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Paola Marie Valentin

Universidad de Puerto Rico
Student
Puerto Rico
Tuesday, May 29
 

1:00pm

Museum of Fine Arts Houston Collections Storage Tour MFAHFILLING

5:45pm

Houston History Boat Cruise Tour Departure Point - Outside of Texas T CaféFULL
 
Wednesday, May 30
 

12:30pm

The Ultimate Menil Campus Tour Menil CollectionFILLING
 
Thursday, May 31
 

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

2:00pm

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) Digging Deep: The Importance of Collaborations between Architectural Conservators and Archeologists Texas Ballroom CMary A. C. Jablonski

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

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) A Collaborative Model for Rock Art Conservation in the Algerian Desert Texas Ballroom CHakim Bouakkache • Julia M Brennan-[PA] (Objects) Manganese Stain Reduction on an Ancient Greek Terracotta Vase Texas Ballroom BSusan Costello-[PA] • Katherine Eremin • Georgina Rayner

4:00pm

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) Evaluation of Organosilicon Materials for Conservation of Ancient Grey Bricks Texas Ballroom CYue Yuan • Zhengrong Fu • Chenglei Meng • Jie Mi • Xiaozhen Wang • Hui Zhang (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

(Architecture + Archaeological Conservation) Preventive conservation training in the Moche Valley, Peru Texas Ballroom CJessica Walthew • Alicia Boswell (Objects) The Use of 3D Printing for Casting Proportional Replicas Used in the Treatment of Articulated Skeletons Texas Ballroom BChristine E Haynes • Julia Sybalsky • Fran E. Ritchie

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 (Photographic Materials) How to Receive and Organize a Collection of 1 Million Photographs at Once? Material and Metadata Discussions Hunters Creek Meeting RoomRodrigo Bozzetti
 
Friday, June 1
 

8:30am

(Architecture) The development of modern organic materials, 1845-1930 Texas Ballroom CNorman Weiss (Collection Care) Materials Selection for Storage, Exhibit, & Transport: A Moderated Panel Discussion Meyerland Meeting RoomPamela Hatchfield • Catharine Hawks • Eric Breitung • University Products • Andrew Robb • Michael Skalka (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

(Objects + Archaeological Conservation) Gold Working at Ur: A Collaborative Project to Better Understand Ancient Gold Smithing Texas Ballroom BTessa de Alarcon • Moritz Jansen • Dr. Richard Zettler

9:30am

(Objects + Archaeological Conservation) The Tell-Tale Conservation of Two 2,000 Year Old Leather Water-Skins Texas Ballroom BIrit Lev Beyth • Hadas Seri • Liatte Dotan • Jessica Lewinsky (Research and Technical Studies + Wooden Artifacts) Interdisciplinary and Multi-Technique Study of Previous Conservation, Bending Media, and Pigments of a Painted Polychrome Coffin from the Late Period Kingwood Meeting RoomM. Moustafa • Dr. Medhat Abdallah • Ahmed Abdrabou • Dr. Hussein M. Kamal

10:00am

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

10:30am

(Collection Care) Towards understanding the basis of Oddy test failures via quantitative volatile organics and other analytical analyses Meyerland Meeting RoomEric Monroe • Fenella France • Amanda Jones • Cindy Connelly Ryan • Kelli Stoneburner

11:00am

(Architecture) Transportation, Installation, and Conservation of the 20th c. fresco 'Haitian Massacre, 1937': Challenges, solutions, and contributions Texas Ballroom CViviana Dominguez-[PA] • Hilda Abreu Utermohlen-[Fellow] (Objects + Archaeological Conservation) ‘All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter’: Developing Guidelines for the Recovery of Tin-plate on Mineralized Archaeological Iron through Material Analysis Texas Ballroom BMichelle Crepeau • Nicola Emmerson • David Watkinson

11:30am

(Architecture) Analyzing Spanish colonial pigment utilizing sophisticated technology: The excitement and the obstacle in the discoveries Texas Ballroom CPamela Rosser-[PA] (Objects + Archaeological Conservation) Measuring the burial microenvironment on an archaeological site as an aid to the conservation management of artifacts in the museum Texas Ballroom BIan D. MacLeod • Alice Boccia Paterakis

12:00pm

(Wooden Artifacts) Wooden Artifacts Group Business Meeting Kingwood Meeting RoomGenevieve Bieniosek-[PA]

1:00pm

Collection Care Network Idea Fair Texas FoyerRebecca Kaczkowski • Tru Vue Archaeological Discussion Group (ADG) Business Meeting Tanglewood Meeting RoomFrancis Lukezic

2:30pm

(Natural History Collections) Preserving Penn’s Woods: The restoration of the Mammal Hall dioramas at the State Museum of Pennsylvania River Oaks Meeting RoomRachael Perkins Arenstein-[PA] • Eugenie Milroy • George Dante • Stephen C. Quinn

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 E. Ritchie • Paul Whitmore-[Fellow]

