old, Lost Construction Techniques
11:00am •
(Architecture) A 20th Century Stained Glass Treatment
11:30am •
ASG Business Meeting
2:00pm •
(Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Pedal to the Metals: Preserving High-Polish Metals In A Racing Collection
2:30pm •
(Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Using Water Droplets to Rapidly Evaluate the Playability of Magnetic Tapes
3:00pm •
(Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Thinking Outside the Box: Getting the Most Out of Scientific Research with Minimal Resources
4:00pm •
(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
4:30pm •
(Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Minimally Invasive Quantitative Field Analysis for Coating Consolidation Evaluation
5:00pm •
(Practical Approaches to Technical Research in Low-Tech Settings) Small Museum Research Strategies in Alaska
Salon A2-A3, Uncas Ballroom
8:30am •
(Collection Care) The Re-Org Method: Tools, Techniques and Strategies to Improve Access to Collections Worldwide
9:00am •
(Collection Care) When It’s too Big! Moving and Safeguarding Three Oversize Native American Objects During Renovations at the Denver Art Museum
9:30am •
(Collection Care) Reducing Interaction for Increased Support: Utilizing Balsite® Putty for Spacers in Micro-Climated Warped Panel Paintings
10:30am •
(Collection Care) STASH Flash - Introduction
10:45am •
(Collection Care) Shelving Solutions with Laser Cutting Technology (10:40-10:50am)
10:45am •
(Collection Care) A Workflow for 3D Modeling and CNC Cutting Object Mounts from Polyethylene Foam (10:50-11:00am)
11:00am •
(Collection Care) Storing Systems for Mummy Bundles of Big Dimensions from Peru (11:10-11:20am)
11:00am •
(Collection Care) Three Part Storage/Handling Mount System (11:00-11:10am)
11:15am •
(Collection Care) Rehousing Jewelry and Novelty Items from the Gernsheim Collection (11:20-11:30am)
11:30am •
(Collection Care) Balancing Mass Production and Customization: Sink Mats for the David O. Selznick Storyboard Collection
2:00pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Revisiting the Decision-Making Model for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
2:30pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Seeking Balance: Conservation Values and the Artist’s Voice
3:00pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) The Museum as Production Studio - Thomas Hirschhorn’s Intensif-Station (2010)
4:00pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Art that Lives and Breathes: Conserving Creatures in Contemporary Art
4:30pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) Creating, Implementing, and Actualising Katie Paterson's “Future Library” (2014–2114)
5:00pm •
(The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art) From Prism to Kaleidoscope: Metamorphosis of Contemporary Conservator's tools
Salon B1, Uncas Ballroom
7:30am •
OSG Business Meeting
8:30am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) Decision-Making In Context: Conservation Of Gold and Magnesium Alloy Components On A Surveyor Spacecraft
9:00am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) A Preliminary Investigation Into the Use Of Laser Cleaning to Stabilize Bronze Disease
9:30am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) Miniature Wax Sculptures At the Philadelphia Museum Of Art: A Technical Study, Treatment, and Gallery Presentation
10:30am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) Getting to the Gut Of the Matter: the Conservation Of Siberian Yupik Winter Gut Parkas
11:00am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) Examining the Use Of Ozone Test Strips to Detect PVC Plastics In Museums
11:30am •
(Objects and Research and Technical Studies) Emission of New Plasticizers From Polymers: Evaluation of the Degradation and Life-Time Prediction of Soft-PVC Objects In Museums Collections
2:00pm •
(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Smartsourced Conservation: Overcoming the Limitations of Smartphone Technologies
2:30pm •
(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Collecting Contemporary Design: Planning For the Future Right Now
3:00pm •
(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Rapid Prototype Conservation: A Collaborative Approach
