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Barbara Wojcik

Conservator of Paintings
65 Buckingham Street
Springfield, MA 0 1109
(413) 746-9876

EDUCATION:

1992 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
M.A. & Certificate of Advanced Study, Art Conservation

1986 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
B.A. Art History, cum laude

1981-1982 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN- Fine Arts, Biology

PROFESSI0NAL EXPERIENCE

1997-present Barbara Wojcik Conservation of Paintings. Springfield, MA
Conservation of paintings in private collection*,

1996-1998 Springfield Library and Museums Association, Springfield, MA 
Preventive conservation for diverse collections including natural history
specimens, firearms, paintings, decorative arts, collections on paper.
Development and implementation of programs and procedures for the handling
of collections, environmental monitoring and maintenance of collections.

1994-1996 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. NC
Examination, documentation and treatment of paintings and frames in the
museum collection Technical development of laboratory equipment,

1993-1994 National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Conservation of paintings it the museum collection =der the direction of
Stefano Scafotta. Technical analysis at Conservation Analytical Laboratory
under the direction of Roland Cunningham. Research at the Archives of
American Art.

1992-1993 Barbara Buckley Paintings Conservation, West Chester, PA
Examination, documentation and treatment of paintings in museum and private
collections.

1991-1992 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Conservation of paintings in the collection of the Academy under the direction of
Mark Bockrath. Archival paper treatment under the direction of Elizabeth
Schulte.

Summer 1991 Pacific Regional Conservation Center, Honolulu, HI
Stabilizing treatments and rehousing of ethnographic collection at the Bishop
Museum under the direction of Jane Bassett

Summer 1990 Fine Art Conservation and Technical Services, Clarence, NY Assisted James Hamm in the conservation of two oil painting mural cycles Assisted Patricia Hamm in the conservation of archival documents.

1989 A.G. Johnson and Son, Boston, MA 
Assisted Nils Johnson in the conservation and restoration of objects, frames, and furniture.

1987-1988 Williamstown Regional Art Conservation Laboratory, Williamstown, MA
 Assisted conservators
in the treatment of paintings, frames, and objects from museum and
private collections.

CONSERVATION RELATED COURSES, and WORKSHOPS:
1997 Contemporary Varnishes, James Bourdeau

1996 The Technology and Conservation of Picture Frames, Jonathan Thornton

1995 Lining and Backing Conference, United Kingdom Institute of Conservation

1989 Scientific Examination and Preservation of Works of Art, Boston Museum of
Fine Arts

1988-1989 Gilding taught by Nils Johnson, Eliot School, Boston

1988 Technical Painting, Boston Museurn School

1987 Art Conservation and Restoration, Williams College

SPECIAL SKILLS:

WordPerfect and Microsoft Word word-processing languages

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

International Institute for Conservation

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

New England Conservation Association

 

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