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
PROFESS10NAL 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 under 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.
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