Conservator Patricia Ewer Discusses Textile Conservation

Wednesday, November 17

7:00 pm

Reception Hall

Michael C. Carlos Museum

571 South Kilgo Circle

Atlanta, GA 30322

Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Conservator Patricia Ewer’s new book Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice, explores the changing role and practice of the textile conservator over the last twenty-five years, and captures the diversity of the textile conservators’ work. Ms. Ewer will explore that diversity through a discussion of several case studies from her recent work at the Carlos, which focused on textiles from the ancient Americas.