4:00pm •
(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Broken into Fragments: Analysis, Stabilization, and Conservation of the Maya Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala
4:30pm •
(New Technologies Meet Timeless Conservation Problems) Three-Dimensional Imaging of the Smith Collection of Globes for Preservation and Access
Salon B2, Uncas Ballroom
8:00am •
PSG Business Meeting and Breakfast
9:00am •
(Paintings) Shimmering Still Life: Exploring Cornelis de Heem's Remarkable Use of Orpiment from his Period in The Hague
9:30am •
(Paintings) Technical Study of a Painting Attributed to Honoré Daumier at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
10:30am •
(Paintings) Conserving a Conservator’s Paintings: Study and Preventive Care of Works by Felrath Hines
11:00am •
(Paintings) Hazy Conditions: Revealing the Materials and Techniques of Edwin Austin Abbey's Efflorescing Oil Studies and Exploring New Approaches to Treatment
11:30am •
(Paintings) Experimenting with Agarose: New Methods for Cleaning Sensitive Modern and Contemporary Surfaces
2:00pm •
(Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) The Dating Game: A New Diagnostic Marker for Dating and Provenancing of Titanium White Pigments
2:30pm •
(Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Use Of Er:Yag Laser Systems to Target Cleaning Challenges at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
3:00pm •
(Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Self-Supporting Methylcellulose Meshes – An Innovative Bonding Tool
4:00pm •
(Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Kill-Or-Cure Remedy and Authenticity of Condition: From Weathered Paintings by Edvard Munch to Ephemeral Contemporary Art
4:30pm •
(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
5:00pm •
(Tough Challenges Need New Techniques) Passive Conditioning in Extreme Conditions
Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
BPG Extended Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:00am •
Exhibit Hall - Break
3:30pm •
Exhibit Hall - Break
Shinnecock/Nipmuc Rooms
12:00pm •
The Value of Conservation: Making the Case to New Constituencies, Donors, and Within Our Own Institutions
TICKETED
Uncas Ballroom Foyer
1:00pm •
(Collection Care) Collection Care Network Idea Fair
3:30pm •
56. Repairing Archives – Does It Do Good or Harm?
3:30pm •
12. The Evolution of Multi-Disciplinary Training at the National School for Conservation, Restoration and Museography (ENCRyM-INAH)
3:30pm •
48. Traditional Infilling Methods for a 16th-century Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
3:30pm •
41. Characterization of Four Modern Tracing ‘Papers’
3:30pm •
11. Partnering with Senior Engineering Students: Design and Prototype Building of Document Encapsulator
3:30pm •
17. Know When to Say When: Who Am I to Represent for to Compensate the Void? Treatment and Remounting for a Chinese Qin Dynasty Ancestor Portrait Painting
3:30pm •
04. Characterizing Different UVA Lamps
3:30pm •
15. The Leather Discussion Group: A Group Effort to Understand the Material Properties of All Leathers, Both Old and New
3:30pm •
10. Cleaning Strategies and Techniques for Pre-Hispanic Funerary Bundles
3:30pm •
63. Going Green: Using Nontoxic Catechin to Treat Denaturation in Leather and Skin Materials
3:30pm •
03. PL-FTIR Microscopy, an Essential Tool for the Cleaning of a Painting of Dubious Attribution
3:30pm •
30. In-Depth Technical Analysis and Treatment of a Floral Still Life Painting
3:30pm •
19. Walcott House’s Social Impact on Saint Lucia
3:30pm •
25. Updating a Conservation Lab: Different Approaches to Redesign and Renovation
3:30pm •
21. A Simple Screen Printing Technique for Loss Compensation on Paper Objects and Bindings
3:30pm •
45. Maria Augusta Rui Barbosa’s Kimonos: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration as a Form of Preservation
3:30pm •
35. The Bindings of the Rare and Special Books Collection from the Oswaldo Cruz’s House: A Study for Its Preservation
3:30pm •
20. Creative Approaches to Integrated Pest Management: Engaging Museum Staff and Creating Buy-In
3:30pm •
43. Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the Heritage of Several Caribbean Islands
