Symposium on conservation science

Andrew W. Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science

"Material and Immaterial Aspects of Color: A Conversation among
    Artists, Conservators, Curators, and Scientists"
Harvard Art Museums
Lecture hall
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
485 Broadway
Cambridge, MA, USA
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Free admission. No registration required.
Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street,
Cambridge, MA

<URL:http://www.harvardartmuseums.org>

Symposium Schedule:

    Morning Session

        9:30 am             Coffee and refreshments

        10:00 am            Welcome

                            Henry Lie
                            Director of the Straus Center for
                            Conservation and Technical Studies
                            Harvard Art Museums

                            Introductory Remarks

                            Erin Mysak
                            Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in
                            Conservation Science
                            Harvard Art Museums

        10:30am             Color in Archaeological Material

                            Patrick Degryse
                            Professor at Centre for Archaeological
                            Sciences
                            Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
                            <URL:http://ees.kuleuven.be/cas>

        11:45               Pigments and Dyes: The Stuff of the
                            Infinite Rainbow on the Renaissance
                            Italian Palette

                            Barbara Berrie
                            Senior Conservation Scientist
                            National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

        12:30pm             Lunch

    Afternoon Session

        1:45pm              Color and Crime:  The Uses of Black in
                            Postwar Painting

                            Harry Cooper
                            Curator and Head of the Department of
                            Modern and Contemporary Art
                            National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

        2:30pm              Colored Electric Light: Documenting the
                            Work of Dan Flavin

                            Francesca Esmay
                            Conservator, Panza Collection
                            Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
                            NY

        3:15pm              Coffee Break

        3:45pm              Color and its "Artistic" Rules:
                            Hue/Value/Chroma, and Other Qualifiers
                            Regarding Relativity

                            Kate Shepherd
                            Artist, New York, New York

        4:30                Field Notes
                            Mike Glier
                            Artist and Professor of Art
                            Williams College, Williamstown, MA

        5:15                Reception

Organized by Erin Mysak, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in
Conservation Science at the Straus Center for Conservation and
Technical Studies.

Funding for this symposium has been generously provided by the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

For more information, contact

               Kathleen Kennelly
               617-495-2392
               kathleen_kennelly<-at->harvard<.>edu

or

               Erin Mysak
               617-495-7731
               erin_mysak<-at->harvard<.>edu

Erin R. Mysak, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
617-495-7731
Fax: 617-495-0322


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