Experience

RISD Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Participant in Climate Emergency Sustainability (CES) Task Force Staff Curated Exhibition

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  I participated in the “Take Care” exhibition created and organized by the Climate Emergency Sustainability (CES) Task Force of which I am a member. Selected 3 objects from the RISD collection for inclusion in this staff curated exhibition and wrote 3 exhibition labels. This exhibition will be on display from August 20, 2022 - March 12, 2023 at the RISD Museum.

• Senior Conservator

  • Dec 2007 - Present

  At the RISD Museum, I care for the three-dimensional art collections, including both organic and inorganic materials including ceramics, metals such as silver, glass, wood, ivory, polychrome and gilded wood, lacquer, stone, polymers, frames, sculptures and furniture. I teach an undergraduate level course at the museum. At the museum, I facilitate conservation science inquiries into the materials and methods of particular collections. I have a fair amount of experience couriering art works both domestically and internationally.



Rhode Island School of Design

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  After I was hired to work as a conservator at the RISD Museum, I was asked to teach a full semester course on art conservation. I entitled the first few courses I taught at RISD: The Art of Art Conservation. In 2022, I retitled the course: The Use and Sustainability of Artist Materials. After I was hired to work as a conservator at the RISD Museum, I was asked to teach a full semester course on art conservation. I entitled the first few courses I taught at RISD: The Art of Art Conservation. In 2022, I retitled the course: The Use and Sustainability of Artist Materials.



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Lecturer

  • Jan 2003 - Present

  Since 2003, I have been teaching a Collections Care and Preventive Conservation course to graduate Museum Studies students at Tufts University. It is a full semester course with guest speakers and organized field trips. We cover ethics, the museum environment, art handling, exhibition and storage materials, the cleaning of collections, emergency preparedness, response and recovery as well as the care of contemporary art including "art with a plug". Since 2003, I have been teaching a Collections Care and Preventive Conservation course to graduate Museum Studies students at Tufts University. It is a full semester course with guest speakers and organized field trips. We cover ethics, the museum environment, art handling, exhibition and storage materials, the cleaning of collections, emergency preparedness, response and recovery as well as the care of contemporary art including "art with a plug".



Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Objects Conservator

  • Dec 2000 - Dec 2007

  I worked on contract for seven years in the Objects Conservation Lab at the BMFA. I had several long-term ceramic projects such as working on ancient red and black figure Greek vessels as well as porcelain teapots and Meissen porcelain figurines. In addition, I conserved many large marble and polychrome bas reliefs from the Renaissance. At the BMFA, I used the TMS database system. I worked on contract for seven years in the Objects Conservation Lab at the BMFA. I had several long-term ceramic projects such as working on ancient red and black figure Greek vessels as well as porcelain teapots and Meissen porcelain figurines. In addition, I conserved many large marble and polychrome bas reliefs from the Renaissance. At the BMFA, I used the TMS database system.



National Park Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Conservator

  • Dec 1999 - Dec 2000

  For one year, I worked on contract for the Objects Conservation lab located at the NPS headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts. There I worked predominantly on stabilizing historic objects from the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. For one year, I worked on contract for the Objects Conservation lab located at the NPS headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts. There I worked predominantly on stabilizing historic objects from the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York.



Williamstown Art Conservation Center

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Objects Conservation

  • May 1992 - Sep 1997

  AT WACC, I was the Head of Objects Conservation. I worked for a variety of college art museums (about 50) in the consortium. I traveled to conduct conservation treatments on-site a fair amount. I conducted many conservation assessments and object surveys. I organized and presented collection care workshops on a wide variety of three-dimensional materials. I regularly conserved, stabilized and maintained outdoor sculptures composed of a wide array of materials within the collection located at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. I supervised conservation interns.



Smithsonian National Museum of American History

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Objects Conservator

  • Jul 1990 - Apr 1992

  At NMAH, I was the conservator for the backlog of objects in need of rehousing and better storage. As such I worked with many of the NMAH divisions to create rehousing scenarios and organizational systems for their backlog of accessioned three-dimensional objects. At NMAH, I was the conservator for the backlog of objects in need of rehousing and better storage. As such I worked with many of the NMAH divisions to create rehousing scenarios and organizational systems for their backlog of accessioned three-dimensional objects.



National Museum Of Natural History

• Contract Conservator

  • Sep 1987 - Jul 1990

  I began at the NMNH as a post-graduate intern and then became a conservator on contract. As such I was responsible for the conservation of many Native American collections during the renovation of the Native American exhibitions at the museum. I worked at the Anthropology Conservation Lab (ACL). Additionally, I worked in Suitland Maryland at the off-site ACL. I worked on many Inuit collections as well for the exhibition: Crossroads of the Bering Strait. I began at the NMNH as a post-graduate intern and then became a conservator on contract. As such I was responsible for the conservation of many Native American collections during the renovation of the Native American exhibitions at the museum. I worked at the Anthropology Conservation Lab (ACL). Additionally, I worked in Suitland Maryland at the off-site ACL. I worked on many Inuit collections as well for the exhibition: Crossroads of the Bering Strait.