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Posters presented at the AIC 2010 Annual Meeting are now archived and available for viewing on AIC’s website. If you missed the 2010 conference or just didn’t have a chance to study the posters while you were there – check out the page, read the abstracts and view the posters online. Under the Milwaukee meeting […]

3rd IIC Roundtable on Environmental Guidelines “The Plus/Minus Dilemma: The Way Forward in Environmental Guidelines” Thursday, May 13, 2010, 4:30-6:00 PM Participants: Maxwell Anderson, Director/CEO of Indianapolis Museum of Art Nancy Bell, Head of Conservation Services, National Archives, London, and Principle Investigator of the Environments, Guidelines, Opportunities and Risks (EGOR) Initiative Karen Colby Stothart, Deputy […]

During the afternoon, Dr. Margaret G. MacDonald, presenting on behalf of her co-author Dr. Barbara H. Berrie, discussed “The effect of metal ions on early stages of curing in linseed oil models”. In an effort to gain a fundamental understanding of pigment-binder interactions, the authors investigated early stages of paint film curing on the molecular […]

Season Tse presented a talk entitled “Microfade testing: 19th century iron gall inks” on behalf of her co-authors Sherry Guild, Valeria Orlandini and Maria Trojan-Bedynski. Tse started with a summary of the use of microfade testers (MFT) at the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), which began in 2005, then discussed MDT analysis of the effects of […]

The IIC has set up a discussion blog for ‘The Plus/Minus Dilemma: The Way Forward in Environmental Guidelines’ which was held in conjunction with programs at the American Institute for Conservation’s (AIC) 38th Annual Meeting, Conservation Contiuum: examining the past, envisioning the future, in Milwaukee, WI. A transcript of the event will be posted on […]

2:30pm – 3:00pm Evaluation of Cleaning Agents for Artists’ Acrylic Paints with the Aid of High Throughput (HTP) Testing / Alan Phenix and Thomas J.S. Lerner, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Malinda H. Keefe, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI; Bronwyn Ormsby, Tate, London, UK – The presentation was made by Melinda Keffe from […]

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Conservation of a Felt Sculpture Erin Eslinger, Intern to Senior Textile Conservator Beth McLaughlin, Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minneapolis, MN The treatment of Robert Morris’s 80″ x 142″ untitled minimalist sculpture, on display at the Walker Art Center was used as an example of an simple and successful interventive conservation treatment […]

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Plaster, Pliacré®, and Paper Mina Thompson and Conor McMahon, Associate Conservators, Museum Resources Division, Department of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico Mina Thompson gave this talk about the history of conservation in the Museum of New Mexico System, focusing on archaeological ceramics and Spanish Colonial Santos as examples of artifacts who’s retreatment […]

Up in Smoke, Treatment of Fire Damaged Paintings The final talk of the morning session was from Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates in Miami Florida. Rustin Levenson along with Conservator Veronica Romero, and Assistant Conservator Kelly O’Neill all delivered a talk about 178 paintings that suffered smoke and fire damage at the Harold Golen Gallery […]

Elena Bulat: At Weissman Center, Harvard University with 9 million images. Rubber cement adhesive – in preparation for an exhibit of advertising photography. Collection is 260 photographs many mounted with rubber cement adhesive with back and window mats. Silver gelatin and chromogenic color. On gelatin emulsion removed with 100% ethanol and cotton pad. Not removed […]

Friday, May 14, 2010 Objects Morning Session, 8:30am The Restoration, Treatment, Scientific Examination, and Re-treatment of an Egyptian Limestone Relief from the Tomb of Ka-Aper Presented by Kathleen M. Garland, Senior Conservator, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Right off the bat, Ms. Garland began her talk by admitting to occasionally feeling a need to be […]

Thursday, May 13, 2010 Textiles Morning Session, 10:30am – 12:00pm Comparative Approaches in Textile Conservation: the Whalley Abbey Vestments and the Whalley Abbey Orphreys Leanne C. Tonkin, ICON/HLF (Institute of Conservation/Heritage Lottery Fund) Conservation Intern at the People’s History Museum, Manchester, U.K. The first talk after the morning break was given by Leanne Tonkin and […]

Presented by Pilar Hernandez Romera, Photograph Conservator, Ottawa Museum Network (see program for other co-authors) Such a practical topic – the opening incident a spill on photographs discovered after – no surprise – an opening at a museum… no witness. The museum needed assistance. Tests objectives – to find an appropriate cleaning method. To know […]

Luisa Casella, Andrew W. Mellon Research Scholar in Photograph Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art Based on her work previously presented at PMG and VERY significant to the field. This presentation outlined the autochrome process and degradation problems. Introduced in 1907 -1935 – Lumiere Company. Conservation issues – physical fragility and sensitivity to temperature, relative humidity […]