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Conservation Center Lecturers and Affiliated Faculty
Institute Lecturers for the Conservation Center
2021 – 2022
Samantha Alderson
Conservator, American Museum of Natural History
Dr. Norbert S. Baer
Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Conservation
Brian Castriota
Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Jean Dommermuth
Studio Director, ArtCare, NYC; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Emily Frank
Objects Conservator, PhD Candidate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU
Maria Fredericks
Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Christine Frohnert
Research Professor and Time-Based Media Program Coordinator; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC
Leslie Ransick Gat
Objects Conservator and Proprietor, Art Conservation Group
Alexis Hagadorn
Head of Conservation, Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University
Kerith Koss Schrager
Objects Conservator and Proprietor, The Found Object
Dr. Marco Leona
David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kate Lewis
Agnes Gund Chief Conservator, Museum of Modern Art
Chris McGlinchey
Fine Art Conservation Science Consultant
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation, Conservation Center
Peter Oleksik
Associate Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art
Jessica Pace
Preventive Conservator, NYU Libraries
Kerith Koss Schrager
Objects Conservator, Proprietor, The Found Object
The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation
2021 – 2022
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation
Shan Kuang
Samuel H. Kress Associate Conservator and Associate Research Scholar
Laura Turco
Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Paintings Conservation (January – August 2021)
Molly Hughes-Hallett
Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Paintings Conservation (August 2021 – May 2022)
Research Faculty in the Conservation Center
2021 – 2022
Senior Research Scholars
Christine Frohnert
Research Professor and Time-Based Media Program Coordinator; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC
C. Richard Johnson, Jr.
Visiting Research Professor, 2018-22; Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick Senior Professor of Engineering, Cornell University
Dr. Marco Leona
Research Professor; David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor, Kress Program in Painting Conservation
Associate Research Scholars
Shan Kuang
Samuel H. Kress Associate Conservator and Associate Research Scholar
Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies
Steven Weintraub (Fall 2021)
Conservator, Proprietor, Art Preservation Services
Denyse Montegut (Spring 2022)
Associate Chair and Professor, Fashion and Textiles Studies Department, School of Graduate Studies,
Fashion Institute of Technology
Additional Conservation Consultants Villa La Pietra
2021 – 2022
Rachel Danzing
Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Rachel Danzing Art Conservation
Pam Hatchfield
Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Head of Objects Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Jack Soultanian
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Deborah Trupin
Textile Conservator in private practice; formerly Textile Conservator, NY State Bureau of Historic Sites
George Wheeler
Research Scholar, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Senior Scientist, Highbridge Materials Consulting; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra
Guest Lecturers to the Conservation Center
2021 – 2022
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