AIC's 52nd Annual Meeting

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AIC's 52nd Annual Meeting

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6:45am MDT

(Wellness) Run and Stretch Depart from the Marriott Downtown at City Creek Main Entrance

8:30am MDT

(Opening) Welcome Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)

8:55am MDT

(Opening) In Honor of Juneteenth: Conservation of General Order #3 at the National Archives Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Sonya Barron • Sonya Barron

9:10am MDT

(Opening) Investing in African American Community Engagement at the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Anya Dani • Anya Dani

9:25am MDT

(Opening) Stitching Memories: Collaborating with Trans Survivors to Preserve Their Photographic Histories Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Carolina Nastri • Figueredo Carolina • Ornela Vega • Carolina Nastri

9:40am MDT

(Opening) Creating A Preservation Program: The Challenges of Engaging The Public Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Amy Barry • Amy Barry

10:00am MDT

Break in The Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace) (Poster Session) May 22-23, 10 am to 5:30 pm - Abstracts listed at the end of the schedule for readability only Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace)

10:40am MDT

(Opening) A New Discovery of Chiura Obata’s Drawings Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Yoshiyuki "Yoshi" Nishio • Luke Kelly • Stacey M Kelly • Kyoichi Itoh • Stacey M Kelly • Yoshiyuki "Yoshi" Nishio

10:55am MDT

(Opening) “It Depends”: Teaching Undergraduate Conservation Students to Navigate and Embrace the Shades of Gray Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Madeline Hagerman • Madeline Hagerman

11:10am MDT

(Opening) “Distant; Digital; Dangerous?" Novel Approaches to Contemporary Risk Management, Object Access, and Display at The Victoria and Albert Museum Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Vanessa Applebaum • Clair Battisson • Vanessa Applebaum

11:25am MDT

(Opening) They Say Life Is Full of Surprises… It’s an Occupational Hazard for Filming Conservators Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)Claire Fry • Victoria Marsland • Charlotte Tomlin • Claire Fry • Charlotte Tomlin

11:40am MDT

Open Discussion Room 155 BCEF (Salt Palace)

12:00pm MDT

(Luncheon) Easel Exchange (+ $39 / $29) Room 355 D (Salt Palace)Julianna Ly (Luncheon) Objects Tips Lunch (+ $39 / $29) Salon F (Marriott at City Creek) (Luncheon) Proactive and Reactive: Seismic Preparedness and Lessons Learned (+ $39/$29) Room 258 (Salt Palace) (Luncheon) Socratic Dialogue: What to do with lacunae (+ $39 / $29) Room 355 A (Salt Palace)William Wei (Contemporary Art) INCCA/CAN! Speed Mentoring Room 259 Salt Palace

12:30pm MDT

Conserv: Active Environmental Monitoring for Proactive Preservation Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace)Angélica Isa Adaniya

12:45pm MDT

Exhibit Hall Demo - New Sustainable Glazing Product Research Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace)Tru Vue Inc.

1:45pm MDT

Exhibit Hall Demo - Acoustic Emission Monitoring Video Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace)Getty Conservation Institute

