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OSG OFFICERS 2007-2008

Chair
Howard Wellman
wellmanconservation@comcast.net


Program Chair
Helen Alten
helen@collectioncare.org

Emeritus Chair
Ann Boulton
aboulton@artbma.org

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

Nominating Committee, Chair
Sheila Payaqui
spayaqui@hotmail.com

Archaeological Discussion Group, Chair
Emily Williams
ewilliams@cwf.org
Howard Wellman
wellmanconservation@comcast.net

Certification Committee, Chair
Claire Dean
clairedean@aol.com

OSG Archivist
Lisa Bruno
lbruno@hotmail.com

Outreach Committee, Co-Chairs
Rachel Arenstein
rachelarenstein@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 36th Annual Meeting
"Creative Collaborations"
April 21-24, 2008
Denver, Colorado


Schedule
Monday April 21st-
Workshops and Tours
Tuesday April 22nd-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, Opening Reception
Wednesday April 23rd-General Session, Specialty Group Sessions, Exhibits and Posters, AIC Member Business Meeting
Thursday April 24th-Specialty Group Sessions

2008 Object Specialty Group Sessions
Wednesday, April 23

OSG Dinner and Business Meeting
6-10 p.m.
Denver Chophouse and Brewery (ticket required $30)

Thursday, April 24
Morning Session, 8:30 a.m-Noon


Introductory Remarks
Howard Wellman, Wellman Conservation LLC

Bringing out the Bling: Decadence in Glass
Hugh Shockey, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Care of "Capula" in the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park Pavillion: A Collaboration Between the Artist, Conservator, and Fabricators
Liz Brown, Seattle Art Museum

Becoming a Chief of Objects
Anne de Buck, SMAL (Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art), Ghent, Belgium

Collaborative Conservation of the Charles Hubbard Natural History Dioramas
Ron Harvey, Tuckerbrook Conservation LLC

An Objects Conservator, a Wallpaper Conservator, 100 Sqaure Feet of Wallpaper and a 5x12 Room with a View: Scenic Respite from the Lab or a Recipe for Disaster?
Michaela Niero,Historic New England

Bitten by the Bug: The Integrated Pest Management Working Group's Collaborative Approach to Providing IPM Resources for the Museum Community
Rachael Perkins Arenstein, Conservator in private practice

Afternoon Session, 2-5:30 p.m.

Saving Grand Canyon River Running History
Brynn Bender, National Park Service Intermountain Region Museum Services Program

An Evlauation of Potential Adhesives for Marble Repair
Mersedeh Jorjani, ARG Conservation Services

From Marble to Mussels: A Common Approach to Dissimilar Materials
Judy Ozone, National Gallery of Art

Collaborative Work Towards the Preservation of Spruce Root Basketry as a Living Tradition
Samantha Springer, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art COnservation; and Molly Gleeson, UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation

So Now We Have a Submarine to Conserve: What do we Do? A Story of Collaboration on the H.L. Hunley Project
Paul Mardikian, Clemson University Conservation Center

"Conservators Without Borders": A Collaborative Program Aiding Archaeological Material in Need
Christie Pohl, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University; and Melina Smirniou, British Museum










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? vmuros@gmail.com
last updated: May 1, 2008


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