A marriage of art and science

The Master of Art Conservation program at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 is a small world that reaches around the world. 

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s only graduate-level program in art conservation, and one of just five in North America. It produces only a dozen or so graduates per year, yet those relative few work around the world researching and conserving everything from Rembrandt paintings to baby mammoths. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We have students working on all continents, in very prestigious institutions, as well as working privately,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Rosaleen Hill, Co-director and Associate Professor of Paper, Photographic Materials, and New Media conservation. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a small world, and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a very interconnected world.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

What카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not small is the range of objects that students work on, says Patricia Smithen, Co-Director and Associate Professor of Paintings Conservation. There are 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Barbie dolls that had been used in museums as demonstrations for medical processes카지노 게임 컬렉션� and 카지노 게임 컬렉션�3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy coffins,카지노 게임 컬렉션� as well as paintings, photographs, works on paper, and a seemingly boundless world of artifacts encountered in the program카지노 게임 컬렉션�s four specialist areas: conservation science; conservation treatment of paintings; works on paper/photography (including digital media); and artifacts. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Our students develop skills and treatment approaches so they can specialize further or remain generalists and deal with anything,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Smithen says.

The program was founded in 1974 by Ian Hodkinson, now professor emeritus, who proposed and campaigned for the program and obtained federal funding. It launched with streams in fine arts and artifacts.

Prof. Hill lauds the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�ongoing increase in science literacy of students in the program and the ability to undertake complicated technical analysis.카지노 게임 컬렉션� An 카지노 게임 컬렉션�outstanding카지노 게임 컬렉션� component of the program is that students in conservation science streams complete a research thesis, while those in treatment streams must identify their specialization and execute a major research project. 

A current student, John Habib, has an undergrad in chemistry from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and is doing a technical analysis of materials used in a Coptic Egyptian manuscript from the 18th century. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�He really amplifies the best of what is involved in art conservation,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Prof. Hill says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�in that it truly is an intersection of arts and science.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Sally Gunhee Kim has done a lot in the years since she left Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. 

Ms. Kim (Artifacts Conservation, MAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�19) already had a BA in physical chemistry and visual arts from Brown 카지노게임사이트, the Ivy League campus in Rhode Island. 

Since Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, she was named Emerging Conservator for 2021 by the , and spent two years as the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the in Washington, D.C. Recently, she started as objects conservator at the , where she pursues her twin passions of preserving Indigenous cultural heritage and promoting accessibility and equity in the field of conservation. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I collaborate with collection managers and technicians to help design preventive care of various collections, ranging from natural history specimens to modern history artifacts and Indigenous belongings,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Ms. Kim says. Her current tasks include providing recommendations and guidelines on preparing and packing collections for the move to the museum카지노 게임 컬렉션�s new building, now under construction.

Ms. Kim, who is deaf, says that at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s she 카지노 게임 컬렉션�felt welcomed, known, valued, and encouraged to bring in my Deaf perspective to the graduate program and beyond.카지노 게임 컬렉션� And she has taken that perspective beyond; she later successfully pushed for standing status for the CAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility committee, and is currently chair of the committee.

She also helps to select objects from the museum카지노 게임 컬렉션�s collection for loans and exhibits elsewhere in Canada.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Please be on the lookout for exhibits happening at and travelling beyond the Royal BC Museum!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Such analysis has been aided by funds from the and and includes an M6 Jetstream scanning X-ray fluorescence spectrometer 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the only one of its kind in an educational institution in Canada. Funding has also been donated by the Bader family for a Bader Chair in Art Conservation (Dr. Aaron Shugar) and a post-graduate . (The first fellow, Megan Creamer, now works at the Art Institute of Chicago, while the second and current fellow, Lindsay Sisson, will soon leave to work for Ingenium in Ottawa.)

There has also been a fundamental shift from a 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Eurocentric approach카지노 게임 컬렉션� when dealing with Indigenous objects and groups 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a shift that is still happening in conservation in museums and galleries across Canada and in many other countries as well.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Really huge changes started in the late 카지노 게임 컬렉션�80s and early 카지노 게임 컬렉션�90s,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Prof. Hill, who graduated from the program in 1989 and returned as a professor in 2013. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m proud to say that one of the leaders in those changes was one of our graduates, Miriam Clavir [MAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�76].카지노 게임 컬렉션� (Miriam Clavir is now conservator emerita at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.) 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�She was really one of the first conservators in Canada, and certainly in North America, to have a community-based approach to working with Indigenous belongings.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

In 2026, the art conservation labs will move into the new facility, alongside the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, also funded by the Baders. Norman Vorano, Head of the Department of Art History and Art Conservation, hopes that move will help to facilitate a kind of cross-fertilization between art history, fine art, and art conservation.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are very excited by the new building because it gives us the space to create new academic and training possibilities, such as a new PhD program,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Vorano says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That would promote more innovative research and teaching using the technologies in art conservation, while promoting more synergies between art historians, artists, and art conservators.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The existing art conservation program is 카지노 게임 컬렉션�a real jewel in the university카지노 게임 컬렉션�s crown,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a jewel that not a lot of people know of, even members of our own Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s community.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Martin Jürgens is an example of the art conservation program카지노 게임 컬렉션�s expansive international scope.