3:30pm •
51. Using Inkjet Printing out Copy Technology to Restore and Conserve the Cover of the Photograph Albums
3:30pm •
16. A Project with Potential: Evaluating a New Monitoring System for Artifacts Undergoing Electrochemical Treatment
3:30pm •
07. Exploring New Materials for Compensation of Losses to Gilded Surfaces
3:30pm •
29. PROfab Textile Paints: A Fabulous Alternative to Dyeing?
3:30pm •
27. Book Conservation Education in the US vs UK
3:30pm •
50. Color and Material-Appearance Imaging and Archiving Using a Sony Alpha a7R III Camera
3:30pm •
26. Collection Care Solutions for Plastics in Library and Archival Collections
3:30pm •
40. Final Pieces of the Ptolemy Puzzle
3:30pm •
22. New Fixation Methodologies for Severe Pictorial Detachments: ‘Storm’ of Pío Collivadino
3:30pm •
42. Building Structural Issues and the Complexities of Moving a Bibliographic and Record Collection at Instituto Moreira Salles
3:30pm •
46. Flying over the Walls of Resistance: About Virtualization Strategies, Conservation and Memories of the Borgoño Quarter
3:30pm •
08. From Mangled to Bangle: Reconstructing a Pair of Etruscan Bracelets
3:30pm •
41. Characterization of Four Modern Papers
3:30pm •
54. Use of Analytical Techniques for the Study of Archaeological Objects of the Ethnographic Museum ‘Juan B. Ambrosetti’
3:30pm •
18. Antiphonary Refrain: A Responsory of Bibliography, Conservation, and Digital Scholarship
3:30pm •
44. It Works! First Steps Towards a New Gel Based Treatment for Salt Extraction in Archaeological Pottery
3:30pm •
39. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Minimally Invasive Method for Definitive Identification of Organic Colorants on Paper
3:30pm •
23. ‘Los Olvidados’ between Preventive Conservation and Decision-Making
3:30pm •
13. The Cantilever Test and Its Application in Libraries and Archives
3:30pm •
09. The Night Mississippi Went Dry: Dissolving a Vinegar Mother in a Sealed Champagne Bottle
3:30pm •
49. An Evaluation of Damage to a Variety of Paper due to Gamma Irradiation Followed by Natural Aging
3:30pm •
01. Comparison of Image Processing Techniques to Evaluate the Cleaning Efficiency of Gecko Microdusters on Acrylic Paint Surfaces
3:30pm •
34. Remaining Flexible: Managing and Monitoring Elastomers Within a Contemporary Collection
3:30pm •
02. Defining Value: The Identification Processes for Religious Heritage Sites and the Case of La Candelaria, an Indigenous Church of Sabaya in Oruro, Bolivia
3:30pm •
36. Medical Equipment for Safety Purposes in a Conservation Center
3:30pm •
38. Renovation of a Historic Alcohol House
3:30pm •
58. Varnished Wall Maps: Attempt If You Dare
3:30pm •
37. An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Agar Gel as a Cleaning Method for Ceramic Objects
3:30pm •
47. The Impact of MMT Clay Nanoparticle on the Treatment of Historical Textile Using Paraloid B-72
3:30pm •
32. A Case Study for the Practical Considerations of an Affordable Infrared Camera Conversion
3:30pm •
14. A Local Mending Technique for a Japanese Screen
3:30pm •
06. Chemical Stability of 3D Printed Materials
3:30pm •
61. Life in Beads: Conservation of North-American Clothing
3:30pm •
05. Conservation and NAGPRA: Ongoing Developments and Suggestions
3:30pm •
52. Reconsidering of Preventive Conservation Guidelines in a University Museum: A Case Study from China
3:30pm •
28. A Simple Detection Method Using Ultraviolet Radiation to Locate Copper (I) Cyanide Residues on Antiquity Bronze
3:30pm •
33. Developing a ‘Low Tech’ Methodology for Digital Image Correlation Analysis of Textile Samples
3:30pm •
24. Structural Conservation of a Late 16th-Early 17th Century Panel Attributed to Paul Brill
3:30pm •
57. Introducing the CAN Project: Cellulose Acetate & Nitrate Management, Analysis and Preservation
3:30pm •
55. Working within the Melting Pot: Art/Artists/Curators/Conservators
3:30pm •
50. Color and Material Appearance Imaging and Archiving Using a Sony α7R III Camera
3:30pm •
