The Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Class of 2017
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The Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Class of 2017 Gerrit Albertson Jennifer Evers fabricating enclosures for special collection pieces and at Growing up as the son of a WUDPAC alum, the Spurlock Museum assisting Collections Manager Christa Deacy- Gerrit has been fascinated with the field of art Quinn with a survey of the Sumerian Cuneiform tablet collection. Alexa conservation from an early age. He formally began interned with Objects Conservator Holly Lundberg at the Chicago His- his pre-program conservation experience at the tory Museum working on projects that included scale models by designer Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he researched Henry Glass. She also completed coursework at San Gemini Preservation and cleaned the Morse Collection of Japanese tea Studies in traditional Italian painting and Italian restoration theory. Fol- vessels under the supervision of objects conserva- lowing her graduation, Alexa interned with Ria German-Carter, private tors Pamela Hatchfield and Mei-An Tsu. After practice conservator of contemporary and modern paintings in San graduating from Vassar College in 2006 with a BA in Art History and a Francisco and with Architectural Conservator Molly Lambert, Architec- minor in Italian, he spent a few years teaching chess at underserved New tural Conservation Inc. director. Following her passion for wall paint- York City public schools to boost students’ critical-thinking skills. He ings, Alexa coordinated the creation of four murals in central Illinois and returned his attention to conservation in the summer of 2013 when he volunteered with the Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center in San Francisco. worked for New York City’s Art and Antiquities department complet- ing conservation projects on the city’s collection of outdoor sculpture. Leah Bright That fall, he began an internship at the Fowler Museum at UCLA with Growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska, Leah developed objects conservator Christian de Brer where he documented and treated a passion for experimenting and crafting with a comprehensive collection of non-Western art and ethnographic works. natural materials at an early age. She later trans- Additionally, he undertook an extensive treatment on a heavily damaged ferred this interest into a dual degree in Art His- Congolese nkisi nkondi figure. When he is not busy learning about con- tory and Spanish from the University of Oregon. servation, Gerrit enjoys being outdoors, traveling the world, cooking good Leah combined these fields of study by research- food, and rooting for his hometown Boston Red Sox. ing artistic responses to border policy along the US-Mexico border and realized her passion for Maggie Bearden promoting the social power of art. After graduating in 2010 she followed Maggie graduated from the University of Dela- her interest in political art to an internship at the Social and Public Art ware in 2011 with Bachelors of Arts degrees in Resource Center in Los Angeles, California. Next, she returned home to Art Conservation and Art History. During her Alaska to gain more experience with natural materials through a student time as an undergraduate she worked pre-program assistant position in the Ethnology and History Department at the at the Emory Michael C. Carlos Museum, the University of Alaska, Museum of the North. Leah then journeyed east Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), and Ossabaw to gain practical experience through internships within the Smithsonian Island. To gain international perspective she spent Institution, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Freer and fall of her junior year in Florence studying art Sackler Galleries, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In conservation at the Studio Art Centers International (SACI). Following her free time, Leah enjoys salsa dancing, baking, practicing her Spanish, graduation she worked at the National Air and Space Museum where she and thrift store shopping. conducted a condition assessment of the 1909 Wright Military Flyer. She returned to Delaware to complete a two-year IMLS silver coating project Jessica Burkhart Chasen at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library led by Bruno Pouliot. She Jessica graduated summa cum laude from the Uni- concurrently participated in the Rodin Museum Rejuvenation project led versity of California at Los Angeles in 2008 with a by the PMA where she conducted historical paint analysis, restored inte- Bachelor of Arts degree in International Develop- rior components, and conserved Rodin sculptures including The Gates of ment Studies and a minor in Geography/Envi- Hell under the guidance of Andrew Lins, Sally Malenka, Debra Breslin, ronmental Studies with additional coursework in and Kate Cuffari. Maggie transitioned to the paper conservation lab of architecture. After graduation, she worked for four the PMA where she worked on a variety of drawings, books, and prints years at Griswold Conservation Associates where, with Nancy Ash, Scott Homolka, and Eliza Spaulding. She most recently under conservator John Griswold, she contributed