3:30pm

(Material Transfers & Translations) Flaming Pearls and Flying Phoenixes: Materiality, Research, and Stewardship of Liao Dynasty Metalwork Texas Ballroom BEvelyn Mayberger 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 01. (Research and Technical Studies) An American Icon in Plastic: The Technical Analysis, Study, & Treatment of a Early Edition 1959 Barbie Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Odile Madden • Morgan L Burgess • Marci Jefcoat Burton • David Hunt • Ellen Pearlstein 11. (Archaeological Conservation) Conservation in a Changing Climate: Examining the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Submerged Wooden Artifacts Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Annabelle Fichtner 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 18. (Objects) The Use and Effect of Pickering Particle Emulsions and Cyclomethicone Cleaning Systems in the Treatment of Hair in Water-Sensitive Composite Objects Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Amaris Sturm 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] 29. (Objects) On A Roll: A New Artifact Support Approach during the Treatment of Cannons Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)William Hoffman 31. (Research and Technical Studies) Degradation makers of cellulose acetate during aging Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Liu Liu • Lukasz Bratasz 35. (Research and Technical Studies) Optimizing Paint Cross-Section Preparation for Modern and Contemporary Art: A Case Study Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Jia-sun Tsang • Stephanie Barnes • Elle D Friedberg • Thomas Lam 39. (Archaeological Conservation) Stone-panelled red lacquer wooden table excavated from King Lu’s tomb of Ming Dynasty and its lacquer technique study Texas Ballroom (Foyer outside Ballrooms - Poster Session)Jianlan Wang • Yunpeng Wang • Junping Xu 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

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

(Imaging Technology) Integrating Multispectral Imaging, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), and Photogrammetry for Archaeological Objects Texas Ballroom DEmily Frank • Dr. Sebastian Heath • Chantal Stein (Natural History Collections) Smudges, snakeskins, and pins, oh my! River Oaks Meeting RoomR William Bennett III • Nora Lockshin-[PA]

5:00pm

(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

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
 
Saturday, June 2
 

10:00am

(Architecture) Ground-truthing Adobe Ruins:Assessing Vulnerability of Earthen Architecture in a Changing Climate Texas Ballroom CFrank Matero-[PA] (Research and Technical Studies) The human endeavour: when source communities, conservators and scientists collaborate Meyerland Meeting RoomDr. Nancy Odegaard (Wooden Artifacts) The interdisciplinary approach in the conservation of wooden objects of the Museu do Ipiranga Kingwood Meeting RoomFabiola Zambrano Figueroa • Rogério Ricciluca Matiello Félix

10:30am

(Objects) Eva Hesse Addendum: Exploring Materiality and Emerging Technologies Texas Ballroom BTamar Maor • Dr. Angelica Bartoletti • Dr. Bronwyn Ormsby (Research and Technical Studies) Big Things Come in Small Packages: The Materials Analysis Lab at Colonial Williamsburg and its Impact Throughout the Foundation Meyerland Meeting RoomKirsten Moffitt-[PA]

11:00am

(Objects) Conserving Alchemy: Bonded Bronze and the Art of Michael Richards Texas Ballroom BAnne Léculier King • Ainslie Harrison-[Fellow] • Eugenie Milroy (Research and Technical Studies) Investigating Conservation Materials for Painted PMMA: Comparing Aging Environment Impact with Nano Thermal Analysis Meyerland Meeting RoomDonald Sale • Dr. Angelica Bartoletti • Dr Laurant Bozec • Dr. Marianne Odlyha

11:30am

(Research and Technical Studies) The use of nano-indentation to mechanically characterize embedded artists’ materials Meyerland Meeting RoomAshley Freeman • Vincent L. Beltran • Michał Lukomski

12:00pm

Objects Tips Lunch Texas Ballrooms F-HLIMITED

2:00pm

(Sustainability) Access to Shared Knowledge: Developing a Sustainable Workflow for Archiving Collaborative Engagement Documentation at NMAI’s Conservation Department Hunters Creek Meeting RoomDiana Gabler

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 (Sustainability) A collaborative web platform for designing green museum storages Hunters Creek Meeting RoomEstelle De Bruyn

3:00pm

(Architecture) Alkoxysilane Sol-Gel Consolidants for Calcareous Stones Texas Ballroom CAlison Rohly • Dr. Dean Webster (Sustainability) Digital Collections Storage: Surveying The Landscape Hunters Creek Meeting Room

3:30pm

(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 (Sustainability) Change in Collection Management Strategy with Climate Change Phenomenon in Thar Desert Hunters Creek Meeting RoomVikram S. Rathore (Textiles) Ambient analysis of historic textiles by DART-MS River Oaks Meeting RoomRegina Baglia • Mary W. Ballard • G. Asher Newsome

4:00pm

(Architecture) From Blocks to tomb-chapels: Documentation and Reconstruction of 246 stone blocks for display in the Grand Egyptian museum Texas Ballroom CNassef Elsayed Abd Elwahed (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 (Research and Technical Studies) Constructivism Strands and Concrete Art in Brazil – the Materiality of Form Meyerland Meeting RoomLuiz A C Souza • Maria Alice Castelo Branco • Yacy A. Froner • Giulia Giovani • Rita L Rodrigues • Alessra Rosado

4:30pm

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