31. Advocating/Engaging: Unpacking Public Outreach and Participation in Conservation Practice
Friday
, May 17
Abenaki Room
10:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Art Shapes: An Investigation of Hans Arp’s Constellations II
10:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Archaeometric Study of a Gilded Wooden Statue from the Ottoman Period
11:00am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Making Excellent Thin Sections for Wood Identification: A Quick and Easy Method
11:30am •
(Wooden Artifacts) Separating the Three Species of Swietenia spp. in Rhode Island Furniture Using Direct Analysis in Real Time – Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Earth Ballroom A
10:00am •
(Book and Paper) Use Of Heat and Solvent Set Repair Tissues
10:30am •
Book and Paper Tips Session
2:00pm •
Discussing BPG Discussion Groups - Updates from our Discussion Group Merger Survey
2:30pm •
Art on Paper Discussion Group
Earth Ballroom B
10:00am •
(Contemporary Art) New Tactics Panel - The Evolving Influence of the Conservator of Contemporary Art
2:30pm •
Archives Conservation Discussion Group (BPG ACDG)
Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms
10:00am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Challenges in the Detection and Identification of Proteins in Paintings and Works-Of-Arts and Archaeological Objects
10:30am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Proteomics Characterization of Organic Metal Threads
11:00am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Normalized Peak Area Distributions with HPLC-DAD-MS as a Tool for Differentiating Madder and Cochineal Lakes in Easel Paintings
11:30am •
(Research & Technical Studies) Protein Identification in the Technical Analysis of African Art: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned
2:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Wood You Rather? Exploring the Complementarity of Chemotaxonomic Approaches to Mahogany Identification
2:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Effects of Relative Humidity and Temperature on Morphology and Chemical Composition of Debarked Maize Stems, a Material of Lightweight Sculptures
3:30pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Acoustic Emission Analysis of Humidity-Induced Damage to Model Wood Structures
4:00pm •
(Research & Technical Studies) Biological Mortar Application for Micro-Crack Remediation in Travertines of Historic Monuments
Oneida/Penobscot Rooms
10:00am •
(Textiles) Conserving America’s Pastime: the Treatment Of Baseball Jerseys
10:30am •
(Textiles) TIPS Session: "2D" Ethafoam Forms for Exhibiting Costumes
10:45am •
(Textiles) TIPS Session: Fosshape Limbs for Mannequins
11:00am •
(Textiles) TIPS Session: An Inexpensive, Disassemblable Wash Table For the Small Textile Lab
Passamaquoddy/Brothertown Rooms
2:00pm •
(Electronic Media) From Immersion to Acquisition: An Overview Of Virtual Reality For Time Based Media Conservators
2:30pm •
(Electronic Media) Monuments in Time: An Analysis of Conceptual Tensions in Media Installations
3:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Decentralized Digital Collections Storage
3:30pm •
(Electronic Media) Promoting Digital Media Stewardship In Art Museums
4:00pm •
(Electronic Media) Conservators In “the Wild”: Collaboration With Art Studios, Galleries and Collectors
Salon A1, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
(Architecture) Preparing For the “Dilbit” Disaster: New Techniques For Oil Spill Response At Cultural Heritage Sites
10:30am •
(Architecture) The Life and Death Of Cast Stone
11:00am •
(Architecture) Approaches to Conserving Uncoated Metals
11:30am •
(Architecture) Climate Change and Building Gutters
Salon A2-A3, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
(Collection Care) A Preliminary Study on the Use of a NASA-Developed Coatings Technology for Protecting Natural Science Collections from Molecular Contaminants
10:30am •
