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AIC's 46th Annual Meeting

Laura Mina-[PA]

Winterthur Museum/University of Delaware
Head of Textile Conservation
Winterthur, DE

Laura Mina received her MA in fashion and textile studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and her BS in performance studies from Northwestern University.

8:30am

(Pre-session Symposium) Whose Cultural Heritage? Whose Conservation Strategy? Texas Ballroom AFILLINGAnisha Gupta • Kimi Taira • Jennifer Hain Teper-[Fellow] • Dr. Renee S. Anderson • Thomas J. Braun • Shannon A. Brogdon-Grantham • Martina Dawley • Susanne Gänsicke-[PA] • Barbara Adams Hebard • Catherine Mallinckrodt • Caryl McFarlane • Kelly McHugh • Erin Murphy • Yoshi Nishio-[Fellow] • Debbie Hess Norris-[Fellow] • Sheila Payaqui • Ellen Pearlstein • Landis Smith • Melissa Tedone-[PA] • Lalena A. Vellanoweth • Sirma Americas

4:30pm

Houston 2018: Storytelling as Preservation Texas Ballroom CSanchita Balachandran-[Fellow] • Julianna Ly • LaStarsha Dee McGarity • Sonia Guiñansaca • Deana Haggag • Rick Lowe

6:00pm

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

8:20am

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

9:00am

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

9:30am

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

10:00am

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

11:00am

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

11:30am

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

12:00pm

Opening General Session Discussion Session Texas Ballrooms A-D

2:00pm

(Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) Fiber and Yarn Cross-section Sample Preparation Methods for Effective Plant Fiber Material Characterization and Identification River Oaks Meeting RoomRunying Chen • Tom Fink

2:30pm

(Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) Untangling Indian Hemp: Understanding and Identifying Common Plant Fibers Used by Native Americans in the Woodlands Region River Oaks Meeting RoomNora Frankel • Susan Heald • Thomas Lam

3:00pm

(Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) The Norwich textile reference database, a collections care project River Oaks Meeting RoomDr. Jocelyn Alcantara Garcia • Michael Nix

3:30pm

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

4:00pm

(Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) A sizable sooty soiled surface: Analyzing and evaluating methods for surface cleaning a large painted muslin River Oaks Meeting RoomSusan Heald • Nora Frankel • Dr. Gwénaëlle Kavich • Thomas Lam • Nicole Little • Annaick Parker • Megan Doxsey Whitfield

4:30pm

(Textiles) Practical Applications of Conservation and Restoration Strategies for Historical Clothing in Uncontrolled Historical Houses River Oaks Meeting RoomProf. Dr. Harby Ezzeldeen Ahmed

5:00pm

(Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) Roundtable Discussion River Oaks Meeting RoomMary W. Ballard • Dr. Nancy Odegaard • Dr. Margaret T. Ordoñez • Gwen Spicer-[Fellow]

6:30pm

RATS/TSG/WAG Reception Project Row HousesDorfman Museum Figures, Inc. • Project Row Houses • T and D US, LLC

7:30am

(Textiles) Textiles Specialty Group Business Meeting River Oaks Meeting RoomLaura Mina-[PA]

8:30am

(Textiles) A Lot of Nitpicking; Documentation of Tom Welter’s painted silk battle flag encapsulation method and materials. River Oaks Meeting RoomAnn Frisina

9:00am

(Textiles) The Mortlake Horses: A Collaborative Approach to the Conservation of Seventeenth-Century British Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art River Oaks Meeting RoomAlexandra Barlow • Olha Yarema Wynar

9:30am

(Textiles) Confronting Challenges and Considering Consensus in the Conservation of Eighteenth-Century Fashion River Oaks Meeting RoomMarina Hays

10:00am

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

10:30am

(Textiles) The Use Of Paper-Based Materials For The Treatment Of Plant Fiber River Oaks Meeting RoomAnoek De Paepe • Marieke van Es • Siska Genbrugge

11:00am

(Textiles) The Hidden Codex, A discussion of loss of cultural heritage of the history and religion of indigenous people and its impact on Mesoamerican studies through the examination of a possible newly discovered... River Oaks Meeting RoomKelly H. Gross • Loren Jeffries • Roger Sexton

3:30pm

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

4:30pm

(Material Questions) An Enlightened Perspective: Balancing Artist Intent with Conservation Concerns Texas Ballroom AChristopher Mazza • Sarah Scaturro

5:45pm

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

7:30pm

All-Attendee Reception at the MFAH MFAHHuntington T. Block Insurance Agency • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

7:45am

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

10:00am

(Textiles) Application of Multispectral Imaging in the Practice of Textile Conservation: Documentation, Investigation, and Communication River Oaks Meeting RoomKisook Suh

10:30am

(Textiles) Pointing in the Right Direction: Identifying Technological Features to Orient Navajo Textiles River Oaks Meeting RoomBetsy Burr • Dr. Nancy Odegaard • Delana Joy Farley • Ann Lane Hedlund

11:00am

(Textiles) Taking the strain: Strain monitoring to inform tapestry conservation and display River Oaks Meeting RoomFrances Lennard • Maggie Dobbie

11:30am

(Textiles) A bridge between Science and Archaeology in studying Tutankhamun's Hassock River Oaks Meeting Room

2:00pm

(Textiles + Wooden Artifacts) Sofa, So Good...Conservation of a Mid-19th Century Children's Sofa River Oaks Meeting RoomDaniel Kaping • Jonathan Thornton

2:30pm

(Textiles + Wooden Artifacts) “A New Approach to an Old Problem: Comfort and Minimally Intrusive Upholstery” River Oaks Meeting RoomChris Shelton-[PA]

3:00pm

(Textiles) Let there be light? An investigation into light-induced changes of the early synthetic aniline dye magenta under indoor lighting conditions River Oaks Meeting RoomMichelle Hunter • Anita Quye

3:30pm

(Textiles) Ambient analysis of historic textiles by DART-MS River Oaks Meeting RoomRegina Baglia • Mary W. Ballard • G. Asher Newsome

4:00pm

Textile Conservation Tips Session River Oaks Meeting Room

4:30pm

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

My Moderators Sessions

7:30am

(Textiles) Textiles Specialty Group Business Meeting River Oaks Meeting RoomLaura Mina-[PA]