During June 2017, aspiring conservators from around the country attended a 2 week intensive preventative conservation workshop at Staatsburgh. This was the second year that the workshop was held at Staatsburgh with sponsorship from The Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation along with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop taught in-depth methods of caring for many different types of collections. Participants gained insight into artifact conservation and the conditions that cause deterioration. After the workshop, several of the participants wrote blog entries about their experience and a specific aspect of the workshop.
NYS Bureau of Historic Sites Furniture Conservator, David Bayne, organized this workshop to occur at Staatsburgh collaborating on its organization with Independent Conservator Cathy MacKenzie. Several conservators participated in the workshop's instruction including Kirsten Schoonmaker from the Shelburne Museum, Valentine Talland formerly from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Michelle Smith, most recently at the National Library of France.
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| Blog author Jennifer Mikes |
Part III in this series was written by Jennifer Mikes and Stephanie Carrato. Jennifer Mikes is a pre-program art conservation
intern. She holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in biology with a minor in studio art from Franklin & Marshall
College. She has acquired experience in
textile, furniture, paintings, and objects conservation from the University of
Delaware, Headley Conservation Services, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, and The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology.
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| Blog author Stephanie Carrato |
Stephanie
Carrato is from Monroe Township, New Jersey. She has a BFA from the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago (2009). She has worked in conservation for The
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Andrea Pitsch Conservation, and The
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Stephanie is currently a conservation technician at
the Penn Museum.