Mr. Jürgens (Paper Conservation, MAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�01) was born in Brazil to an English mother and a German diplomat father, grew up in Brazil, Japan, Chile and Germany, studied photography and design in Germany, later studied preservation in New York State, and then came to Kingston to study at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. Now he lives in Amsterdam, where he카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a photo conservator at the , and is currently a PhD candidate at De Montfort 카지노게임사이트 in Leicester, England.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Officially, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in the history of photography,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says of his PhD. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Because I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m a conservator, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m coming from a scientific, technical point of view, and I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m trying to figure out how that works in the historical setting.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Mr. Jürgens카지노 게임 컬렉션�s international experience grew when, while a freelance conservator based in Germany, he helped to establish a photographic archive at a Buddhist monastery in Laos. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was giving advice on photograph conservation and preservation 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and in a tropical climate,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Dealing with that in a communist and anti-Buddhist setting was really challenging on many levels, including climate and culture and language. But that was such a great project.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

He recalls that at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�quality of teaching and learning was very high카지노 게임 컬렉션� and he cites Adjunct Professor Thea Burns as having been 카지노 게임 컬렉션�very good and very precise, with a very high level of knowledge. She taught us how to think things through and not jump to conclusions.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The university was welcoming and 카지노 게임 컬렉션�felt very much like home,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he recalls, though not everything was so warm. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve never really experienced winters like that,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�So, that was kind of new for me.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The above images, attributed to Felice Beato and created around 1865-1870, show before and after conservation of a Japanese albumen print that had been damaged in a fire. The image was extremely brittle and unable to be safely handled. Martin Jürgens and others flattened the curled print, consolidated the charred areas, then lined the image with a thin sheet of Japanese paper to give it physical stability. Finally, the print was mounted in a folder for storage and exhibition.

Ashley Amanda Freeman is from Chicago, got her second master카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in Canada, and got her PhD in Norway. Fortunately, she says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m quite fond of winter.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

So, what카지노 게임 컬렉션�s she doing in sunny Los Angeles? The short answer is 카지노 게임 컬렉션� well, with Dr. Freeman (Conservation Science, MAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�13) there are no short answers. Her enthusiasm for conservation is such that she카지노 게임 컬렉션�s happy to talk all day about every aspect of it, from hygroscopic materials to 카지노 게임 컬렉션�the effect of nano-sized particles in gesso카지노 게임 컬렉션� and, in general, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�focusing on how the mechanics of an object change when the environment is changing.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

This quality makes her ideally suited to talk to students or others about the intersection of science and conservation, and she is committed to doing so. A long list of former professors, fellow students, and colleagues have helped her clarify her own aspirations in her fields of chemistry and conservation science, she says, and now she often works with interns in similar ways. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I learned how important it is to foster that type of growth for somebody.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

Before Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, Dr. Freeman earned a master카지노 게임 컬렉션�s degree in chemistry from Loyola 카지노게임사이트 Chicago, and afterward she completed her PhD in mechanical and industrial engineering at the Norwegian 카지노게임사이트 of Science and Technology. 

Currently, she카지노 게임 컬렉션�s on staff at the , perched on an arid hill near the J. Paul Getty Museum overlooking L.A. She works on preserving cultural heritage by examining the impact of environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, on cultural heritage objects. Previously, she worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and still volunteers there on research projects.

Jocelyn Hillier is a recently minted example of how Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s competes with graduate-level art conservation programs in the United States.

Ms. Hillier (Paintings Conservation, MAC카지노 게임 컬렉션�23) has both Canadian and American citizenship, and continues to have a bifurcated relationship with the two countries. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was born and raised in Canada, but hold American citizenship,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Ms. Hillier says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I have only worked in American institutions and American studios, while I have received all of my education in Canada.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Her border straddling has now gone international, as she is working at the , on a Fulbright fellowship in collaboration with the organization American Friends of the Mauritshuis.

The Dutch connection was elemental to her decision to study at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Art Conservation program has great connections to the on campus, which has a very impressive art collection, specifically in the Dutch Golden Age, which is my main area of interest.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

At Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, she was invited to participate in a collaborative research study in which the Mauritshuis and the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford 카지노게임사이트 would conduct a series of technical analyses on Rembrandt tronies, which are character studies that were frequently produced by the 17th-century Dutch master and his workshop.

Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s had recently acquired its X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�and one of the first things that we scanned with it was the Rembrandt 카지노 게임 컬렉션� It was a genuine honour to be able to work on that project.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t ask Ms. Hillier what secrets they discovered buried within the work of the Dutch master. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We haven카지노 게임 컬렉션�t published all of our information, so I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m not necessarily able to say some of the profound results that we found,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says, and smiles. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s very, very exciting for me.카지노 게임 컬렉션