Presented at the 2023 Annual Student Conference, hosted by Harvard Art Museums. Other presentations from this conference can be submitted to be posted on this site. Contact Bonnie Naugle at AIC.
Presentations as submitted:
Perspectives on Documenting Time-Based Media, Daniella Briceño Villamil (Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC))
“Made in China”: A Study of the Material Compositions of Six Nineteenth-Century Chinese Export Painted Landscape Miniatures from the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Tammy Y. Hong (洪莹) (Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation). Authors: Tammy Y. Hong (洪莹), Catherine Matsen, Matthew Cushman & Dr. W. Christian Petersen.
The Lion, the Saint, and Red Robe: Technical Study and Treatment of a 17th-Century Diorama with Wax Figures, Adrienne Gendron (Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums)
Ethical and Technical Challenges in the Conservation of Digital Process Files, Caroline Carlsmith (The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)
Salt Crystallization Inhibitors: compounds, application methods, and testing techniques, Michelle Leach (Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University)
Treatment of a 20th Century German Cuckoo Clock, Maeve O’Shea (Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department, SUNY Buffalo State University)
Identification and Conservation of Coatings Applied to Red Formica Panels at Dragon Rock, Shannon Trono (Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University)
Cleaning of Mural Painting in a Community Context. The case of “El Llanito” Guanajuato, México, Paulina Avila de la Rossa (Escuela Nacional de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museografia)
Vaults Speak: Rediscovering Gustavino Akoustolith, Jose Carlos Hernandez Cruz (University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Historic Preservation)
Pilgrimages to Preservation: Preliminary Compositional Analysis of Lacquer Restorations on Wood and Stone Buddha from Angkor Wat, Jennifer McGough (University of Los Angeles/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage)
Testing the Influence of A.J. Downing: Analyzing the Architectural Finishes at Ivy Lodge, Nicola Macdonald (University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Historic Preservation)
Technical Analysis of a Kress Altarpiece and Art Historical Implications, Ruth Waddington (The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)
An 18th-century British Portrait’s Technical Examination, Tirza Harris (University of Los Angeles/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage)
Our Lady of the Remedies of La Paz: Technical Study and Treatment of a Colonial Andean Painting, Grace Johnson Garrity (Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department, SUNY Buffalo State University)
Non-invasive Pigment Identification in Indian Manuscripts: Coupling Spectroscopic Techniques with Principal Component Analysis, Celia Chari (Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums)
Gellan Gum Residues and the Effect of Calcium Acetate Content, Rebecca Clendinen (Queen’s University Program in Art Conservation)
Laundry Bluing-Cleaning Up Our Understanding of Laundry Bluing-Derived Pigments, Isabel Schneider (University of Los Angeles/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage)