Painters paint. Drawers draw. Artists create. But who preserves art so it reaches future generations? At the Ackland Art Museum, Grace White is the woman behind it all – well, at least all things ...

Before arriving at WUDPAC to learn paper conservation, Sam Callanta constructed and painted sets as a scenic artist in the theater world. The work made her curious: “Why was I using latex versus ...

Paper conservation and heritage preservation are critical disciplines dedicated to safeguarding historical documents, artefacts and artworks from the deteriorative effects of time, environmental ...

Art conservators focus on the care and keeping of cultural property — and their expertise is just as valuable outside museum walls as it is inside them. By Jane L. Levere David Johnson, former ...

Crystal Maitland (she/her) has a Master of Art Conservation (Paper) as well as a B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from Queen’s University. Prior to joining Winterthur in the summer of 2024, Crystal was the ...

Printed photographs are “multilayered objects,” as Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton puts it, whether they are works of fine art, records of history, intimate family portraits, or perhaps all three.

Art conservation isn't much of a performance, but conservators in Washington, D.C., are about to become a living exhibit. Six-and-a-half years ago, the building housing the Smithsonian American Art ...

People are hoarders of personal histories. Photographs on the walls, hand-written recipes, birthday cards, signed books or posters are all irreplaceable artifacts that tell generations of family ...

The process of making tengujo is fairly simple, but the nearly transparent product that results is almost magical. By Oliver Whang In 2017, Soyeon Choi, the head paper conservator at the Yale Center ...