2:00pm MDT

(Archaeological Heritage, Preventive Care) Underground Conservation: How the Geosciences and Humanities Can Preserve Historic Cemeteries Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Amy Van de Riet • Ben Terwilliger • Grace Awbrey • Blair Schneider • Grace Awbrey (Architecture) Architectural Artwork Removals: The Good, The Bad, and The Surprising Room 255 F (Salt Palace)Tania Alam • Kevin Daly • Tania Alam • Kevin Daly (Book & Paper) New Applications of Lascaux Acrylic Adhesive For Book and Paper Conservation Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Quinn Morgan Ferris • Marco Valladares • Quinn Morgan Ferris • Marco Valladares (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) Close and Continuous Collaboration: Stewardship in the Conservation of the New York’s Empire State Plaza Collection Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Alfred Lippincott • Abigail Mack • Ellen Rand • Sarah Montonchaikul • Sarah Montonchaikul (Objects) Cannon Care: Resource for Understanding Iron Cannon Coatings and their Preservation Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Fran E. Ritchie • Liatte Dotan • Nicole Peters • Liatte Dotan (Paintings) A Darkened Canvas and a Mysterious Hand: Analytical Investigation and Sustainable Approaches to the Cleaning of Morris Louis ‘Slide’ (1962) Room 255 BC (Salt Palace)Soraya Alcala • Per Knutås • Silvia Russo • Soraya Alcala (Photographic Materials) New Originals and Former Originals: Jeff Wall’s Trân Dúc Ván Room 255 E (Salt Palace)Jessica Keister • Mary Wilcop • Travis K. Snyder • Chris Michaels • Jessica Keister (Research & Technical Studies) “There Is No Such Thing as a Green Solvent:” Updates from Sustainability in Conservation’s Greener Solvents Project Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Rosie Grayburn • Gwendoline Fife • Lisa Clifford • Lucile Pourett • Naomi Toyama • Gwendoline Fife • Rosie Grayburn (Textiles) Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh: Mounting Diné Textiles For Exhibition Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Anna Rose Keefe • Jessica Urick • Sháńdíín Brown • Sháńdíín Brown • Anna Rose Keefe • Jessica Urick (Wooden Artifacts) Unwrapped: Four Hundred Years of European Picture Frame History Finally Revealed at The Ago Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Julia Campbell-Such • Julia Campbell-Such

2:30pm MDT

(Archaeological Heritage, Preventive Care) Rediscovering Princess Carolina: Preventive Conservation as a Catalyst for Reengaging with an Archaeological Collection Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Elsa Sangouard • William Hoffman • William Hoffman (Architecture) Cultural Heritage Relocation and Reinterpretation of Collections: The Professional's Dilemma Room 255 F (Salt Palace)David Wessel • David Wessel (Book & Paper) Making a Chinese Woodblock Print Easy on the Eye: Merging Chinese Aesthetics with Western Conservation Methods Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Ping-Chung Tseng • Ping-Chung Tseng (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) Private Practice, Public Impact: A Collaboration in Preserving Michael Richards' Legacy Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Eugenie Milroy • Melissa Levin • Anne L. King • Alex Fialho • Anne L. King • Eugenie Milroy (Objects) The Lion, the Saint, and the Red Robe: Technical Study and Treatment of a 17th-Century Wax Diorama by Caterina de Julianis Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Katherine Eremin • Angela Chang • Georgina Rayner • Adrienne Gendron • Adrienne Gendron (Paintings) Discovering Dalí Room 255 BC (Salt Palace)Allison Langley • Katrina Rush • Allison Langley • Katrina Rush (Photographic Materials) Exposing A Photographer's Vision: The Hirshhorn Hologram and Its Many Challenges Room 255 E (Salt Palace)Stephanie Lussier • Taylor Healy • Gwenaelle Kavich • Thomas Lam • Shannon A. Brogdon-Grantham • Tess M. Cramer • Tess M. Cramer • Stephanie Lussier (Research & Technical Studies) Safer Solvent Selection for the Removal and Application of Synthetic Resins Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Melinda H. Keefe • Rosie Grayburn • Alan Phenix • Gwendoline Fife • Bethany Karl • Robert Wright • Vikram Prasad • Melinda H. Keefe (Textiles) Preserving a Confederate Spy Balloon: Adhesive Treatment of Coated Silk Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Kayla Silvia • Kayla Silvia (Wooden Artifacts) Everything’s Shrine: Removing Difficult Coatings on a Carved Jain House Shrine and Advocating for Realistic Treatment Timelines Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Kelly Marie Rectenwald • Kelly Marie Rectenwald

