Art Conservation

TREATMENT SKILLS
Stabilizing loose paint on a vandalized painting
TREATMENT SKILLS
Inpainting fills on a 17th-century tin-glazed earthenware pot
RESEARCH SKILLS
Examining a handwritten Koran from Gambia
RESEARCH SKILLS
Sampling paint from a mural in Boston's Ames-Webster Mansion
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
XRF analysis of suspected metal toning on an uncased daguerreotype
ACADEMIC COURSEWORK
Studying the process of cellulose degradation
TREATMENT SKILLS
Applying a custom paper pulp fill
GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Reactivating consolidant and setting down paint at the Smithsonian’s Lunder Conservation Center
CONSERVATION OUTREACH
2018 summer program for students from historically black colleges and universities
CONSERVATION OUTREACH
Preserving images of African American service members, from the Fisk University Collection
GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Reconstructing a ceramic vessel at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Using lasers to reduce mortar on the surface of an Assyrian relief at the Brooklyn Museum
GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Cleaning a 15th-century marble bust at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Repairing the looped rim of a Skokomish cedar root basket at the American Museum of Natural History
UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS
Treating an American history diorama from Tuskegee University Collections

Kress Reconstruction Project Materials Information/MITRA American Institute for Conservation ANAGPIC Papers

Attics and Basements and Closets, Oh My! Part 2: Family Albums
This week’s post focuses on caring for our family albums or scrapbooks—treasured heirlooms that embody shared memories and help us trace our family roots.
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ARTC research and outreach in the spotlight
The newest issue of IIC's News in Conservation spotlights two important research and outreach projects led by ARTC faculty and students.
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Art conservation and preserving fragments of human history
Four small pieces of limestone, covered with cursive Egyptian script derived from hieroglyphs, became a treatment project for WUDPAC Fellow Katerina Acuna.
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Attics and Basements and Closets, Oh My! Caring for Family Treasures
While we all turn to our family treasures for comfort during these trying times, we would like to share tips on ways to care for your personal collections.
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Apr
8
Students' Choice ZOOM Lecture
Apr. 8th, 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Please join us for a special presentation by Rebecca Kennedy of Curae Collections Care, LLC (Washington, DC) on "Managing Mental Health in Cultural Heritage Emergency Response." PLEASE NOTE: Staff, faculty, and students are currently working from home in response to the Delaware Stay-at-Home Order. Lectures in this series will be given via online platform for the remainder of the spring semester. Contact Theresa Shussler at tslusser@udel.edu to receive a link to join the Zoom meeting.
Apr
24
Students' Choice ZOOM Lecture
Apr. 24th, 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Please join us for a special presentation by LaStarsha McGarity (Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC) on "What Are We Missing: Diversity in Conservation." PLEASE NOTE: Staff, faculty, and students are currently working from home in response to the Delaware Stay-at-Home Order. Lectures in this series will be given via online platform for the remainder of the spring semester. Contact Theresa Shussler at tslusser@udel.edu to receive a link to join the Zoom meeting.
May
6
David C Driskell (1931-2020): In His Glory
May 6th, 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Please join us for a special presentation honoring artist and scholar David Driskell. The presentation will be given by Julie L. McGee, Associate Professor of Africana Studies & Art History and Director of UD's Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center. PLEASE NOTE: Staff, faculty, and students are currently working from home in response to the Delaware Stay-at-Home Order. This presentation will be given via online platform. Contact Theresa Shussler at tslusser@udel.edu to receive a link to join the Zoom meeting.

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Since 2009, the University of Delaware has been awarded a series of grants from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to support the design and creation of digital and physical historically accurate reconstructions of selected paintings from the Kress Collection. Use of these didactics and associated lesson plans, as well as sample sets of historic pigments and their raw materials available upon request from the Kress Foundation, will inform and inspire scholars, students, and the general public about the making of art and the value of technical art history…

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Student Blogs

Student Blog: Mauritshuis
In this blog post, WUDPAC Class of 2020 Fellow Julianna Ly shares her experiences as a Fulbright/American Friends of the Mauritshuis intern, working with a collection that includes some of the world’s best-known Dutch paintings.
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Student Blog: Art Institute of Chicago
In this blog post, WUDPAC Class of 2020 Fellow Lindsey Zachman talks about working with conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago, including her treatment of a hand-colored etching from 1802.
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