Conservation
Archaeology
Conservation Center Lecturers and Affiliated Faculty
Institute Lecturers for the Conservation Center
2020 – 2021
Reinhard Bek
Conservator of Contemporary Art, Modern Materials, and Media, Bek & Frohnert, LLC
Lisa Bruno
Carol Lee Shen Chief Conservator, Brooklyn Museum
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
Emily Frank
Objects Conservator, PhD Candidate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU
Maria Fredericks
Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Christine Frohnert
Conservator of Contemporary Art, Modern Materials, and Media, Bek & Frohnert, LLC
Leslie Ransick Gat
Objects Conservator and Proprietor, Art Conservation Group
Jakki Godfrey
Objects Conservator, Proprietor, Boro 6 Art Conservation
Dr. Abed Haddad
The David Booth Fellow in Conservation Science, The David Booth Conservation Department, Museum of Modern Art
Alexis Hagadorn
Head of Conservation, Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University
Matthew Hayes
Paintings Conservator, Proprietor, The Pietro Edwards Society for Art Conservation
Nora Kennedy
Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Sherman Fairchild Conservator of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dr. Marco Leona
David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Laura McCann
Conservation Librarian, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, New York University Libraries
Chris McGlinchey
Conservation Scientist, NYC
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation
Kristin Patterson,
Paintings Conservator, NYC
Katherine Sanderson
Assistant Photograph Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Conservator of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
David Saunders
Research Fellow, The National Gallery, London
Anna Serotta
Associate Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kerith Koss Schrager
Objects Conservator, Proprietor, The Found Object
Chantal Stein
Objects Conservator, 2020-21 FAIC/Kress Fellow in Plastics Conservation, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, New York University Libraries
Steven Weintraub
Conservator, Proprietor, Art Preservation Services
The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation
2020 – 2021
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation
Shan Kuang
Samuel H. Kress Assistant Conservator and Assistant Research Scholar
Laura Turco
Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Paintings Conservation
Research Faculty in the Conservation Center
2020 – 2021
Dr. Marco Leona
Research Professor; David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation
Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies
Lynda Zycherman (Spring 2021)
Sculpture Conservator, Museum of Modern Art
Additional Conservation Consultants Villa La Pietra
2020 – 2021
Rachel Danzing
Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Rachel Danzing Art Conservation
Pam Hatchfield
Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Head of Objects Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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
George Wheeler
Research Scholar, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Senior Scientist, Highbridge Materials Consulting; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Guest Lecturers to the Conservation Center
2020 – 2021
Erin Anderson
Assistant Objects Conservator, Brooklyn Museum
Sanchita Balachandran
Associate Director/Conservator, Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
Sarah Barack
Head of Conservation, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Joy Bloser
Assistant Conservator for Public Outreach, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Linsly Boyer
Associate Conservator for Conservation in Action, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ellen Carrlee
Objects Conservator, Alaska State Museum
Federico Caró
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Luisa Casella
Photograph Conservator in Private Practice
Silvia Centeno
Research Scientist, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Raina Chao
Associate Objects Conservator, Saint Louis Art Museum
Matthieu Cheminée
Metal artist
Lucy Commoner
Head of Conservation Emerita, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
Lisa Conte
Head of Conservation Services, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Mary Coughlin
Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, The George Washington University
Kristi Dahm
Paper Conservator, The Art Institute of Chicago
Julia Day
Conservator, The Frick Collection
Margo Delidow
Objects Conservator and Co-Proprietor, Whryta Contemporary Art Conservation
Joyce Denney
Assistant Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean Dommermuth
Senior Paintings Conservator, ArtCare NYC; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz
Conservator, SFO Museum
Beth Edelstein
Conservator, Cleveland Museum of Art
Deena Engel
Clinical Professor, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Computer Science Minors Program, Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
David Etzion
Senior Conservation Assistant, Art Conservation Group
Jonathan Farbowitz
Associate Conservator for Time-Based Media, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Scott Fitzgerald
Industry Assistant Professor, Department of Technology, Culture and Society, New York University
Michael Gallagher
Sherman Fairchild Chairman of Paintings Conservation, Sherman Fairchild Paintings Conservation Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Melissa Gardner
Associate Paintings Conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Rebecca Gridley
Conservator, Art Conservation Group LLC
Saira Haqqi
Book and Paper Conservator, Minnesota Historical Society
Agathe Jarzcyk
Conservator, Time Based Media, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Adam Jenkins
Principal, Adam Jenkins Conservation Services, LLC
John Klacsman
Archivist, Anthology Film Archives
Dawn Kriss
Project Objects Conservator, Brooklyn Museum
Louise Lawson
Conservation Manager, Time Based Media Conservation, Tate Modern
Ashira Loike
Assistant Manager for Conservation Documentation, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rosa Lowinger
President and Chief Conservator, RLA Conservation of Art + Architecture, Inc.
Hélia Marçal
Lecturer in History of Art, Materials and Technology, University College London
Julie Martin
Director, Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Eve Mayberger
Assistant Conservator for Conservation in Action, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Jen Mergel
Independent Curator
Marina Ruiz Molina
Associate Paper Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works of Art on Paper Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Denyse Montegut
Associate Chair and Professor, Fashion and Textiles Studies Department, School of Graduate Studies,
Fashion Institute of Technology
Tamanda Msosa
Creative Technologist
Emily Mulvihill
Project Associate Painting Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art
Hanako Murata
Conservator, The Better Image
Catherine Myers
Lecturer, The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Jilleen Nadolny
Principal Investigator, Art Analysis & Research, London
Peter Oleksik
Associate Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art
Jessica Pace
Preventive Conservator, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, NYU Libraries
Dwight Primiano
Photographer
Megan Randall
Sculpture Conservator, Museum of Modern Art
Sam Redman
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Sarah Reidell
Margy E. Meyerson Head of Conservation, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Carolyn Riccardelli
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
J. Corey Smith Riley
Objects Conservator, North Caroline Museum of Art
Clara Rojas-Sebesta
Assistant Paper Conservator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Cynthia Connelly Ryan
Conservation Scientist, Library of Congress
Jochen Saueracker
Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation
Debbie Schorsch
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Victoria Schussler
Project Objects Conservator, Brooklyn Museum
Karen Stamm
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chris Stavroudis
Paintings Conservator
Dr. Joyce Hill Stoner
Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture; Director, Preservation Studies Doctoral Program, University of Delaware; Paintings Conservator, Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation
Donna Strahan
Head of Conservation and Scientific Research, Freer & Sackler Galleries
Gloria Sutton
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University
Julia Sybalsky
Associate Conservator of Natural Science Collections, The American Museum of Natural History
Tamiko Thiel
Artist
Erin Toomey
Conservator, Art Conservation Group
Serena Urry
Chief Conservator, Cincinnati Museum of Art
Yana van Dyke
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Astrid van Giffen
Assistant Conservator, Corning Museum of Glass
Jessica Walthew
Objects Conservator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
George Wheeler
Research Scholar, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Senior Scientist, Highbridge Materials Consulting
Scott Williams
Professor, Inorganic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Yuri Yanchyshyn
Principal and Senior Conservator, Period Furniture Conservation, LLC
Marlene Yandrisevits
Assistant Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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