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Nicole Giacomantonio

Pre Program
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Halifax, NS

1:00pm

Museum of Fine Arts Houston Collections Storage Tour MFAHFILLING

5:15pm

Printing Museum Tour The Printing Museum

4:30pm

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

7:30pm

Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) Happy Hour Grotto DowntownGetty Conservation Institute

8:20am

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

9:00am

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

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)

11:30am

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

(Book and Paper) Washi: Understanding Japanese paper as a material of culture and conservation Texas Ballroom DBrook Prestowitz • Yuki Katayama (Paintings) Surprise Encounters with Mummy Portraits at the Art Institute of Chicago Texas Ballroom ARachel C. Sabino-[PA] • Emeline Pouyet • Federica Pozzi • Ken Sutherland • Marc Sebastian Walton (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

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) Loves Me like a Rock: Care and Preservation of Ancient Graffiti in a Rock-Cut Kushite Temple Texas Ballroom CSuzanne Davis-[Fellow] • Janelle Batkin-Hall • Carrie Roberts-[PA] (Objects) Visible effects of adhesive and pressure on color in kingfisher feathers Texas Ballroom BEllen Pearlstein-[Fellow] (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-[PA] • Dr. 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-[PA] • Nora Frankel • Dr. Gwénaëlle Kavich • Annaick Keruzec • Dr. Thomas Lam • Nicole Little • Megan Doxsey Whitfield

4:30pm

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) Preventive conservation training in the Moche Valley, Peru Texas Ballroom CJess Walthew • Alicia Boswell (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 (Textiles) Practical Applications of Conservation and Restoration Strategies for Historical Clothing in Uncontrolled Historical Houses River Oaks Meeting RoomProf Dr. Harby E. Ahmed

5:00pm

(Objects) Conditioning Basketry Elements with Water and Ethanol: An Investigation into the Effects of Standard Conservation Methods Texas Ballroom BHayley Monroe • Ellen Pearlstein-[Fellow] (Research and Technical Studies + Textiles) Roundtable Discussion River Oaks Meeting RoomMary Ballard-[Fellow] • Dr. Nancy Odegaard-[Fellow] • Margaret Ordoñez • Gwen Spicer-[Fellow]

7:30am

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

8:30am

(Architecture) The development of modern organic materials, 1845-1930 Texas Ballroom CNorman Weiss-[Fellow] (Objects + Archaeological Conservation) Facial Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Mummies: Experiences from the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum Texas Ballroom BSanchita Balachandran-[Fellow] • Juan Garcia • Mark Roughley • Kathryn Smith • Meg Swaney • Caroline Wilkinson

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

11:30am

(Architecture) Analyzing Spanish colonial pigment utilizing sophisticated technology: The excitement and the obstacle in the discoveries Texas Ballroom CPamela Rosser-[PA]

2:00pm

(Material Questions) The Colors of Desire: Examination of Colorants in the Beauties of the Yoshiwara Texas Ballroom AMichiko Adachi • Michele Derrick-[Fellow] • Richard Newman • Joan Wright-[PA]

2:30pm

(Material Questions) Explosive Beauty: Material Studies of Cai Guo-Qiang Texas Ballroom ARachel Rivenc • Vincent Beltran • Vincent Dion • Michael Doutre (Material Transfers & Translations) Whitney Replication Committee: Transparency in the Age of Reproduction Texas Ballroom BMargo Delidow-[PA] • Clara Rojas Sebesta • Farris Wahbeh

3:00pm

(Natural History Collections) Ongoing Investigations into the Use of Metal-Complex Solvent Dyes for Recoloring Faded Hair and Fur River Oaks Meeting RoomJulia Sybalsky • Judith Levinson-[PA] • Fran Ritchie-[PA] • Paul Whitmore-[Fellow]

3:30pm

Break in the Exhibit Hall Texas Ballrooms E-H (Exhibit Hall) Poster Q + A with Authors Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)West Dean College

4:00pm

(Natural History Collections) Touring Nature’s Treasures:The Conservation Challenges of Touring and Displaying Natural History Specimens River Oaks Meeting RoomGillian Comerford • Nicola Harrison • Lorraine Cornish

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

10:00am

(Objects) Keeping them Ruby: The Preservation of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Texas Ballroom BDawn MP Wallace • Regina Baglia • Mary Ballard-[Fellow] • Janet G. Douglas • Dr. Gwénaëlle Kavich • Alba Alvarez Martin (Textiles) Application of Multispectral Imaging in the Practice of Textile Conservation: Documentation, Investigation, and Communication River Oaks Meeting RoomKisook Suh

10:30am

(Book and Paper) Édouard Manet’s Pastels on Canvas Supports Texas Ballroom DChristine Conniff-O'Shea • Rachel Freeman • Don Johnson (Textiles) Pointing in the Right Direction: Identifying Technological Features to Orient Navajo Textiles River Oaks Meeting RoomBetsy Burr • Dr. Nancy Odegaard-[Fellow] • 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

(Objects) Preparing the Apollo 11 Columbia for Its National Tour Texas Ballroom BLisa Young-[Fellow] (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-[Fellow]

2:30pm

(Objects) ‘Once in a Whale': The Conservation Treatment of Historic Cetacea at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History Texas Ballroom BBethany Palumbo (Research and Technical Studies) Colors of Jazz: Identification of the colorants in Henri Matisse gouaches using a noninvasive approach Meyerland Meeting RoomAna Martins • Abed Haddad • Tiffany Tang (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

(Architecture) From Wreckage to Relics: Conserving and Exhibiting Fragments from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Midway Gardens Texas Ballroom CJessica Betz Abel • Ellen Moody • Joy Bloser • Chris McGlinchey • Dr. George Wheeler-[Fellow] (Objects) “Ivory, bone and hide: Material identification of a 19th c. Greenland Inuit dog sledge collected by Admiral Peary” Texas Ballroom BJudy Jungels • Dan Kirby (Textiles) Ambient analysis of historic textiles by DART-MS River Oaks Meeting RoomRegina Baglia • Mary Ballard-[Fellow] • G. Asher Newsome

4:00pm

(Objects) Understanding the Form, Materials, and Meaning of Two Ritual Figures: Conservation and Curatorial Collaboration for the Analysis and Treatment of the Historic Arts of Africa Texas Ballroom BCatherine Mallinckrodt • Ashley Duhrkoop • Dr. Ndubuisi (Endy) Ezeluomba Textile Conservation Tips Session River Oaks Meeting Room