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AIC's 44th Annual Meeting

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10:00am EDT

(Architecture) Flash, Flame, and Finishes: Investigating Fire Damaged Architectural Finishes Room 515Stephanie M. Hoagland • Helen M. Thomas-Haney (Book and Paper) A protocol to conserve glazed paper after a water damage Room 520Céline Allain • Lucile Dessennes (Collection Care) Saving collections in an uncertain world: Context, collaboration and training Room 516 ABClaire Fry • Fiona Macalister • Christine Murray • Bethan Stanley (Emergency) Rock Art Before Natural Disasters Room 513 A/CBeatriz Haspo • Cesar Maguiña (Objects) Reverse Engineering Ancient Greek Ceramics: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Room 710 BSanchita Balachandran-[Fellow] • Dr. Patricia McGuiggan • Matthew Hyleck (Paintings) A study of painted animation cels, their materials and deterioration processes Room 710 AKatharina Hoeyng • Suzanna Etyemez • Joy Mazurek • Kristen McCormick • Alan Phenix-[PA] (Photographic Materials) Salvaging Memories: The Recovery of Fire-Damaged Photographs and Lessons Learned in Conservation and Kindness Room 516 CDDebbie Hess Norris-[Fellow] (Research and Technical Studies) Ensuring maximum impact for conservation science Room 511 B/EMarie-Claude Corbeil (Textiles) Foxy Underpants; or, the use of chelators, enzymes, and surfactants to remove foxing stains from linen underpants Room 511 A/DLaura Mina-[PA] (Wooden Artifacts) The ABCs of a Monumental Frame: Analysis, Bronze Paint & Chelators Room 514Allison Jackson • Adeline Lutts • Carola Schueller (Electronic Media) Emulation as a Conservation Strategy for Software-Based Art Room 513 D/FBen Fino-Radin • Mark Hellar • Dragan Espenschied

10:30am EDT

(Architecture) And now what? : Technical and ethical decision-making process regarding a Parisian 17th-century painted ceiling in the aftermath of a catastrophic fire Room 515Dominique Martos-Levif • Elsa Bourguignon • Vincent Detalle • Isabelle Pallot-Frossard • Rebecca Rivry (Book and Paper) Post-flood Development of Mass Treatments at the National Library of Florence: The Roots of Library Conservation Room 520Sheila Waters (Collection Care) Making it up as we go along: How we got it right by doing everything wrong Room 516 ABAmy Bowman • Rebecca Elder (Emergency) The Museum Flood Funding Program: the Alberta Museums Association’s Response to the 2013 Alberta Floods Room 513 A/CClaire Neily • Owen Thompson (Objects) Looking at Guilloche Work in Conservation Room 710 BBrittany Nicole Cox, [PA] • David Lindow (Paintings) Using Web-Based Projects to Promote Conservation and Engage Diverse Audiences Room 710 ABrian Holden Baade • Dr. Kristin deGhetaldi-[PA] (Photographic Materials) Separation Anxiety: Kiss Your Acetate Goodbye! Room 516 CDNicole Christie • Cindy Colford (Research and Technical Studies) Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for Monitoring Pollutant Exposure of Artwork Room 511 B/EKenneth Suslick • Herant Khanjian • Maria LaGasse • Kristen McCormick • Michael R. Schilling (Textiles) Gelling in Theory and Practice: An Examination of Agarose Gels in Textile Conservation Room 511 A/DEmma Schmitt • Sarah Foskett (Wooden Artifacts) Loss Compensation on Furniture: Traditional vs Modern Methods and Materials Room 514Behrooz Salimnejad-[PA]

11:00am EDT

(Objects) When in Rome, do as the Romans do? The Conservation of an Italian Marble and Micromosaic Tabletop Room 710 BElizabeth La Duc (Architecture) Surviving Multiple Disasters: Conserving New York’s Telephone Building Murals Room 515Avigail Charnov-[PA] (Book and Paper) Targeted Cleaning of Works on Paper: Rigid Polysaccharide Gels and Conductivity-Adjusted Aqueous Solutions Room 520Amy Hughes • Michelle Sullivan (Collection Care) Building an emergency response plan for archaeological sites Room 516 ABCaroline I. Roberts • Sofia Lo Bianco • Alice Boccia Paterakis • Vale Vafaei (Emergency) Lesson learnt in an emergency: sorting channels for efficient actions Room 513 A/CCéline Allain (Photographic Materials) Problems with Image: A Conservator's Role in the Attribution of Photographs Room 516 CDAdrienne Lundgren (Research and Technical Studies) Investigation of Fogging Glass Display Cases at the Royal Ontario Museum Room 511 B/EHelen Coxon • Jennifer Poulin • Jason Anema • Marie-Claude Corbeil • Kate Helwig (Textiles) Tips and tricks to remove the mud from textile collections after a flood Room 511 A/DGail Niinimaa (Wooden Artifacts) To Fly or Not to Fly, That is the Question: Conservation of a John Doggett Frame at Pilgrim Hall Museum Room 514William Adair (Electronic Media) Best Practices for Conservation of Media Art from an Artist's Perspective Room 513 D/FRafael Lozano-Hemmer

11:15am EDT

(Objects) An Unexpected Surface: Research and treatment of a 19th century mounted oyster shell by Froment-Meurice Room 710 BEmily Brown

11:30am EDT

(Objects) Acne Gel for Green Ear Syndrome? A study on copper corrosion stain removal from poly(vinyl chloride) Room 710 BRebecca Ploeger • Dawn MP Wallace • Aaron Shugar • Jonathan Thornton (Architecture) Post-Disaster Data Collection: Testing New Tools in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Room 515William Raynolds • Erica Avrami (Book and Paper) Soft matter; gel development for conservation treatment Room 520Mylène Leroux (Collection Care) When emergency preparedness (or even an emergency) is foreign territory Room 516 ABJacinta A. Johnson • Kari Rayner (Emergency) Documenting Disasters: Post-Disaster Memory-Making and the Emergence of New Cultural Heritage Room 513 A/CValerie Marlowe (Textiles) Emergencies, liquid stains, dirt, & textile cleaning techniques: a Textile Specialty Group Discussion Room 511 A/D (Wooden Artifacts) Branch surprises- anatomy, identification and conservation concerns Room 514Mary-Lou Florian

11:45am EDT

(Objects) The Use of Gums and Resins in Archaeology and Microchemical Tests for their Identification Room 710 BChristina Bisulca • Marilen Pool • Werner Zimmt

12:00pm EDT

(Book and Paper) A Preliminary Investigation Into the Use of Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid (DTPA) and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) to Treat Foxing of Paper Objects. Room 520Brook Prestowitz • Dr. Jane Colbourne • Charis Theodorakopoulos

12:30pm EDT

(Book and Paper) TEK-Wiping out the competition: The ideal reusable absorbent material Room 520Kaslyne O'Connor

2:00pm EDT

(Architecture) Monitoring Cultural Heritage in Conflict Using Remotely Sensed Imagery: Syria Room 515Susan Wolfinbarger (Electronic Media) Susan Kare and Her Macintosh Icons: A Co-Acquisition. Room 513 D/FBen Fino-Radin • Martina Haidvogl • Mark Hellar (Emergency) Scaling–up First Aid for Cultural Heritage during a Complex Emergency: lessons from Nepal Room 513 A/CAparna Tandon • Corine Wegener (Objects) Conservation of Joan Miró’s bronze sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art Room 516 ABMegan Randall • Roger Griffith • Lynda A. Zycherman (Paintings) Carlo Crivelli’s 'St. George Slaying the Dragon' at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Technique and Restoration Room 511 A/DGianfranco Pocobene • Jessica Chloros • Richard Newman (Photographic Materials) Methods for cleaning brass mats from cased photographs Room 516 CDAriane Lalande • Christophe Vischi • Chloé Lucas • John McElhone (Research and Technical Studies) Out of the rain: Uncovering artistic process in Gustave Caillebotte’s 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' Room 511 B/Ekelly keegan • John Delaney • Pablo Garcia (Wooden Artifacts) In Situ Chelation of Waterborne Stains from Historic Unfinished Architectural Woodwork Room 514Melissa K. McGrew (Book and Paper) Archives Conservation Discussion Group 2016: “Innovative Approaches to Disaster Response: Real-Life Tips and Tricks” Room 520Andrea Knowlton-[PA] • Dawn Mankowski • Masashi Amano • Whitney Baker-[PA] • Debra Cuoco • Yasmeen Khan • Marta O'Neill • Dan Paterson • Olivia Primanis • Andrew Robb • Daishi Yoshihara (Book and Paper) Art on Paper Discussion Group 2016: “Paper is Part of the Picture: Connoisseurship and Conservation Practice' Room 510Rachel Freeman-[PA] • Cyntia Karnes-[PA] • Stephanie Lussier, [PA]

