Joan Irving
Senior Conservator of Paper
Affiliated Associate Professor
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Joan (she/her) received a B.A. in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania,
graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1982. From 1985
to 1988, Joan coordinated the exhibition, catalogue, and conservation
for “Legacies of Genius,” an exhibition of over 200 rare books,
manuscripts, and works of art on paper from thirteen Philadelphia-area
special collections libraries. Her pre-program experience
included work as a paper conservation technician at the American
Philosophical Society and at the Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), the regional conservation laboratory in
Philadelphia.
Since
graduating from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art
Conservation (WUDPAC) in 1995, Joan has had
a distinguished career at CCAHA, where she served as head of the Paper
Section, supervising a staff of 22 conservators and technicians. Joan
has taught and consulted extensively and treated a wide variety of fine
art and historic documents on paper, parchment
and papyrus. She has developed a specialty in architectural drawings
and has lectured nationally on their care and treatment. She has treated
several iconic American documents including Jefferson’s second draft of
the Declaration of Independence, George Washington’s
printed copy of the Constitution and Francis Scott Key’s manuscript of
the Star Spangled Banner.
Joan now serves as
Assistant Director of Conservation and Senior
Paper
Conservator of Winterthur Museum and Affiliated Associate Professor of
the Winterthur and University of Delaware Art Conservation Program. In
2006, she
received the University of Delaware’s Presidential Citation for
Outstanding Achievement.
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