The Institute of Fine Arts Faculty

Institute Lecturers for the Conservation Center

• Samantha Alderson
  Assistant Director, Science Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

• Sarah Barack
  Head of Conservation, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

• Maria Fredericks
  Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra

• Christine Frohnert
  Research Professor and Time-Based Media Program Coordinator; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC

• Leslie Ransick Gat
  Objects Conservator and Proprietor, Art Conservation Group

• Dr. Abed Haddad
  Assistant Conservation Scientist, Museum of Modern Art

• Alexis Hagadorn
  Head of Conservation, Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University

• Lia Kramer
  Freelance TBM Conservator, New York, NY

• Kate Lewis
  Agnes Gund Chief Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

• Michael Alan Miller
  Associate Paintings Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Paintings Conservation Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Peter Oleksik
  Associate Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

• Kerith Koss Schrager
  Head of Conservation, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

• Julia Sybalsky
  Conservator, The American Museum of Natural History

• Jessica Walthew
  Objects Conservator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

• Steven Weintraub
  Conservator, Proprietor, Art Preservation Services

The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation

• Dianne Dwyer Modestini
  Clinical Professor Emerita, Conservator of the Kress Program in Painting Conservation

• Dr. Matthew Hayes
  Assistant Professor of Paintings Conservation, Co-Chair of the Conservation Center

• Molly Hughes-Hallett
  Associate Conservator for the Samuel H. Kress Collection

Research Faculty in the Conservation Center

• Senior Research Scholars

• Christine Frohnert
  Director, Time-Based Media Program, The Conservation Center; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC

• C. Richard Johnson, Jr.
  Visiting Research Professor; Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick Senior Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Cornell University

• Dr. Marco Leona
  Research Professor; David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Christopher McGlinchey
  Project Director, Getty Conserving Canvas Lining Adhesive Research Project; Fine Art Conservation Science Consultant

• Dianne Dwyer Modestini
  Clinical Professor Emerita, Kress Program in Painting Conservation

• Research Fellows

• Kristin Patterson
  Getty Conserving Canvas Lining Adhesive Research Fellow (January 2023 – Present)

Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies

• Dr. Nancy Odegaard
  Conservator, Professor emerita at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona

• Deborah Lee Trupin
  Principal of Trupin Conservation Services, LLC

Additional Conservation Consultants Villa La Pietra

• Rachel Danzing
  Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Rachel Danzing Art Conservation

• Maria Fredericks
  Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum

• Pam Hatchfield
  Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Head of Objects Conservation Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Project Coordinator, Held in Trust

• Michele Marincola
  Chair and Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

• Jack Soultanian
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Deborah Trupin
  Textile Conservator in private practice; formerly Textile Conservator, NY State Bureau of Historic Sites

Guest Lecturers to the Conservation Center

• Allison Agsten
  Inaugural Director, Center for Climate Journalism and Communication, University of Southern California

• Maryan Ainsworth
  Curator Emerita, European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Laura Allen
  Curator of Native North American Art, Montclair Art Museum 

• Drew Anderson
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Rachael Perkins Arenstein
  A.M. Art Conservation, LLC

• Lisa Barro
  Proprietor, Conservator of Photographs and Works on Paper, Barro Conservation

• Reinhard Bek
  Conservator of Contemporary Art, Modern Materials, and Media, Bek & Frohnert, LLC

• Sean Belair
  Associate Conservator, Arms and Armor Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Bill Brand
  Artist & Film Preservationist, BBOptics

• Eric Breitung
  Research Scientist, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Amy Brost
  Assistant Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

• Susan Brown
  Acting Head of Textiles, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

• Angela Campbell
  Conservator, National Parks Service

• Savannah Campbell
  Project Media Preservation Specialist - Video and Digital Media, Media Preservation Initiative, Whitney Museum of American Art

• Ian Cartwright
  Archaeological Photographer, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

• Brian Castriota
  Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

• Lucy Commoner
  Conservator Emerita, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

• Mary Coughlin
  Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, The George Washington University

• Gabrielle Crowther
  Conservator, Art Conservation Group LLC

• Lee Ann Daffner
  Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservator of Photographs, Museum of Modern Art

• Margo Delidow
  Assistant Conservator, Whitney Museum of American Art

• Jean Dommermuth
  Paintings Conservator, NYC; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra

• Charles Douglas
  Sepp Leaf Products, Inc.

