Conservation
Archaeology
Conservation Center Lecturers and Affiliated Faculty
Institute Lecturers for the Conservation Center
2023 – 2024
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
2023 – 2024
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
2023 – 2024
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
Pamela Hatchfield (Fall 2023)
Head of Objects Conservation Emerita at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Project Coordinator, Held in Trust
Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Assistant Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies
Jen Munch (Spring 2024)
Proprietor, Jen Munch Art Conservation, NYC
Additional Conservation Consultants Villa La Pietra
2023 – 2024
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
2023 – 2024
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
This list will be updated periodically throughout the academic year.
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