3:00pm MDT

(Wooden Artifacts and Poster Session) A Preliminary Look At Surface Finishes on 19th-Century Tibetan Furniture Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Laura Maccarelli • Jessica Chasen • Jessica Chasen (Archaeological Heritage, Preventive Care) Preventive Conservation of Archaeological Metals At The Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology In Turkey Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Alice Boccia Paterakis • Ian MacLeod • Alice Boccia Paterakis (Architecture) Taking It Back: Unveiling The Original 1897 Finishes of the Chicago Cultural Center GAR Rooms Room 255 F (Salt Palace)Katharine George • Samantha Van Kollenburg • Katharine George • Samantha Van Kollenburg (Book & Paper) Soluble or Not? Research Outlining Solubility of Water-Soluble Pencils and Pastels Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Rosaleen Hill • Scott Williams • Lindsay Sisson • Jennifer Poulin • Lindsay Sisson (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) Wade Guyton’s Inkjet Paintings: Artist’s Materials, Technique, and Conservation Challenges Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Giuliana Moretto • Giuliana Moretto (Objects) Navigating The Changing Course: The Evolving Treatment Protocol for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's 1896 Lilienthal Glider Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Malcolm Collum • Daniel Ravizza • Maggie Bearden • Jay Flanagan • Deborah Duerbeck Parr • Deborah Duerbeck Parr (Paintings) Afraid of The Unknown? What Are Barnett Newman’s Reds, Yellows and Blues? Room 255 BC (Salt Palace)Corina Rogge • Bradford Epley • Corina Rogge (Photographic Materials) An Investigation of Additives In Resin Coated Papers Room 255 E (Salt Palace)Tess Bronwyn Hamilton • Tess Bronwyn Hamilton (Research & Technical Studies) Barriers To Embedding Sustainability In Conservation Education and Practice Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Ellen Pearlstein • Justine Wuebold • Glenn Wharton • Chedeya Brown • Ellen Pearlstein • Justine Wuebold (Textiles) Measuring Deformation of Tapestries: Focusing on Mechanical Stress During Vertical Display Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Kisook Suh • Alejandro Schrott • Kisook Suh

3:15pm MDT

(Wooden Artifacts and Poster Sessions) The Use of Fiber Optics Spectroscopy for the Identification of Wood Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Aaron Shugar • Elly Stewart Davis • Elly Stewart Davis

3:30pm MDT

Break in the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall: Hall 1 (Salt Palace)

4:00pm MDT

(Textiles) Inexpensive Methods for Small-Scale Digital Textile Printing Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace • Jacquelyn Peterson-Grace (Preventive Care) Are We There Yet? Facilitation Is Our Preventive Conservation Future Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Rebecca Fifield • Rebecca Fifield (Architecture) What If We Find Hoffa? Managing Large Scale Uncertainties Room 255 F (Salt Palace)Xsusha Flandro • Xsusha Flandro (Book & Paper) Plotting a Treatment: The Delamination and Bathing of an Eighteen Foot Manuscript Map Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Allison Holcomb • Allison Holcomb • Sara Leonowitz (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) The '80s Fascination with Tech Art and Their Conservation Challenges Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Emmanuelle Perron • Emmanuelle Perron (Objects) Tropical Treatment: Testing the Efficacy of Pineapple, Papaya, and Kiwi Juices in the Removal of Adhesives Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Mariana Di Giacomo • Anna-Colette Haynes • Jasmine Keegan • Mariana Di Giacomo (Paintings) Shedding Light on the Master of Light: Technical Studies of Five Paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida Room 255 BC (Salt Palace)Karen Trentelman • Devi Ormond • Kendall Francis • Olivia Kuzio • Kendall Francis (Photographic Materials) Polaroid 20×24: Characterization and Investigation of Treatments and Preservation Methods Room 255 E (Salt Palace)Sylvie Pénichon • Paulina Miasik • Paulina Miasik (Research & Technical Studies) A Hairy Situation: Revisiting the Species Attributions of Meret Oppenheim’s Fur-Lined Teacup at the Museum of Modern Art Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Dan Kirby • Kyna Biggs • Caitlin Gozo Richeson • Nathan H. Lents • Selin Ates • Kyna Biggs • Caitlin Gozo Richeson (Wooden Artifacts) Time May Change Me: A 17th Century Kas Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Emily McClain • Kathy Gillis • Emily McClain

4:15pm MDT

(Textiles and Poster Session) No Time to Dye: Simulating Dye Recipes with the “Test Tube Method” Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Abigail Lenhard • Abigail Lenhard

4:20pm MDT

(Preventive Care) Purple Tea, Firebrats, and Vibrations: Activating an 18th Century Gilded Salon in a 21st Century Arts & Design School Housed in a 19th Century Building Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Mary Coughlin • Mary Coughlin