• Deena Engel
  Clinical Professor Emerita, Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

• Daniel Etzion
  Senior Conservation Assistant, Art Conservation Group

• Patricia Falcāo
  Time-based Media Conservator, Tate, UK

• Donald Farnsworth
  Director, Magnolia Editions

• Ameya Grant
  Assistant Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Rebecca Gridley
  Conservator, Art Conservation Group

• Christina Hagelskamp
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Dr. Maggie Holtzberg
  Folklorist, Massachusetts Council on the Arts

• Amy Hughes
  Paper Conservator, National Gallery of Art

• Edward Hunter
  Interim Curator and Conservator in Charge, Arms and Armor Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Agathe Jarzcyk
  Conservator, Time Based Media, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

• Elena Kanagy-Loux
  Fashion and Textile Designer

• Nora Kennedy
  Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Sherman Fairchild Conservator of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Jennifer Kim
  Conservator, Autry Museum of the American West

• Jon Klacksman
  Archivist, Anthology Film Archives

• Travis Kray
  AudioVisual Technician, Museum of Modern Art

• Naomi Kroll Hassebroek
  Senior Conservator, Historic Architecture, Conservation and Engineering, National Park Service

• Willow Lawson
  White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

• Yue Ma
  Director for Collections and Research, Museum of the Chinese in America

• Abigail Mack
  Sculpture Conservator, Co-Owner, Monumenta

• Hélia Marçal
  Lecturer in History of Art, Materials and Technology, University College London

• John Marciari
  Charles W. Engelhard Curator of Drawings and Prints and curatorial chair, The Morgan Library & Museum

• Julie Martin
  Director, Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

• Brian McCormick
  Photographer, Christie’s Auction House

• Chris McDonald
  Artist & Sound Engineer

• Denyse Montegut
  Adjunct Professor, Fashion and Textiles Studies Department, School of Graduate Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology

• Giuliana Moretto
  Senior Conservator and Partner, New York Art Conservation

• Michael Morris
  Objects and Architecture Conservator

• Delia Müller-Wüsten
  Senior Conservator and Partner, New York Art Conservation

• Catherine Myers
  Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

• Bob Nardi
  Manager of Time-Based Media & AV Technology, Brooklyn Museum

• David Neary
  Project Manager, Media Preservation Initiative, Whitney Museum of American Art

• Adam Neese
  Senior Collections Photographer for Conservation, Museum of Modern Art

• Fredrik Nilsen
  Commercial Photographer

• Sarah Nunberg
  Private Practice Proprietor, The Objects Conservation Studio LLC

• Jessica Pace
  Preventive Conservator, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, New York University Libraries

• Jeff Peachey
  Proprietor and Book Conservator, Peachey Conservation

• Roy Perkinson
  Artist and Former Head of Paper Conservation, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Jennifer Perry
  Mary and James Wallach Conservator of Japanese Art, Asian Art Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Rebecca Ploeger
  Assistant Professor in Conservation Science, Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State University

• Ellen Rand
  Conservation Specialist, Co-Owner, Monumenta

• Megan Randall
  Objects Conservator, Midwest Art Conservation Center

• Carolyn Riccardelli
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Dr. Hannelore Roemich
  Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emerita of Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

• Bethany Romanowski
  Head Registrar, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

• Katie Sabo
  Textile Conservator and Proprietor, Katie Sabo Textile Conservation, NYC

• Sandra Sardjono
  Founder, Tracing Patterns Foundation

• Sophie Scully
  Assistant Paintings Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Paintings Conservation Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Fran Ritchie
  Objects Conservator, National Park Service

• Clara Rojas Sebesta
  Ellsworth Kelly Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Whitney Museum of American Art

• Marina Ruiz-Molina
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Anna Serotta
  Associate Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Lindsey Schneider
  Owner, LBP Clay

• Jennifer Schnitker
  Assistant Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• John F. Simon, Jr.
  Artist

• Martha Singer
  Private Practice Proprietor & Director, Material Whisperer Consultation and Conservation Services

• Donna Strahan
  Head of Conservation and Scientific Research, The National Museum of Asian Art

• Gloria Sutton
  Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University

• Ahmed Tarek
  Conservation Specialist of Organic Materials and Head of the Human Remains Laboratory, Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center

• Tamiko Thiel
  Artist

• Karen Thomas
  Paintings Conservator and Proprietor, Thomas Art Conservation, NYC

• Gabrielle Tieu
  Conservator, American Museum of Natural History

• Amy Tjiong
  Museum Specialist, African and Pacific Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History

• Erin Toomey
  Conservator, Art Conservation Group

• Lauren Vonnahme
  Senior Museum Specialist III, Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History

• Kate Wright Tyler
  Conservator, Brooklyn Museum

• Lindsey Tyne
  Conservation Librarian, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, NYU

• Yana Van Dyke
  Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Craig Zammiello
  Master Printer, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, School of the Arts, Columbia University

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