Seminar series highlights art conservation techniques

3:38 p.m., Feb. 10, 2004--A 12-week seminar series featuring lectures by veteran art conservators is set for the spring semester at the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington.

The series, which is sponsored by UD’s Department of Art Conservation, Winterthur Museum and the Visiting Women Scholars Fund, is being held in conjunction with an art conservation class and is open to all UD students, faculty and staff.

All seminars, unless noted otherwise, will take place in the rotunda at Winterthur Museum, located two miles north of Wilmington on Kennett Pike.

Topics, speakers and dates include:

“White-collar Crime in Museums,” by Charles Hummel, Winterthur emeritus, 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18;
“The Techniques of Velasquez,” by Gridley McKim-Smith, professor, Bryn Mawr College, 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25;
“A Rediscovered Titian,” by Andrea Rothe, former chief paintings conservator, Getty Museum, 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26;
“Overcoming Obstacles,” by Bruno Pouliot, objects conservator, Winterthur, 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 3 (Student Lab, third floor of the Research Building);
“Documenting Architectural Conservation,” by Alfredo Maul, director of architectural restoration, Montpelier Foundation, 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 10 (Charleston Dining Room);
“Natural History Conservation Collaborations,” by Lisa Kronthal and Amy Davidson, conservator and curator, American Museum of Natural History, 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 17;
“Analytical Testing and the Modern Paint Project,” by Tom Learner, conservation scientist, Tate Museums, London, 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 6;
“Modern Artists and Their Paints,” by Tom Learner, conservation scientist, Tate Museums, London, 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 7;
“Tibetan Papermaking and Printmaking,” by Jim Canary, head conservator, Lilly Library, 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 14;
“International Conferences,” by Mark Aronson, paintings conservator, Yale University Art Gallery, 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 20;
“19th-century Paints,” at 10 a.m., and “Historically Accurate Reconstructions,” at 4 p.m., both by Leslie Carlyle, paintings conservator, Canadian Conservation Institute, Wednesday, April 28;
“Paintmaking for Artists and Conservators,” at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., by Mark Golden, head of Golden Artists’ Colors, Thursday, April 29;
“Outdoor Sculpture Conservation,” by Shelley Sturman, objects conservator, National Gallery of Art, 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 5; and
“Arms and Armor and Objects Conservation at the Met,” by Hermes Knauer, conservator of arms and armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 12 (Charleston Dining Room).

Admission to the seminars is free, but advance registration is advised, as seating is limited. For more information, call Joyce Hill Stoner at 888-4888.

Article by Becca Hutchinson

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