4:30pm MDT

(Architecture) Them's the Breaks: Managing Conservation Through Construction Room 255 F (Salt Palace)Jennifer Kearney • Jennifer Kearney (Book & Paper) Will The Circle Be Unbroken?: A Case Study in Addressing Acceptable Loss, Historic Conservation Techniques, and Project Burn Out on a 1732-1796 South Carolinian Church Register Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Jessica H. Henze • Kathryn Boodle • Audrey Jawando • Kathryn Boodle • Jessica H. Henze (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) A Framework for Sustainable Courier Practices: Developing a Bookend Courier Workshop and Network Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Lauren Fly • Samantha Springer • Lauren Fly • Samantha Springer (Objects) Behind the Scenes with Joe Kubert, Comic Book Legend (and Tape Enthusiast): Conserving and Displaying an Artist's Desk Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Leah Humenuck • Leah Humenuck (Paintings) While Angels Watched; Restoration of Thomas Cole's Monumental Painting, The Angel Appearing To The Shepherds Room 255 BC (Salt Palace)Mark Lewis • Marla Curtis • Jennifer Myers • Katelyn Rovito • Catalina Vasquez- Kennedy • Mark Lewis • Katelyn Rovito (Photographic Materials) When the Pellicular Burlesque Turns into the Pellicular Nightmare Room 255 E (Salt Palace)Marie-lou Beauchamp • Marie-lou Beauchamp (Research & Technical Studies) Novel Non-Invasive Method for Extracting Proteinaceous Binders from Panel Paintings Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Jin Dong • Zhanyun Zhu • Zhanyun Zhu (Textiles) Tradition and Innovation: Evaluating Conservation Treatments for a Buddhist Embroidery Mounted as a Hanging Scroll Room 255 A (Salt Palace)Sara Ribbans • Sara Ribbans (Wooden Artifacts) The Dahshur Boat of Senwosret III: An Analytical Study of a 4,000-Year-Old Wooden Boat Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Gretchen Anderson • Lisa Haney • Mostafa Sherif • Gretchen Anderson • Mostafa Sherif

4:40pm MDT

(Preventive Care) Traditional Methods of Caring for Cultural Heritage, Reimagined: A Look at Preventive Care in Rajasthan, India Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Elizabeth Salmon • Elizabeth Salmon

5:00pm MDT

(Research & Technical Studies and Poster) Developing Genomic Tools to Determine the Maker of a Modern Gofun Paint Preparation Room 355 EF (Salt Palace)Jennifer Perry • Christopher Mason • Julie Arslanoglu • Ann-Marie Abunyewa • Ann-Marie Abunyewa (Preventive Care and Poster) Street v. Art: A Case Study of Mold Remediation and Community Participation at the George Floyd Global Memorial Room 355 C (Salt Palace)Nylah Byrd • Nylah Byrd (Architecture) From the Ground Up: Revisiting San Xavier’s Main Cupola 29 Years Later Room 255 F (Salt Palace)Dr. Nancy Odegaard • Matilde Rubio • Timothy L. Lewis • Starr Herr-Cardillo • Susie Moreno • Starr Herr-Cardillo • Matilde Rubio (Book & Paper) A Medley of Map Treatments Room 155 BC (Salt Palace)Heather Hendry • Heather Hendry (Contemporary Art, Private Practice) Expect the Unexpected: Navigating the Complexities of Government Bureaucracy in Conservation Room 355 B (Salt Palace)Angela Campbell • Angela Campbell (Objects) On with Her Head: The Treatment and Technical Study of a Queen Elizabeth II Doll from the 1950s Room 155 EF (Salt Palace)Alyssa Rina • Catherine Matsen • Alyssa Rina (Photographic Materials) Tip Session Room 255 E (Salt Palace) (Wooden Artifacts) Cutting Corners: Reframing 3D Technology in the Conservation of a 19th C. Gilded Frame Room 255 D (Salt Palace)Elly Stewart Davis • Elly Stewart Davis

6:30pm MDT

(Reception) ASG, OSG, and RATS at the Clubhouse ($55 members/$29 students) The ClubhouseConserv (Reception) BPG and PMG at Red Butte Gardens ($65 members/$35 students) Red Butte Garden OrangerieUniversity Products • GUNNAR USA, INC. (Reception) PSG, TSG, CAN!, and EMG at Utah Museum of Fine Arts ($60 members/$29 students) Utah Museum of Fine ArtsKremer Pigments Inc.