WCG April Meeting: Intern Talks

WCG April Meeting: Intern Talks

Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Join us for the ever popular Intern Talks held in the MacMillan Education Center. Reception: 5:00pm to 6:00pm and Presentations: 6:00pm to 7:00pm.

Conservator wearing gloves rearranges wax cylinders nestled in a tray
Mary Wilcop working with phonograph cylinders at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Mary Wilcop, Third-year Intern, National Museum of American History. Conservation of Early Experimental Phonograph Cylinders at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Claire Valero, Intern, Library of Congress. Enhancing Watermark Images: A Photoshop Method

Joanna Strombek, Graduate Intern, National Gallery of Art. Treatment of “The Three Figures Dressed for the Masquerade” attributed to Louis Joseph Le Lorrain, oil on canvas, c. 1740 (?)

Xiao Ma, Charles E. Culpeper Fellow, National Gallery of Art. Unexpected Discovery of Challacolloite (KPb2Cl5) in Giovanni dell Robbia’s Painted Terracotta, Pietà

Transportation: The Museum is located at 8th and F Sts. NW, Washington, DC.  The nearest Metro stops is Gallery Place – Chinatown on the Red, Yellow, and Green Lines.  Limited street parking is available. The MacMillan center is located in the South West corner of the first floor.  The closest entrance is from F St.

This event is free to WCG members, $5 for guests & non-members. Memberships are $35 for professionals and $25 for students. WCG just celebrated 50 years of supporting and promoting art conservation in both the DC metro area and worldwide. Membership fees go toward supporting our next 50 years of programming and advocacy.

Conservator sits in front of a large painting wearing gloves and holding a cotton swab
Joanna Strombek uses cotton swabs on an 18th-century painting