The Washington Conservation Guild Presents the Fifth Meeting of the 2019/2020 Season

The Washington Conservation Guild Presents the Fifth Meeting of the 2019/2020 Season

Entrance to the Ripey Center with the Smithsonian Castle in the background.
Entrance to the S. Dillon Ripley Center

Annual 3-Ring Circus

Thursday, January 9, 2020 at S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution

1100 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC 20560

Nearest Metro stops: Smithsonian and L’Enfant Plaza

Reception with Exhibitors from 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Presentations from 6:30pm to 7:30/7:50pm

Evolving Approaches (6:30-7:50pm)

  • Soon Kai Poh, “When is conservation? Reimagining previous restoration in the treatment of an ancient Near Eastern zoomorphic ceramic vessel”
  • Gerrit Albertson, “A Strange Event in the Life of Godfried Schalcken’s Cephalus and Procris”
  • Ellen Hagsten, “Biofilms on Buildings: What have we created?!”
  • Jia-Sun Tsang, “An Easy-to-Use Method for Preparing Paint Cross Sections”

Historic Concerns (6:30-7:30pm)

  • Josephina Maldonado, “The MARAD Collection – Conserving Salvaged Military Objects”
  • Steven Pickman, “A Moving Reality of the Cuban Diaspora – Balancing Emotional, Physical, Biological, and Chemical Concerns of a Floating Platform”
  • Edward McManus, “Conservation Treatment of an early nineteenth-century Teapot attributed to Sherman Boardman”

Modern Concerns (6:30-7:30pm)

  • Mark Coulbourne, Bryan Draper, and Carla Q. Montori, “Updating a Conservation Lab: An Approach to Redesign and Renovation”
  • Dylan Lorenz, “Digital Forensics, Game Enthusiasts, and Generating Hashes: A Few Best Practices in Media Conservation”
  • Crystal Sanchez, “Digital Conservation? Mapping terms from Preservation to Conservation”

Visit each of our exhibitors during the reception to enter the RAFFLE.
Prizes courtesy of AIC, Gaylord, and Tru-Vue

Some of our Sponsors and Exhibitors include:

AIC, Aurora Storage, ELY, Gaylord, Hirox, Hollinger/Metal Edge, Image Science Associates, Smallcorp, Talas, Tru-Vue, and University Products

This event is free to WCG members, $10 for guests & non-members. Memberships are $35 for professionals and $25 for students.

Membership contributions go toward supporting our next 50 years of programming and advocacy.

For more information about this meeting or WCG, please visit washingtonconservationguild.org