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AIC's 46th Annual Meeting

Andrea Knowlton-[PA]

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Senior Book Conservator
San Marino, CA

Andrea Knowlton is Senior Book Conservator for the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. She previously served as Associate Conservator for Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

8:30am MDT

(Pre-session Symposium) The Current Use of Leather in Book ConservationLIMITED Texas Ballroom AMarieka Kaye • Henry Hebert-[PA] • James Reid Cunningham-[PA] • Emilie Demers • Ségolène Girard • Holly Herro • Katherine Kelly-[PA] • David Lanning • Laura McNulty • William Minter • Dan Paterson • Sarah Reidell • Shelly Smith • Katie C. Wagner-[PA] • Dawn Walus • Kristi Wright

6:00pm MDT

Early Exhibit Hall Access and Light Reception Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall)

8:20am MDT

Opening General Session - Welcome and Awards Texas Ballrooms A-DMargaret Holben Ellis

9:00am MDT

Materiality and Immateriality in Conserving Contemporary Art Texas Ballrooms A-DGlenn Wharton

9:30am MDT

Practicing what we preach: An argument for the recognition and preservation of a material culture of conservation Texas Ballrooms A-DCarrie McNeal

10:00am MDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall)

11:00am MDT

Preserving Innovation: Considering the Treatment and Materiality of 3D Printed Objects in Museum Collections Texas Ballrooms A-DVanessa Applebaum

11:30am MDT

The Physical Nature of Digital & What it Means for Conservation Texas Ballrooms A-DCrystal Sanchez • Lauren Sorensen

12:00pm MDT

Opening General Session Discussion Session Texas Ballrooms A-D

2:00pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Washi: Understanding Japanese paper as a material of culture and conservation Texas Ballroom DBrook Prestowitz • Yuki Katayama

2:30pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Optical Clearing of Repair Tissues for the Treatment of Translucent Papers Texas Ballroom DRoger S. Williams

3:00pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Cocktails and mixers: Ethanol-modified treatments for iron-gall ink. Texas Ballroom DJulie Biggs • Lynn Brostoff • Andrew Davis • Claire Dekle • Cyntia Karnes-[PA] • Yasmeen Khan • Susan Peckham-[PA] • Cindy Connelly Ryan

3:30pm MDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall)

4:00pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Chancery Master Exhibits - piecing it back together Texas Ballroom DSonja Schwoll-[ACR] • Dr. Lora Angelova • Rose Mitchell (Collection Care) Making the Most of What You Have: Digital Documentation Solutions Utilizing Existing Software Meyerland Meeting RoomRaina Chao-[PA] • L. H.(Hugh) Shockey-[PA] • Mike Peters (Electronic Media) Sounds Challenging: Documenting the Identity and Iterations of Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors" Briargrove Meeting RoomAmy Brost (Photographic Materials) Finding a Balance: Conservation of the Dolley Madison Cased Image from the Greensboro History Museum Hunters Creek Meeting RoomMonique C. Fischer-[Fellow] • Terra Huber-[PA]

4:30pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Peregrinations of an 18th-Century Armenian Prayer Scroll Texas Ballroom DXiaoping Cai • Emily Williams • Sylvia Albro-[PA] • Levon Avdoyan • Lynn Brostoff • Claire Dekle

5:00pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Looking Back and Taking Stock – A Journey through Past Projects Texas Ballroom DElmer Eusman-[Fellow]

6:30pm MDT

Book and Paper Group Reception Houston Natural Science MuseumPolygon • Sirma Americas • Hollinger Metal Edge Inc. • University Products, Inc. • Houston Museum of Natural Science

7:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Book and Paper Group Business Meeting Texas Ballroom DWhitney Baker-[PA]

8:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Small but bulky: a study on the rebinding of a portable 15th century book of hours Texas Ballroom DKimberly Kwan

9:00am MDT

(Book and Paper) Branded by Fire: Treatment of los Primeros Libros Texas Ballroom DJeanne Goodman

9:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) The unintended effects of some book treatments on original or early binding structures and materials Texas Ballroom DOlivia Primanis

10:00am MDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall)

10:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Transparent Liquid Colors: "Not Just For Ornament" Texas Ballroom DJoan Irving

11:00am MDT

(Book and Paper) John Singer Sargent: New insights into his watercolor materials and techniques Texas Ballroom DFrancesca Casadio • Agnese Babini • Veronica Biolcati • Mary Broadway • Danielle Duggins • Gianluca Pastorelli • Emeline Pouyet • Ken Sutherland • Marc Sebastian Walton (Collection Care) Evaluating the Potential of A-D Strips for Assessing the Safety of Materials for Museum Objects Meyerland Meeting RoomKelly McCauley Krish • Jean-Louis Bigourdan

11:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Multi Spectral Imaging and the Digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls Texas Ballroom DAshlyn Oprescu

2:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) High-Resolution Imaging as a new Research Tool in the Rijksmuseum Texas Ballroom DSusan Smelt • Robert Erdmann • Rik Klein Gotink • Petria Noble • Gwen Tauber • Carola van Wijk (Material Questions) The Colors of Desire: Examination of Colorants in the Beauties of the Yoshiwara Texas Ballroom AMichiko Adachi • Michele Derrick • Richard Newman • Joan Wright-[PA]

2:30pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) A Study of Two Picasso Blue Period paintings in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, La Miséreuse accroupie (1902) and La Soupe (1903) Texas Ballroom DSandra Webster Cook • Kenneth Brummel • Francesca Casadio • John Delaney • Gianluca Pastorelli • Emeline Pouyet • Marc Sebastian Walton (Problematic Materials) Managing Expectations in Scrapbook Conservation Approaches Texas Ballroom CJennifer Hain Teper

3:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) Optimizing Imaging Modalities to Improve Understanding Materials Texas Ballroom DFenella France • Chris Bolser • Meghan A. Wilson

3:30pm MDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall) 05. (Objects) Preserving the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Morgan L Burgess • Olivia Primanis 06. (Book and Paper) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Treatment of a board game with iron corrosion Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session) 09. (Book and Paper) An Experimental Gel-Based Treatment of Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Halos: Sodium Metabisulfite and Diethylene Triamine Pentaacetic Acid Solution in Agarose Gel Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Kelly M Conlin • Rosaleen Hill • Alison Murray 10. (Book and Paper) (Un)Finished Thoughts: Approaches to Conserving Transitory States in the Working Documents of Gwendolyn Brooks Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Quinn Morgan Ferris 13. (Research and Technical Studies) Sticking with it: Following up on HSC’s effort to develop a user-driven adhesives database Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Andrea KI Hall • Andrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan 20. (Book and Paper) An In Depth Treatment Study of Humidification and Flattening in Paper Conservation Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Kesha Talbert-[PA] 21. (Book and Paper) Mass Deacidification Carrier Fluid Selection to Protect Media Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)John W. Baty • La Verne Lopes • Kent John 22. (Collection Care) Nothing is Ever Simple: A Case Study in Flexible Project Management for Archives Conservation Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Alexander Bero 24. (Book and Paper) Pineapple Paper - A New Material from Taiwan for Paper Conservation Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Ting-Fu FAN 范定甫 25. (Collection Care) The conservation of textile linings and seal cords- with a little help from textile and paintings conservation Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Solange FitzGerald 27. (Research and Technical Studies) The Permeation of Vapors through Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Dr. Patricia McGuiggan • Andrea KI Hall • Molly McGath • William Minter 38. (Book and Paper) You’re Printing What? Where? The material stability and safety of 3D printing thermoplastic polymers for fused filament fabrication. Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Fletcher B. Durant • Neelam Bharti 40. (Book and Paper) Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Renaissance-Style Prepared Paper Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Manija Kazmi • Thomas P. Sakmar • Karina C. Åberg • Thomas Huber • Rhonda K. Roby 41. (Book and Paper) Rising from the ashes : The conservation and treatment of paper support objects with large loss and burn Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Su-Yuan Cheng • Jen Jung Ku 44. (Book and Paper) Bold Will Hold: Investigating Artist Materials of Classic American Tattoo Flash Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Laura Moeller 50. (Book and Paper) Application of the Sewn Boards Binding for Field Books and Pocket Journals Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)R William Bennett III • Nora Lockshin-[PA]

4:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) A New Workflow for Color and Tone Calibrated Multispectral Imaging Texas Ballroom DMarina Ruiz Molina • Anna Serotta • Scott Geffert

4:30pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) Integrating Multispectral Imaging, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), and Photogrammetry for Archaeological Objects Texas Ballroom DEmily Frank • Dr. Sebastian Heath • Chantal Stein

5:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) Using Photogrammetry to Understand the Mechanical Behavior of Bound Volumes Texas Ballroom DAlice S. Carver-Kubik • Jean-Louis Bigourdan • Douglas Nishimura • James Reilly

5:45pm MDT

All-Attendee Reception at the MFAH - Pre Gallery Viewing MFAH

7:45am MDT

AIC Member Business Meeting Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall)Margaret Holben Ellis

10:00am MDT

(Book and Paper) Stone Paper: Examination of Géricault’s Lion Devouring a Horse Lithographic Printing Matrix Texas Ballroom DChristina Taylor • Katherine Eremin • Georgina M. Rayner • Christopher Wallace (Objects) Keeping them Ruby: The Preservation of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Texas Ballroom BDawn MP Wallace • Regina Baglia • Mary W. Ballard • Janet G. Douglas • Gwenaelle Kavich • Alba Alvarez Martin (Research and Technical Studies) The human endeavour: when source communities, conservators and scientists collaborate Meyerland Meeting RoomDr. Nancy Odegaard (Textiles) Application of Multispectral Imaging in the Practice of Textile Conservation: Documentation, Investigation, and Communication River Oaks Meeting RoomKisook Suh Poster Lightning Round Hunters Creek Meeting RoomRebecca Gridley • Kari Rayner • Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation (ANAGPIC)

10:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Édouard Manet’s Pastels on Canvas Supports Texas Ballroom DChristine Conniff-O'Shea • Rachel Freeman • Don Johnson

11:00am MDT

(Book and Paper) Think Outside of the Box: Displaying Paper Objects Without Using Classic Method Texas Ballroom DHsuan-Yu Chen • Chi-Chun Lin • Jen Jung Ku

11:30am MDT

(Book and Paper) Screenprint on Plastic (Some assembly required). A Case Study of Joe Tilson's "The Software Chart" 1968 Texas Ballroom DJoan Weir • Vincent Dion • Eric Henderson

12:00pm MDT

Book and Paper Tips LunchLIMITED Texas Ballroom EUniversity Products

2:00pm MDT

(Book and Paper) Improved methods of authentication and the resulting shifts in decision-making in parchment conservation Texas Ballroom DPatricia Engel • Matthew Collins

2:30pm MDT

(Book and Paper) LCCDG: Matters at Hand: The evolution of staffing and prioritization in library conservation labs Texas Ballroom DAngela Andres-[PA] • Sofia I. Barron • Jessamy Gloor-[PA] • Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa • Werner Haun • Laura McCann • Jessica L. Pace • Ashleigh Schieszer • Lauren Telepak

4:30pm MDT

A Failure Shared is Not a Failure: Learning from Our Mistakes Texas Ballrooms F-HRebecca Gridley • Anthony Sigel • Bruker Corporation