Education

Fall 1998 Registration Intern, Textile Museum, Washington DC. Rehoused and inventoried several hundred textiles. Monitored storage environments.

Summer 1998 Sculpture Conservation Intern, Smithsonian Institution, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC. Surface cleaned and waxed over seventy outdoor sculptures. Wrote and photo documented treatment proposals. Assisted Exhibits Dept with installation of new sculpture and exhibitions. Performed inpainting on several large projects.

1998 BFA Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Fall 1997 Internship with Independent Curator, George Ciscle, Baltimore, MD.Interned on traveling exhibition “Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott.” Prepared quilts for exhibition by making archival textile mounts. Helped in curitorial decisions of object selection. Organized community public programs.

Professional Experience

Fall 1999 to present: Fine Art Conservation Laboratories, Santa Barbara, CA. As a conservation technician, worked under the direction of Scott M. Haskins, conservator, treatments were performed on the following projects:

-          Piazzoni Mural Project, New Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA. The murals had already been removed from the Old Main Library in San Francisco. The in lab work included removal of protective facing and resin cushion layers and superficial cleaning of grime.

-          Art Deco ceiling and wall murals in Dining Room, c. 1925, Pescadero Point Trust, Pebble Beach, CA. Working with a team of conservators, treatments included the installation of 6 large murals on canvas (previously removed in 1980) into their original locations; Also paint consolidation, surface cleaning, and extensive inpainting on 1000 sq. ft of ceiling murals (casein on plaster).

Fall 1998 to Fall 1999 Star Spangled Banner Project, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Assisted conservators in the treatment of the flag usng various stitching and conservation techniques. Prepared and mounted textile fragments for exhibition. Monitored environmental conditions in the treatment area. Prepared documentation, incl. written reports, photography and computer graphics.

Professional Affiliations

American Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works (AIC)- Student