Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Schedule
September 9, 2006
T.K. McClintock, director of a private practice devoted to the conservation of historic works on paper including fine art, Asian paintings and prints, and decorative arts as well as cartographic records and globes."Conservation of Historic Wallpapers", Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead, MA
Conservation of rare original 18th-century wallpapers in the 1768 Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The 237-year-old hand-painted English wallpapers that are one of only two sets surviving in England or America, and the only painted mural papers of that type still on the walls of their original home. The Jeremiah Lee Mansion has been owned and maintained for nearly a century by the Marblehead Historical Society, a non-profit educational organization founded in 1898.
October 2006
Stuart Walker, Book Conservator for the Boston Public LibraryOn August 16, 1998, the BPL's basement level reference and storage areas were flooded with more than a million gallons of water. Mr. Walker will discuss the Library's emergency response and salvage operations, especially in light of its relationship with the City of Boston, and its lack of an active disaster plan at that time.
December 6, 2006
Joe Matteis, “Exceeding Normal Working Parameters”, Worcester Art Museum 6:30 pm
Joe discusses the use of heat lamps on a suspended rail system that he designed and built for the restorations of W.P.A. murals by James Henry Daugherty including New England Tradition, 99 1/2" x 255". The equipment, which can be fit into your average station wagon, makes it possible for a crew of three to vacuum seal an eight foot high painting onto aluminum honeycomb panel(s) up to 30 feet long.
April 6-7, 2007
Cheryl Porter, Medieval Pigments Workshop, Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumThrough illustrated lectures, participants will examine the story of color in medieval times. The course will address the history, geography, chemistry, iconographic importance and the actual techniques of color manufacture, with special reference to manuscript painting. Using original recipes, each participant will make and paint out the colors. No previous experience is necessary.Two workshops will be available, one each on 4/6/06 and 4/7/06 from 1-4pm in the Multi-Purpose Room of the ISGM. 16 people can attend each session and the cost is $30/person. NECA has underwritten a portion of the cost of the workshop.
April 25, 2007
Ron Cieciuch, Senior Photographic Scientist in the Research Division of Polaroid, retired, who also served as the Polaroid representative on the ANSI committee for the Stability of Photographic images.Ron will discuss the research he conducted at Polaroid until his retirement in 1996, covering such topics as the stability properties of the substrate and image-making materials (dyes, pigments, etc.), and the conditions under which the image is expected to be stable.Sackler Museum, Room 318
May 2007
Regional Intern Presentations by Lou Di Gennaro, Meta Chavannes, Jessica Arista, and Craig Uram at the Sackler Museum auditorium
"The Alhambra: Treatment of an oversized volume in a failed caoutchouc binding". Lou Di Gennaro graduated from the North Bennet Street School's bookbinding program in 2006 and is currently a Conservation Technician at New York University. "Van Gogh's 'Ravine': the Underlying Story". Meta Chavannes is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paintings Conservation @ MFA, Boston on a 3-year fellowship.
"Pre-Columbian Textile Conservation Workshop 2007: Headgear and Human Remains from Huaca Malena". Jessica Arista is the pre-program conservation intern at the Worcester Art Museum and has been accepted into the University of Delware/ Winterthur graduate program for conservation where she will begin studies this fall.
“Is That Supposed to be There?: An Examination of Joseph Beuys’ Multiples with Metal Components.” Craig Uram is the Samuel H. Kress Advanced-Level Intern in Objects Conservation, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums.
June 6-7 2007
Dwight Primiano, Digital Photography Workshop, Smith CollegeDwight Primiano has produced over a dozen personal portfolios that are included in private and public collections and have been exhibited on three continents. He has received Individual Artists Grants from the Polaroid Collection and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Dwight earns his living photographing two and three dimensional art work and architecture. He has produced dozens of exhibition catalogs, posters, books and digital catalogs for institutions such as the New York Public Library, Columbia University, Boston University, The Municipal Art Society of New York, The Architectural League of New York, Alliance Capital, Museum of Art/ Rhode Island School of Design, Jewish Theological Seminary of America and other museums and businesses throughout the United States.
Workshop will include discussion of digital vs. traditional photography, "levels/types" of digital cameras, functions and features of digital cameras, lighting and color balance, management of image files and size for storage and output, among other topics of interest. Hands-on opportunities are expected to be part of this workshop; therefore, the workshop will have a limited enrollment (number to be determined).
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