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OSG OFFICERS 2007-2008

Chair
Helen Alten
helen@collectioncare.org


Program Chair
Carolyn Riccardelli
Carolyn.Riccardelli@metmuseum.org

Emeritus Chair
Howard Wellman
wellmanconservation@comcast.net

Secretary/Treasurer
Megan Emery
Megan.emery@cincyart.org

Nominating Committee, Chair
Sheila Payaqui
spayaqui@hotmail.com

Archaeological Discussion Group, Chair
Claudia Chemello
cchemell@umich.edu
Susanne Grieve
susannegrieve@hotmail.com

OSG Archivist
Lisa Bruno
lbruno@hotmail.com

Outreach Committee, Co-Chairs
Rachael Arenstein
rachaelarenstein@hotmail.com
Emily Williams
ewilliams@cwf.org

Publications Committee, Chair
Won Ng
w_y_ng@hotmail.com

Website Committee, Chair
Vanessa Muros
vmuros@gmail.com

OSG-L (Objects Specialty Group Listserv)
For information and archives password contact list co-owners Jessica Johnson johnsonjs@si.edu and Emily Kaplan kaplane@si.edu





MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES


AIC's 37th Annual Meeting
"Conservation 2.0"
May 19-22, 2009
Los Angeles, CA


Schedule
Tuesday May 19th-
Workshops and Tours
Wdnesday May 20th-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, Opening Reception
Thursday May 21st-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, AIC Member Business Meeting
Friday May 22nd-Specialty Group Sessions

2009 Object Specialty Group Sessions
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
OSG Tips Session Luncheon, 12-2:00pm


The Faculte "Broadcast": A New Mutli-media Tool for Conservations
Candis Griggs Hakim and Mather Hakim, Griggs Conservation, San Francisco, CA

Archaeological Metals Storage at the Science Museum of Minnesota
Gretchen Anderson, Conservator, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Storage Ideas for Feathered Bonnets
Nancy Fonicello, Ancient Artways Studio, Willsall, MT

OSG Afternoon Session, 2-5:30pm
Modern Polymers


Introductory Remarks
Helen Alten, Director, Northern States Conservation Center

Blow it Off: Moving Beyond Compressed Air with Carbon Dioxide (CO 2) Snow
Shockey, L.H. (Hugh), Objects Conservator, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C

Miniaturized Cold Atmospheric Plasma for Improving the Adhesion Properties of Plastics in Modern Art
Anna Comiotto

Ethnographic Materials

Introductory Remarks
Catherine (Cap) Sease, Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT

Examination of an Egyptian Corn Mummy
Meg Loew Craft, Senior Objects Conservator, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Disrobing: Research and Preventive Conservation of Painted Hide Robes at the Ethnological Museum, National Museums Berlin, Germany
Anne Turner Gunnison, Helene Tello, Peter Bolz, Nancy Fonicello, National Museums Berlin, Germany, Institute of Archaeology, London, Ancient Artways Studio, Wilsall, MT

Thursday, May 21, 2009

OSG Business Meeting 6:00 pm

Friday, May 22, 2009
Archaeological Interest Group Meeting 7:30-8:30am

OSG Morning Session, 8:30-10am
Archaeological Metals


Introductory Remarks

Paterakis, Alice Boccia Conservation at Kaman Kalehoyuk
Alice Boccia Paterakis, Director of Conservation, Kaman Kalehoyuk Excavations, Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology

Technology as a Tool for Archaeological Research and Artifact Conservation
Gretchen Anderson and Giovanna Fegni, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Connecting Materials Science and Engineering with Archaeological Conservation
Paul Mardikian, Clemson Conservation Center

Fine Arts Metals

Introductory Remarks

The Laser Cleaning of Anna Hyatt Huntington's Aluminum Scultpure "The Torch Bearers"
Michael Barrett, Andrew Baxter, Mark Lewis, and Scott Nolley, Fine Art Conservation Center of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Innovations in Eddy Current Analysis of Metals for Heritage Preservation
Curits Desselles, Mary Striegel and Jason Church, Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Natchitoches, LA

Biotechnology for Objects Conservation
John Scott, President, New York Conservation Foundation, New York, NY








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.










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last updated: June 17, 2009


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