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- OSG OFFICERS 2007-2008
- Chair
- Helen Alten
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- Program Chair
- Carolyn Riccardelli
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- Emeritus Chair
- Howard Wellman
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- Secretary/Treasurer
- Megan Emery
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Nominating Committee, Co-Chairs
- Julia Day
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Ellen Pearlstein
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- Archaeological Discussion Group, Co-Chairs
- Claudia Chemello
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- Susanne Grieve
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- OSG Archivist
- Lisa Bruno
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Outreach Committee, Co-Chairs
- Beth Edelstein
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Sarah Barack
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- Publications Committee, Chair
- Won Ng
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- Website Committee, Chair
- Vanessa Muros
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- OSG-L (Objects Specialty Group Listserv)
- For information and archives password contact list owner Emily Kaplan email
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
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AIC's 37th
Annual Meeting
"Conservation Continuum: Examining the Past and Envisioning the Future"
May 11-14, 2010
Milwaukee, WI
Schedule
Tuesday May 11th-Workshops and Tours
Wednesday May 12th-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, Opening Reception
Thursday May 13th-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, AIC Member Business Meeting
Friday May 14th-Specialty Group Sessions
2010 Object Specialty Group Sessions
Wednesday, May 12
12:00–2:00 p.m.
OSG/EMG Joint Luncheon: Case Studies in Contemporary Art hosted by INCCA-NA
Ticket required: $25 for EMG and OSG members/$44 others
12:10-12:30 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Jay Kreuger, INCCA-NA
12:30-12:50 p.m.
“Inside Out, Red,” The Conservation of an Anish Kapoor Powder-Pigment Sculpture
Andrew Smith, Assistant Conservator, Sculpture Conservation Studio
12:50-1:10 p.m.
Emerald Laser Lawn by Dan Corson in the Broward County Public Art and Design Collection
Tin Ly, Conservation Manager, Public Art and Design Program, Broward Cultural Division
1:10-1:30 p.m.
Preventive Conservation and Identification of Plastics of a Recent Acquisition at the National Museum of the American Indian
Anne Turner Gunnison, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Conservation, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian; Susan Heald, Senior Textile Conservator, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian; Jia-Sun Tsang, Senior Paintings Conservator, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Conservation Institute; Yoonjo Lee, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Conservation, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
1:30-2:00 p.m.
Discussion
2:00–5:30 p.m.
OSG Afternoon Session
2:00-2:30 p.m
A New Approach to Maintaining Water Features and Eliminating Re-occurring Biological Growth Outbreaks
Robert Krueger, Object Conservator, Cascadia Art Conservation Center, LLC
2:30-3:00 p.m.
Re-thinking the Cleaning of Claes Oldenburg’s Floor Cake
Margo Delidow, Sculpture Research Fellow, The Museum of Modern Art; Cynthia Albertson, Paintings Research Fellow, The Museum of Modern Art
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Plaster, Pliacré® and Paper
Mina Thompson and Conor McMahon, Associate Conservators, Museum Resources Division, Department of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Henry Moore's Bronze Form: Investigating the Original Patina
Katrina Posner, Assistant Conservator for Decorative Arts and Sculpture, J. Paul Getty Museum
4:30-5:00 p.m.
An Examination of Pinning Materials for Marble Sculpture
George Wheeler, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation; Carolyn Riccardelli, Associate Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation; Christina Muir, Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects, LLP, Albany, NY; George Scherer and Joe Vocaturo, Princeton University, School of Engineering and Applied Science
5:00-5:30 p.m.
Keeping the Circle Unbroken: Treatment of David Smith’s 2 Circle IV
Suzanne Hargrove, Head of Conservation, The Toledo Museum of Art
Friday, May 14
7:30–8:30 a.m.
OSG Breakfast and Business Meeting
8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
OSG Morning Session
8:30-9:00 a.m.
The Restoration, Treatment, Scientific Examination and Re-Treatment of an Egyptian Limestone Relief from the Tomb of Ka-Aper
Kathleen M. Garland, Senior Conservator, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; John Twilley, Conservation Scientist, Hawthorne, NY
9:00-9:30 a.m.
The Field Museum Archaeological Metals Project: Distributed, In Situ Micro-Environments for the Preservation of Unstable Archaeological Metals Using Escal® Barrier Film.
JP Brown, Regenstein Conservator for Pacific Anthropology, The Field Museum
9:30-10:00 a.m.
Resurrecting a Set of Composite Tools from the 1st Century A.D. Roman Wreck of Porto-Novo, Corsica, France
Paul Mardikian, Head Conservator, Clemson Conservation Center, Warren Lasch Conservation Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Examining Past Treatments of Waterlogged Basketry from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
Dana K. Senge, Objects Conservator, DKS Conservation Services; Ellen Carrlee, Conservator, Alaska State Museum
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Conservation and Restoration of an Egyptian Wooden Human-Like Form Coffin in Suez Museum
Abdel-Rahman el-Serogy, Lecturer and Conservator, El-Fayoum University, Egypt; Abdel-Salam Eleasely, Lecturer and Conservation Scientist, Conservation Department, Sohag University, Egypt
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Using 3-D Prototyping as an Intermediary in the Reconstruction of Ancient Pottery
Renée Stein, Conservator, Michael C. Carlos Museum–Emory University; Susan Blevins, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History–Emory University; Nelson Burke, President, TheEngineerGuy Dot Com; Dr. David Rosen, Director, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute–Georgia Institute of Technology; Andrew Layton, Program Manager, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute–Georgia Institute of Technology
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Archaeological Discussion Group Meeting
NEWS AND INFO
TIPS AND TREATMENTS
A tip for replicating gloss and color when filling losses on enamel
Laura Gorman, Objects Conservation, Saint Louis Art Musueum
A short bibliography on the issue of yellowing and other side effects
during Nd:YAG laser-cleaning
Carole Dignard,Objects Conservator, Canadian Conservation Institute
A bibliography based on the paper “Nd:YAG Laser Cleaning: Further Developments on the Yellowing Issue” presented at the OSG Session “Demonstrations and Tips Regarding Cleaning” of the AIC 32nd Annual Meeting,
Portland, OR, June 12, 2004
NMAI LIVING: Moving a la Martha
Rachel Perkins Arenstein, Colleen Brady, Norine Carroll, Jen French, Emily Kaplan, Angela Yvarra McGrew, Ashley McGrew, Scott Merritt, Leslie Williamson National Museum of the American Indian
The handouts from the NMAI presentation at the 2003 AIC Meeting, OSG Session are now available to be downloaded. You can find the four handouts from the tips session below.
Submissions, comments, suggestions?
last updated: February 3, 2010
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