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EXPERIENCE
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1998 forward |
Private consultation practice, collection surveys,
care planning and implementation, professional training, mural
treatment on site |
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1984-1998 |
Outside Conservation Services Conservator, North
Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. Working with
smaller not-for profit institutions in North Carolina and other
states to develop and implement collections care plans. Assumed
administrative duties of OCS in January, 1993. |
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1983-1984 |
Graduate Student Intern, Worcester Art Museum,
Worcester, Massachusetts. Assistant to Conservator Carol Aiken,
conservation of American Portrait Miniatures, Gibbes Art Gallery,
Charleston, South Carolina. |
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1980-1981 |
Trainee, Conservation Department, Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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1976-1980 |
Art consultant and picture framer, Gallery 100,
Mishawaka, Indiana. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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"Looking at Pictures'' 2-day seminar for art
professionals, March 1999, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina
State University, |
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"Art History for Museum-Goers,"
3 -week Continuing Education Course, June 1998, March 1999, North
Carolina State University. |
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"Rust, Dust ... or Bust'' A Conservation
Workshop Series sponsored by the Professional Development Committee,
North Carolina Museum Council, June 11-12, 1993, North Carolina
Museum of Art, Raleigh. Session and local facilities coordinator;
presenter. Co-presenters, David Findley, William Brown. |
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"Conservation Basics for Small
Collections," 5-week Continuing Education Course, fall, 1990,
Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina. |
EDUCATION
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1986-1989 |
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC: Certificate in
Cultural Resources Management. |
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1981-1984 |
State University College at Buffalo, New York- MA
and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation. Concentration
In conservation of paintings. Summer Internships: Hudson River
Museum, Yonkers, NY (1982) and Concord Antiquarian Museum, Concord
MA (1983). |
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1977-1981 |
Indiana University, South Bond and Indianapolis:
Courses in Art Studio, Art History, and Chemistry |
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1975 |
State University of New York at Binghamton; Graduate
work in Art History. |
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1970-1974 |
University of Notre Dame (St. Marys College,
1970-1972), Notre Dame, Indiana. BA, Program of Liberal Studies. |
IN-SERVICE TRAINING
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1995 |
"To Market, to Market-, Developing Public
Support for Conservation through Marketing," National Institute
for Conservation Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. |
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1994 |
"Selling Collections Care to Funders,"
National Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. |
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1990 |
"Workshop on New Methods in the Cleaning of
Paintings," with Richard Wolbers, North Carolina Museum of Art,
Raleigh. |
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1988 |
"Conservation Surveys," AIC Annual Meeting
Pro-Session, New Orleans, LA. |
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1985 |
"Theories on the Cleaning of Paintings,"
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. |
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1983 |
"Application of Science in Examination of Works
of Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA_ |
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Surveyed clients' collections on site, examining
individual works of art, storage and display facilities.
Examined works of art With magnification,
ultraviolet and infrared technologies, and x-radiography to determine
their materials, condition, and potential for conservation treatment.
Photographed works of art and treatments in progress with
4 x 5-format camera and 3 5 mm, camera
Developed IBM computer skills (Internet, database, word
processing, records maintenance, documentation, files, billing and
invoicing).
Prepared written reports of surveys, advising client
institutions about collection care, climate control, priorities for
treatment of individual works, on-site storage and display.
Advised clients of funding and development opportunities.
Prepared grant applications (NEA, N.C. State Grants) with client
development officers.
Trained client staff hi art handling, exhibition security,
and safe storage practices.
Prepared and distributed bibliographies for further study
of conservation and art history.
Produced brochure Immediate Care for Art and Antigues for
distribution to clients and collectors.
Collaborated with museum communications department and
media reporters to publicize conservation department activities for museum
publications and mass media.
Lectured with slides to art professionals, museum
audiences, staff and
volunteers.
Organized and conducted tours of the conservation
facilities for university and adult audiences.
Advised collectors during scheduled museum consultation
days, by individual appointment, and by telephone.
Developed elementary and middle school curricula based on
WPA Post Office murals for Lee County, NC public schools.
Managed Outside Conservation Services at NCMA.
