WCG April Meeting: Emerging Professionals Talks

WCG April Meeting: Emerging Professionals Talks

Please join the Washington Conservation Guild in-person for the 7th Meeting of the 2024/2025 Season.

Emerging Professionals Talks

Thursday, April 3 2025 5:00–7:00 pm

Social hour: 5:00–6:00 pm / Talks begin at 6:00 pm

A large, vaulted hallway with multiple floors with dark wood forming a truss-and-tie-beam roof supported by red-brick columns.
National Park Seminary Ballroom (Courtesy of SOS).

Location: National Park Seminary Ballroom
9615 Dewitt Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Transit: Linden Lane stops Montgomery County Ride-On Bus #4
“Forest Glen” Metro Station (Red Line) 1 mile away
Street parking available in surrounding neighborhood

Three Emerging Professionals will be presenting on the following topics:

Isabella Moritz, MA Candidate Fashion Institute of Technology 
○ “Perennial Pansies: A Case Study for Reconstruction as an Investigation and Conservation Technique for Altered Garments


Elle Friedberg, Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at the Walters Art Museum
○ “Conservation Treatment of a 16th-Century Lacquered Iron Helmet: Application of the Shimbari Technique for Consolidation


Sarah Fong, 4th Year Chemistry Undergraduate at the University of Virginia
○ “Scientific Analysis of Inkjet Prints at the National Gallery of Art: A Survey of Conservation Science Analytical Techniques

This event is free to WCG members; in-person meetings are $10 for non-members.

2024/2025 WCG season memberships are $35 for professionals, $25 for renewing emerging professionals, and free to emerging professionals who are entering their first season as a WCG member.

For more information about this season’s meetings, please visit https://washingtonconservationguild.org/meeting-schedule-2024-2025-season/

Our meetings are public, and pictures may appear on WCG’s website and social media accounts.

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