Gordon Research Seminar on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research

"Cross-Disciplinary Connections in Conservation Science and
    Technical Art History"
Gordon Research Seminar
Sunday River Resort
Newry, Maine, USA
July 30-31, 2016

The 2016 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for Scientific Methods in
Cultural Heritage Research is a conference designed specifically for
graduate students, post-docs, and emerging professionals to present
and discuss cutting-edge research.  We welcome participants and
contributions from the fields of conservation, conservation science,
and technical art history.

All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS either
by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster.  The deadline
for submission of poster abstracts and for registration is July 2,
2016.  To register, please visit our seminar website at

    <URL:https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=16648>

Saturday July 30, 2016

    3:45-4:30pm         Keynote Session: Conservation Science and
                        the Art of Working Together

                        Gregory Smith
                        Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA
                        "Communicating and Collaborating Across the
                        Arts-Science Interface at the Indianapolis
                        Museum of Art"

    4:30-6 pm           Poster Session

    7:30-9:30pm         Scientific Research in Technical Case
                        Studies and Investigations in Technical Art
                        History

                        Kathryn Dooley
                        National Gallery of Art, USA
                        "High-Resolution Standoff Chemical Imaging
                        of Bellini and Titian's The Feast of the
                        Gods: Reflectance and X-Ray Fluorescence
                        Imaging Spectroscopies"

                        Jae Anderson (University of Arizona, USA)
                        "Coping with Arsenic-Based Pesticides on
                        Textile Collections"

                        Kristin deGhetaldi
                        University of Delaware, USA
                        "Technical Art History: Bridging the Gap
                        Between Art and Science"

                        Florica Matau
                        Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
                        "The Shell Tempered Cucuteni Pottery from
                        Eastern Romania: A Multi-Methodological
                        Study"

Sunday July 31, 2016
Analytical Methodologies for the Investigation of Historic Materials
9-11am

                        Zachary Voras
                        University of Delaware, USA
                        "Egg Tempera Degradation as Profiled by GCIS
                        and Observed by XPS and ToF-SIMS"

                        Rosie Grayburn
                        Getty Conservation Institute, USA
                        "Nano and Micro Depth-Profiling for
                        Investigating Copper Migration Through Aged
                        Acrylic Coatings on Bronze Statuary"

                        Birgit van Driel
                        Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
                        "Prevention Is Better than the Cure:
                        Collaborative Research to Investigate
                        Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium White
                        Pigments and Early Detection of
                        Photocatalytic Degradation"

                        Alessa Gambardella
                        Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
                        "Ultramarine Disease as Influenced by
                        Pigment Preparation"

    11-12:30pm          Poster Session

    1:30-2:30pm         Plastics, Polymers, and Gels: Cleaning and
                        Conservation

                        Teresa Duncan
                        Georgetown University, USA
                        "Aggregation of Glycol Ethers in Poly(Vinyl
                        Acetate)-Borate Networks and Application to
                        Cleaning Painted Surfaces"

                        Anna Fricker
                        Imperial College London, United Kingdom
                        "The Use of Surface Sensitive Techniques to
                        Investigate Cleaning Protocols for Polymeric
                        Artefacts"

                        Anna Flach
                        Stony Brook University, USA
                        "Synthesis, Functionalization, and
                        Characterization of Porous Cross-Linked
                        Elastomers for the Dry Cleaning of Artwork"

Chairs:

    Tana Villafana
    Alyssa Hull


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