Administered a $60,000 budget, scheduled work in shared space and
facilities, supervised volunteers, ordered supplies, kept records of
activities.
Cooperated with staff from other museum departments
including curatorial, design, registration, development, and
communications.
Designed conservation treatments to restore the appearance
of aged and damaged paintings while conserving original material and
maintaining the intent of the artist. Examined and treated large mural
paintings in situ. Treated paintings by European and American artists in
the conservation laboratory. Framed and unframed works of art. Repaired
minor damage on picture frames. Arranged safe storage and transport of
works of art,
LECTURES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS
"Conservation of William Williams's C. 1840
Crucifixion in Old St. Paul's Catholic Church, New Bern, NC," October
1996, New Bern.
"Sanford's WPA Post Office Mural: History and
Condition," Sanford Woman's Club, April 1996.
"Caring for North Carolina's Collections: Outside
Conservation Services," August 1995, North Carolina Museum of Art
"Caring for Your Collections: Ways to Protect Your
Fine Things at Horne," April 1995, National Society of Colonial Dames
in North Carolina, Raleigh.
"To Protect, Preserve, and Maintain: Conservation at
the North Carolina Museum of Art," August 1994, Lees McRae College,
Banner Elk, NC, and Isothermal Community College, Columbus, NC.
"Conservation Explained," March 1993, North
Carolina Museum of Art Outreach Volunteers' Annual Meeting, and April
1994, North Carolina Museum of Art In-house Volunteers' Annual Meeting.
"Fakes and Forgeries." September 1991, Carolina
Crime Writers Association.
Judge, Student Art Show, April 1996, Arendell-Parrott
Academy, Kingston NC.
PUBLICATIONS
Old Durham Hometour Guidebook, 1997, 1998. 1999, Historic
Preservation Society of Durham NC.
"Immediate Care for Art and Antiques" Brochure,
North Carolina Museum of Art, 1993.
David Goist, Ann Keck-Henderson Riggs, and Janet W.
Hessling, "Study of an Early Italian Triptych," International
Journal of Museum of Management and Curatorship, vol. 7, 1988, pp.
167-172.
"A Conservation Program. for the Emerson Study,"
Concord Antiquarian Museum Newsletter, September-October 1983, pp. 6-7.
"Madonna and Child Surrounded by a Garland of
Flowers," For Laymen Only Exhibition Catalog, Art Gallery, University
of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1975,
AFFILIATIONS
Professional Associate, American Institute for
Conservation
Assessor, Conservation Assessment Program (CAP)
Virginia Conservation Association
South East Regional Conservation Association
American Association of Museums
American Association for State and Local History
Southeastern Museums Conference
North Carolina Museums Council
MURAL TREATMENTS
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1999 |
Cupola House,Edenton, N.C., Bayard Wootten and Hope
S. Chamberlain, c. 1930s, Spencer Hall, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill |
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1999 |
Honest and Dishonest Use of Tax Money, Eugene
Savage, 1940, Fountain County Courthouse, Covington, IN (in situ),
Project Supervisor: Linda Witkowski, Indianapolis Museum of Art. |
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1998 |
The History of Indiana Thomas Hart Benton, 1933,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (in situ, Indiana University
Auditorium), Project Head: Martin Radecki, Associate: Linda
Witkowski, both of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. |
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1996 |
The Kinfolk of Virginia Dare, Pietro Lazzari, 1938,
Sanford, NC. |
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1995 |
Engineering, James A. McLean, 1934, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC. |
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1993 |
Laying the Cornerstone of the University of North
Carolina, Dean Cornwell, |
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1941 |
Town of Chapel Hill. NC (in situ, the Old
Post Office). |
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1993 |
The German Airborne Invasion of Crete 1941. Theodore
Baitz, 1942, 82nd Airborne Division Museum Ft. Bragg, NC, |
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1988 |
Harriet Tubman Aaron Douglas, 1934, Bennett College,
Greensboro, NC. |
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1991 |
Father Edward Sorin Preaching to the Indians,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN ( in situ, St, Edward's
Hall), (inpainting intern), Supervisor: Monica Radecki. |
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