Antonia Mappin-Kasirer is Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Object Conservation at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (2025-2028). She completed her Master of Art Conservation at Queen’s University in 2023. Prior to moving to the Washington area, Antonia completed a fellowship in Object Conservation at the Yale University at Gallery. During her fellowship at the NGA, Antonia is undertaking a technical study of bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti (1906-1966).

Emma Reuther is earning her MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/ University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) majoring in paper conservation and minoring in photograph conservation. She is currently in her third year, serving as the graduate intern at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. She holds a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Texas A&M University. Her graduate training has included internships at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and most recently at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Katie Skinner is a 2026 Bucknell University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Studio Art, and a minor in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Over the summers of 2025 and 2026, she worked as a conservation lab intern for the Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Branch (NHHC UA) through the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP). There, she was able to gain hands-on experience in the work of an archeological conservation lab, conducting condition assessments and conservation treatment on artifacts recovered from US naval sunken military craft.

Lily Craig is a Goucher College 2025 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual & Material Culture and minors in Chemistry and Historic Preservation. She is currently a pre-program conservation intern working at a private paintings conservation studio in Baltimore. After graduation, she was selected for the summer 2025 Smithsonian Conservation Internship for Broadening Access (CIBA) where she was placed in the paper & photo conservation lab at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). Following that, she spent time interning in a frame conservation studio where she learned about both fabrication and conservation.

Megan O’Brien is currently completing her dual M.A./M.S. in the Conservation of Art and Cultural Heritage/Conservation Science and Imaging through the SUNY Buffalo State University Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department. She is now completing her degree by spending this year as the Graduate Intern in Paintings Conservation at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, where she looks forward to a very full year of research, treatment projects, and learning from some incredible artworks and incredible conservators.