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WCG Meeting Summary: “Practicing Treatment and Analysis Methods through Reproduction Furniture: A Pre-Program Introduction to Furniture Conservation at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston”

May 1, 2023May 2, 2022

Emerging Professionals Talks (March 3, 2022)Presented by Williston Fund Recipient: Lauren Phillips, Pre-program Intern at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine …

Screenshot of the presentation slide titled Aging. Small rectangles of paper are clipped between racks inside a stainless steel oven.

WCG Meeting Summary: “Optical Brighteners: Movement and Degradation in Paper”

April 4, 2023May 2, 2022

Emerging Professionals Talks (March 3, 2022)Presented by Williston Fund Recipient: Fenna Engelke, Trainee Conservator at the Universiteit van Amsterdam From plastic clips to tape carriers …

Documentary photography of a historic document with color scale and gray background.

Meeting Summary: “Cellulose Acetate Film Delamination at the National Archives”

April 5, 2023April 6, 2022

Emerging Professionals Talks (March 3, 2022)“Cellulose Acetate Film Delamination at the National Archives”Presented by Williston Fund Recipient: Mitchel Gundrum, Conservator Technician at the National Archives …

A collage of modern technology being used around and on indigenous artwork

Meeting Summary: “Preserving Indigenous Culture Through 3-D Technologies”

April 5, 2023April 6, 2022

“Preserving Indigenous Culture Through 3-D Technologies” presented at the Washington Conservation Guild Virtual Meeting on February 3, 2022 Guest speakers: Moderated by: Gwen Manthey, Paintings …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Photo of colorfully illustrated book. Closed captioning on the screen reads "There are 120 initials ranging in size and degree of detail from small and plane to large Gilded and highly detailed and decorated."

3-Ring Summary: Treatment of a 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours

April 5, 2023March 10, 2022

Ring 3: The Great BeyondTreatment of a 15th century Illuminated Book of Hours Presented by Laura McNulty, Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellow, Department of Preservation …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Three views of a polychrome vase with flourescent imaging

3-Ring Summary: Ring 3: Adapting experimental and modeling workflows to create 3D visualizations of artist and conservation materials on polychrome objects

April 5, 2023March 8, 2022

Ring 3: The Great BeyondAdapting experimental and modeling workflows to create 3D visualizations of artist and conservation materials on polychrome objects By Roxanne Radpour, Charles …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Photo of Alan Shepard wearing shiny silver-colored spacesuit holding helmet

3-Ring Summary: Ring 3: Rebooting the Suit: Research and Treatment of Alan Shepard’s Mercury Spacesuit Discussion of the ongoing treatment process

April 5, 2023March 8, 2022

Ring 3: The Great BeyondRebooting the Suit: Research and Treatment of Alan Shepard’s Mercury Spacesuit Discussion of the ongoing treatment process by Maggie Bearden, Objects Conservator …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Oversized neon sign reading "FUTURES" with crowd of people wandering exhibit space below

Meeting Summary: Reawakening the National Mall’s “Sleeping Beauty”: A look inside the Smithsonian’s Arts+Industries Building

April 5, 2023March 3, 2022

On December 2nd, 2021, the Washington Conservation Guild was honored to receive as speaker the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building director, Rachel Goslins. Before joining …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Title of slide reads ATR-FTIR spectra show little dependence on image density. Four spectra with proteins and cellulose highlighted for salted paper, printed-out, albumen, and developed-out prints

3-Ring Summary: Ring 2: Application of Reflectance FTIR Spectroscopy for Insights into Photographs

April 5, 2023March 3, 2022

Ring 2: Technical Imaging and Scientific Research Application of Reflectance FTIR Spectroscopy for Insights into PhotographsPresenter: Dr. Joan Walker, Conservation Scientist at the National Gallery …

Screenshot of a virtual presentation. Slide reads "Paints were mixed in a 1:1 ratio and then suspended in Kremer watercolor medium in a 5% w/w ratio before application to paper." Sample tested was Alizarin Crimson (PR83) and Carmine Lake (NR4) in watercolor. Four hyperspectral images of sample

3-Ring Summary: Ring 2: Sequentially Shifted Excitation Raman Microscopy (SSE-RM) for Non-invasive, in situ Identification of Lake Pigments

April 5, 2023March 2, 2022

Ring 2: Technical Imaging and Scientific Research Sequentially Shifted Excitation Raman Microscopy (SSE-RM) for Non-invasive, in situ Identification of Lake PigmentsPresentation by Kristen E. Watts, …

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