worked with Kristin deGhetaldi on the conservation of a large 16th- to several large-scale architectural projects including a marble and glass century painting by Pietro da Cortona at Villanova University. In her free terrace by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a Spanish Colonial-style sand- time Maggie enjoys traveling, reading, and attending concerts. stone chapel dating to 1794. While with the firm, she carried out treat- ments that included dry-ice cleaning a Henry Moore bronze, stabiliza- Alexa Beller tion and loss compensation on over fifty pieces of Arts-and-Crafts-period Alexa fell in love with conservation after a child- interior furnishings, and structural repairs to contemporary sculptures hood visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum constructed in such non-traditional materials as polystyrene pellets and and continued to become more enthralled with the tapioca beads. Her pre-program training continued over fifteen months preservation of art and architecture while growing at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco where she conserved gilded up in Chicagoland. She graduated in 2013 from paneling from an 18th-century French period room with a team of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conservators, in public view in the Legion of Honor galleries. After the (UIUC) with a BA in History, a BFA in Painting, project’s completion, Jessica continued her focus on gilding conservation and a minor in Chemistry. At UIUC, she worked as a technician assisting the frames conservator in the de Young Mu- at the Library Conservation Unit under Conservators Laura Larkin and seum’s Paintings Conservation Lab. Julia Commander Additionally, she worked in the objects lab, treating objects for various ex- Julia graduated Phi Beta Kappa with high honors hibits. During the summer of 2013, Emilie helped the Chrysler Museum from Emory University in 2013, earning a BS in of Art prepare for its reopening by cleaning the glass collection before Anthropology and Human Biology with a minor reinstallation. Emilie has always been fascinated by the ability of material in Art History. She was drawn to Emory by the culture objects to impart an understanding or experience to the viewer, Michael C. Carlos Museum, which provided op- and she appreciates the opportunity that conservation gives her to work portunities to learn about art conservation through closely with these objects. coursework and internships. With the guidance of objects conservator Renée Stein, Julia began her Samantha Owens pre-program experience in the Carlos Museum’s Parsons Conservation Sam graduated from Emory University in 2013 Lab. As an Andrew W. Mellon intern, Julia partnered with a high school with a BA in Art History and minors in Visual science educator to design laboratory activities revolving around conser- Arts and Italian Studies. She was introduced to vation principles. Julia also interned with Emory’s Public Art Committee conservation through Emory’s Michael C. Carlos to survey and maintain artwork around campus. In addition to conserva- Museum, and its Chief Conservator, Renée Stein. tion experience, Julia’s undergraduate career included working with Dr. She interned at the Carlos conservation lab in dif- Dietrich Stout on various lithic technology and experimental archaeology ferent capacities for two years, where she examined, research projects. After graduation, Julia travelled to Washington, D.C. to researched, and treated archaeological objects. In participate in the Hirshhorn Museum’s outdoor sculpture conservation the summer of 2011, Sam treated ancient Greek pottery and glass on summer internship, supervised by Gwynne Ryan. Returning to Atlanta, the island of Samothrace and helped create a site management plan for Julia sought opportunities to learn about preventive care at local museums the archaeological site. Sam continued working with the site’s director, and archives, including the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Emory professor Dr. Bonna Wescoat, to create a digital database for finds and the Marietta Museum of History. Julia enjoys baking, dancing, and uncovered at the site and their conservation records. After graduation drawing in her spare time. in 2013, Sam studied modern sculpture conservation at MoMA with Roger Griffith and at the Hirshhorn with Gwynne Ryan, treating works by Giacometti, de Kooning, and Ai Weiwei. In 2014, Sam undertook a Madeline Corona project at the Shelburne Museum with Nancie Ravenel, where she treated Madeline graduated Phi Beta Kappa magna cum one of their Dentzel carousel horses. Sam loves to travel and tries to go to laude with a BA in Chemistry and Art History the highest point in every city she visits. Her favorite spot is the top of the from Trinity University in 2013. At Trinity, she Duomo in Florence. participated in a two-year independent research project focused on the use of X-ray Fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) to identify pigments in Josh Summer objects at the San Antonio Museum of Art, as well Originally from South Carolina, Josh graduated as in wall frescos at the Alamo. This work culmi- with highest honors from Montana State Univer- nated in a conservation internship at the Alamo during her senior year.