2:30pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Introduction Room 515Jennifer Schork, [PA] (Electronic Media) Unauthorized Archives and Unreleased Software: Preserving a Cancelled Project Room 513 D/FJames Hodges (Emergency) Emergency Preservation during Armed Conflict: Protecting the Ma’arra Museum in Syria Room 513 A/CDr. Brian Daniels • Corine Wegener (Objects) Conservation and investigation of ancient bodies at Abydos - Challenging work in post-revolutionary Egypt Room 516 ABMohamed Ahmed Ibrahim • Lucy-Anne Skinner (Paintings) Exploring Pieter de Hooch's Mid-Career Period: A Study of Growth in Creativity Room 511 A/DDina M. Anchin-[PA] (Photographic Materials) Enhanced: Nineteenth Century Hand-coloured Photographic Portraits Room 516 CDAnne MacKay (Research and Technical Studies) Characterizing the Age of Ancient Egyptian Manuscripts through micro-Raman Spectroscopy Room 511 B/ESarah Goler • Angela Cacciola • Alexis Hagadorn • David Ratzan • James T. Yardley (Wooden Artifacts) Going Grey: Mitigating the Weathering of Wood in the Architecture of Louis Kahn Room 514Andrew Fearon • Shuyi Yin

2:35pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Preservation for a Digital Future: Using Laser Scanning to Protect Pompion Hill Chapel, Huger, South Carolina Room 515Jane Ashburn • Andrew Spitzer • Amy Elizabeth Uebel

2:50pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) An Investigation of the Painted Finishes of Mission San José de Tumacácori’s Façade: At the Interface of Materials Analysis, Conservation, and Cultural Confluence Room 515Jocelyn Chan

3:00pm EDT

(Emergency) The Iraqi Institute: conservation’s role in disaster preparedness, recovery and long-term redevelopment Room 513 A/CJessica Johnson (Objects) Using Heat and Cold in the Treatment of a Lakota Winter Count Room 516 ABMadeleine Neiman • Dr. Nancy Odegaard • Dave Smith (Paintings) Experimental study on merits of Virtual Cleaning of paintings with aged varnish Room 511 A/DGiorgio Trumpy (Photographic Materials) Research into An Alternative Method for Mounting Photographs onto Aluminium Supports Room 516 CDClara von Waldthausen (Research and Technical Studies) Reproducibility in Quantitative XRF Analysis of Copper Alloys: Problems and Ways Forward Room 511 B/EArlen Heginbotham • V. Armando Solé (Electronic Media) Electronic Media Discussion Panel Room 513 D/F

3:05pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery: Present Communication of Past Devastation Room 515Anna Lindamood

3:20pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Performance Assessment and Evaluation of Hydrophobic and Ultraviolet Protective Treatments for Historic Log Structures Room 515Courtney Magill

3:30pm EDT

(Emergency) Emergency Committee Panel Discussion Room 513 A/CSusan Duhl, [PA] • Rosemary Fallon, [PA] • Kim Norman • Steven Pine-[PA] • Dr. Brian Daniels • Jessica Johnson • Aparna Tandon • Corine Wegener (Objects) Facing the past for action in the future: Cultural survival in Native America Room 516 ABKelly McHugh (Paintings) The identification of natural Indian Yellow and other historic late 19th century pigments from the Toulouse-Lautrec estate in France Room 511 A/DRebecca Ploeger • Aaron Shugar (Photographic Materials) Restoration of an experimental film: research of an adhesive compatible with color film materials Room 516 CDConstance Duval (Research and Technical Studies) Binders and pigments used in traditional Aboriginal bark paintings Room 511 B/ENarayan Khandekar • Katherine Eremin • Dan Kirby • Georgina M. Rayner

3:35pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Color Me Interested: Identification of Pigments in Early Trade Catalogues Room 515Corey Manchenton

3:50pm EDT

(Architecture Graduate Research Session) Q & A Room 515Jennifer Schork, [PA]