(Collection Care) The Polymuse Online Heritage Resource Manager (OHRM): An Australia-Wide Polymer Database for the Museum Industry
11:00am •
(Collection Care) Application of Silver Nanoparticle Sensors for Silver Objects and Photography Collection Storage
11:30am •
(Collection Care) Leakage Detection For Microclimate Enclosures: Simplifying the Task
2:00pm •
(Collection Care) Harmonizing Wants, Needs and Limits in the Construction of a Specialized Musical Instrument Vault
2:30pm •
(Collection Care) Rear Window: Peering into the Building and the Collection Environment
3:00pm •
(Collection Care) Sustainable Storage: Reducing Energy, Protecting Culture, and Saving Money
3:30pm •
(Collection Care) The Folger Sustainable Preservation Environment Project
Salon B1, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
(Objects) Traditional Conservation and New Technology: The Preservation of Three Assyrian Reliefs
10:30am •
(Objects) When and Why You Might Consider Separating Collection Containers From their Original Contents
11:00am •
(Objects) Technical and Traditional Approaches to the Conservation of Two Zulu Beaded Ensembles
11:30am •
(Objects) Conserving 25 Jaki-Ed, Marshallese Dress Mats, at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
2:00pm •
(Objects) An Innovative Technique for Reforming Cellulose Acetate in an Architectural Model of Rockefeller Plaza and the Challenges of Preserving Modern, Unstable Restorations
3:00pm •
(Objects) Kapow! the Use Of Cosplay Materials In Museum Display Mounting
3:30pm •
(Objects) An Exploration into the Conservation of Chris Burden’s Metropolis II
4:00pm •
(Objects) Deteriorating Elastomers: New Options for Treatment
Salon B2, Uncas Ballroom
10:00am •
(Paintings) Cadmium-Containing Corrosion Products on ICA Stretcher Bars – Identification and Abatement
10:30am •
(Paintings) An Evaluation of Evolon CR for the Cleaning of Gilded Surfaces
11:00am •
(Paintings) New Approaches to Varnish Removal on Paintings: Non-Traditional Methods vs Solvents
11:30am •
(Paintings) New Advanced Chemical Hydrogel and Organogel for Cultural Heritage Cleaning
2:00pm •
(Paintings) The Role of Nonpolar Solvents During Re-Adhesion of Absorbing Substrates with Acrylic Dispersions – New Insights on an Old Technique
2:30pm •
(Paintings) Study of New Materials for Non-Contact Consolidation of Unprotected Matte Paint Media: Coupling Ultra-Low Viscosity Cellulose Ethers with Ultrasonic Misting Technique
Salon C & D, Uncas Ballroom
7:30am •
AIC Member Business Meeting
12:00pm •
A Failure Shared is Not a Failure: Learning from Our Mistakes
TICKETED
4:30pm •
Untold Stories 2019: Indigenous Futures and Collaborative Conservation
Shinnecock/Nipmuc Rooms
10:00am •
(Sustainability) Returning to a Small Island: Implementing Interdisciplinary Preservation and Sustainability Strategies
10:30am •
(Sustainability) Life Cycle Assessment: A New Tool for Cultural Heritage Preservation
11:00am •
(Sustainability) A Case For A New Case Paper: From Farm to Table to Desk to Bench
11:30am •
(Sustainability) How Preservation and Access Go Together in Collection Care: Valuable to the Community Rather Than Forgotten Forever - a Case Study
Saturday
, May 18
Mohegan Sun Lobby (Departures)
8:00am •
New England Originals - American Antiquarian Society and Worcester Art Museum
TICKETED
8:45am •
Conserving Central Park’s Monuments in the 21st C. Walking Tour
TICKETED
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New Tools and Techniques: Let’s Talk about Gels!
Opening General Session
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The Evolving Role of the Conservator of Contemporary Art
Tough Challenges Need New Techniques
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Mohegan Sun Lobby (Departures)
multiple NYC venues
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Mystic Seaport Museum
Narragansett Room
Nehantic/Pequot/Paugussett Rooms
New London Maritime Society
Nipmuc Room 1
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