Welcome to the 57th season of the Washington Conservation Guild!
This page will update as venues, speakers, and talk titles are confirmed. Be sure to browse our previous seasons or past meeting summaries.
September 7, 2023: Walking Tour of Congressional Cemetery
- Docents Barbara Borman & Randy Norton
- Location: Congressional Cemetery, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
October 5, 2023: “Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race: Maintaining Amphibious Art Machines“
- Speakers: Tom Jones, Baltimore Kinetic Webmaster and Archivist & Joe Wall, Special Projects Consultant to the American Visionary Art Museum
- Virtual Meeting, 5:15 – 6:30 pm on Zoom
- Recording available on WCG YouTube page
October 27, 2023: Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit
- For more information, visit the official Summit website!
- Location: McEvoy Auditorium, SAAM (in-person) and virtual
- Recording available on WCG’s YouTube page
November 9, 2023: “An Army of One: Black Activist Curator”
- Speaker: Nadine Seiler, Guardian of the Black Lives Matter Protest Memorial Collection
- Location: The Howard University Gallery of Art, 5:00 – 7:30 pm
- Recording available on WCG YouTube page
November 29, 2023: Art Collection Tour at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
- Location: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
December 7, 2023: “Maybe you can try this at home: A virtual tour of a painting and painted textile conservation practice“
- Speaker: Nancy Pollak, Art Care Associates
- Virtual Meeting, 5:15 – 6:30 pm on Zoom
January 11, 2024: Three-Ring Circus
- Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center, 5:00 – 7:30 pm
- Recordings of these sessions available on WCG’s YouTube page
February 1, 2024: “Conserving Plastic Art and Artifacts: A Panel Discussion”
- Panelists:
- Kris Cnossen, Owner of Midwest Textile Conservation, LLC
- Mary Coughlin, Associate Professor at The George Washington University
- Kiri Douglas, Paper Conservation Fellow at the National Gallery of Art
- Luke Moses, Time-Based Media Conservator at the National Portrait Gallery
- Moderator: Christine Haynes, Objects Conservator, National Air and Space Museum
- Virtual Meeting, 5:15 – 6:30 pm on Zoom
- Recording available on WCG’s YouTube page
March 9, 2024 (POSTPONED): Private Practice Seminar (WCG Members Only)
- Postponed until Fall 2024
April 4, 2024: Emerging Professionals Talks
- Speakers: Sejal Goel, Valeria Pesce, Genevieve Tobin
- Location: German-American Heritage Museum, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
April 13, 2024: Community Partnership Project
- Help preserve the Black Lives Matter Protest Memorial Collection
- Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation
April 17, 2024: Emerging Professionals 2024 Lab Tour
- Location: Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Conservation Labs, 3:00 pm
April 29, 2024: Emerging Professionals 2024 Lab Tour
- Location: Lunder Conservation Center (located in the Smithsonian American Art Museum), 5:30 pm
May 2, 2024: Raffle and Business Meeting
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Museum & IBEW International Office, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
May 4, 2024: “WCG Goes to the Kinetic Sculpture Race”
- Location: American Visionary Art Museum, gathering at 9:15am
