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AIC's 46th Annual Meeting

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

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

(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 (Long-Form Concurrent Session) Arts Recovery After Hurricane Harvey Hunters Creek Meeting RoomJohn Abodeely • Marci Regan Dallas (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] (Material Transfers & Translations) Tauba Auerbach’s Altar/Engine: a case study in reconceptualizing materiality Texas Ballroom BPeter Oleksik • Megan Randall (Natural History Collections) Moose on the Move: Relocation and Conservation of the Bell Museum’s Diorama Murals River Oaks Meeting RoomLuke Boehnke • Kristine Jeffcoat-[PA] • Tom Amble • Megan Emery-[Fellow] • Don Luce (Problematic Materials) Modern Materials: Not Our Fault, But Our Problem. Reflections on the Development of Conservation Treatments in Private Practice Texas Ballroom CGiuliana Moretto • Delia Müller Wüsten

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 (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 (Natural History Collections) Preserving Penn’s Woods: The restoration of the Mammal Hall dioramas at the State Museum of Pennsylvania River Oaks Meeting RoomRachael Arenstein • Eugenie Milroy • George Dante • Stephen C. Quinn (Problematic Materials) Managing Expectations in Scrapbook Conservation Approaches Texas Ballroom CJennifer Hain Teper (Long-Form Concurrent Session) Materiality: A Series of Questions Hunters Creek Meeting RoomLance Mayer • Gay Myers

3:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) Optimizing Imaging Modalities to Improve Understanding Materials Texas Ballroom DFenella France • Chris Bolser • Meghan A. Wilson (Material Questions) Martin Ramirez’s Creative Compulsions: The Composition, Construction and Conservation of His Monumental Collaged Drawings Texas Ballroom AHarriet K. Stratis-[PA] • Mary Broadway • Ken Sutherland (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 • Fran E. Ritchie • Paul Whitmore-[Fellow] (Problematic Materials) The painting’s life, silk or paper: materials and methods for lining a 15th-century Chinese handscroll at the Cleveland Museum of Art Texas Ballroom CYi-Hsia Hsiao Facilitated Discussion TBAJessica Walthew

3:30pm MDT

(Material Transfers & Translations) Flaming Pearls and Flying Phoenixes: Materiality, Research, and Stewardship of Liao Dynasty Metalwork Texas Ballroom BEve Mayberger

4:00pm MDT

(Imaging Technology) A New Workflow for Color and Tone Calibrated Multispectral Imaging Texas Ballroom DMarina Ruiz Molina • Anna Serotta • Scott Geffert (Material Questions) Connecting the dots: visitor interaction in contemporary art collections Texas Ballroom AAnouk Verbeek (Material Transfers & Translations) Collecting Collections: negotiating the complexities of material value at the National Park Service Texas Ballroom BJoannie Bottkol • Angela Campbell (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 (Problematic Materials) Investigation of Cellulose Nitrate Motion Picture Film Chemical Decomposition & Associated Fire Risk Texas Ballroom CKathleen Mullen • Heather Heckman • Dr. Mahesh Mahanthappa (Long-Form Concurrent Session) Lessons from Irma and Harvey: Preparation and Response in the 2017 Hurricane Season Hunters Creek Meeting RoomKelly Ciociola • Lauren R. Hall-[PA] • Rustin Levenson-[Fellow] • Steven Pine-[PA]

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 (Material Questions) An Enlightened Perspective: Balancing Artist Intent with Conservation Concerns Texas Ballroom AChristopher Mazza • Sarah Scaturro (Natural History Collections) Smudges, snakeskins, and pins, oh my! River Oaks Meeting RoomR William Bennett III • Nora Lockshin-[PA] (Problematic Materials) The Element of Surprise: contending with historic lead fills on an outdoor bronze Mercury Texas Ballroom CSarah Giffin • Humberto del Rio • Christina Varvi-[PA] Facilitated Discussion Texas Ballroom BJessica Walthew

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 (Material Questions) Between subtle and silent: the conservation of Max Neuhaus' Sound Figure at the Menil Collection Texas Ballroom ABradford Epley • Sarah Thompson (Natural History Collections) Eggstraordinary: The conservation and mounting of historically significant great auk eggs River Oaks Meeting RoomArianna Lea Bernucci • Amin Garbout • Duncan Jackson • Amy Scott Murray • Douglas G. D. Russell (Problematic Materials) The Day Day-Glo loses its Glo(w): An Interdisciplinary Approach in Conserving Artworks Containing Daylight Fluorescent Paints Texas Ballroom CStefanie De Winter

4:30pm MDT

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