The Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) is excited to host our second Poster Session Lightning Round! This fun and informal event will highlight the contributions of emerging conservation professionals to the Annual Meeting Poster Session. Selected participants will each give a very short presentation—essentially an "elevator pitch”—on their poster topic and have an opportunity to field questions from colleagues. The posters featured during the Lightning Round represent a wide range of specializations, types of collections, and areas of scientific research. Conference attendees at any career stage are welcome and encouraged to attend this event!
The posters featured during the Lightning Round represent a wide range of specializations, types of collections, and areas of research. Join us to hear authors discuss the conservation treatments of unusual objects including an early edition Barbie, a theatrical makeup kit, and a board game with iron corrosion. Attendees will gain insight into the safety and logistical challenges presented by objects previously treated with heavy metals, as well as the communication challenges encountered as an architectural conservator building rapport with specialists in related professions. Come learn about the effects of climate change on submerged wooden artifacts and material characterization techniques, such as the information provided by SEM-EDS on the composition and manufacture of metal threads. Novel gel-based methods of treating electroplated silver and iron gall ink corrosion will also be presented.
Please see the below list for the full roster of posters to be discussed during the Lightning Round:
- Brooke W. Young Russell, Challenges in Documenting Historic Finishes During Construction at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
- Sydney Beall, Anikó Bezur, and Irma Passeri, Investigating the Renaissance Marriage Chest: A Study of the Methods and Materials Used in the Construction of Two Florentine Cassoni from the Workshop of Paolo Uccello, presented by Sydney Beall
- Marci Jefcoat Burton, Odile Madden, Morgan Burgess, David Hunt, Ellen Pearlstein, An American Icon in Plastic: The Technical Analysis, Study, & Treatment of a Early Edition 1959 Barbie, presented by Marci Jefcoat Burton and Morgan Burgess
- Rosie Grayburn, Tia Polidori, Katie Rovito Electroplated silver during a re-lacquering campaign at Winterthur: treatment and analytical insights, presented by Tia Polidori and Katie Rovito
- Katrina Zacharias, Aaron Shugar, and Jonathan Thornton, Theophilus on the Hardening of Steel Files, presented by Katrina Zacharias
- Lauren Calcote, Ain't No Mountain High Enough: Treatment of a Board Game with Iron Corrosion
- Stephanie Cashman and Aaron Shugar, Mercuric Chloride Reduction on Feathers, presented by Stephanie Cashman
- Kelly Conlin, Rosaleen Hill, and Alison Murray, An Experimental Gel-Based Treatment of Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Halos: Sodium Metabisulfite and Diethylene Triamine Pentaacetic Acid Solution in Agarose Gel, presented by Kelly Conlin
- Quinn Morgan Ferris, (Un)Finished Thoughts: Approaches to Conserving Transitory States in the Working Documents of Gwendolyn Brooks
- Annabelle Fichtner, Conservation in a Changing Climate: Examining the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Submerged Wooden Artifacts
- Andrea Hall, Molly McGath, and Patricia McGiuggan, Sticking with it: Following up on HSC’s effort to develop a user-driven adhesives database, presented by Andrea Hall
- Molly K. McGath, Jenn Foltz Cruickshank, Andrea Hall, and Patricia McGuiggan, Gamma Radiation of Cultural Heritage in Disaster Response, presented by Molly K. McGath
- Erin Murphy, Using SEM to Examine Metal Threads from the King's Bed (1672) at Knole House
- Mary Wilcop, Nathan Eddingsaas, and Jonathan Thornton, Cosmetics as Artifacts: The Analysis and Conservation of a 1930s Theatrical Makeup Kit, presented by Mary Wilcop
- Joy Bloser, Julia Sybalsky, and Fran Ritchie, Thursday, Putting the Monkey Back in the Classroom: the Conservation and Restoration of a Mounted Guenon Monkey, presented by Joy Bloser
To conclude the event, we will also be providing the opportunity, time permitting, for poster authors and event attendees to get to know one another, network, and brainstorm future events and resources they would like to see ECPN pursue.
