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Danielle's

Professional Experience

Painting Conservator (Weilhammer & Schoeller Art Conservation L.P., August 2016 – April 2018)

  • Worked with internationally recognized conservators on the relocation and restoration of the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama.  Included: local consolidation, facing, strip lining preparation, strip lining (top and bottom), mapping of the painting, scrolling, unscrolling, addition of the new sky section, cleaning, and inpainting. 

 

On-site Lead Conservator (Page Conservation, October 2015 – August 2016)

  • Oversaw and worked with nationally recognized conservators on the restoration of a 56 murals located in the Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul, MN.  Responsible for all administrative work including the editing and formatting of photography, emails, and reports.  Supervised all on-site work in the Director’s absence.

 

Paintings Conservator (Page Conservation, November 2013 – August 2016)

  • Paintings -- Completed condition reports and treated a wide range of paintings with various issues.  Treatments included: photography, consolidation (local and overall), cleanings (aqueous and solvent), humidification (local and overall), building of humidification chambers, tear mending, de-lining, lining (full and strip lining), re-stretching, filling, inpainting (MSA), varnishing (spray and brush applications), frame touch ups, framing, and wrapping. Completed treatments on over 200 paintings.  

  • Murals -- Worked with a conservation team on facing, removal, reinstallation, consolidation (local), cleaning (aqueous and solvent), varnishing (brush), filling, and inpainting (MSA). Mural projects included removal of a mural from a private client’s home, removal of five large murals from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC and the cleaning of murals in the Mount Pleasant Public Library, Washington, DC

Internships

Conservation Department, Art in Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY (February 2013 – July 2013)

  • Completed condition reports on artworks throughout the transit system and  assisted in the on and off site conservation of works 

 
Painting Conservation Department, Laing Art Gallery Newcastle UK (August 2012 – September 2012)

  • Completed condition reports on paintings, assisted in the conservation process of paintings, and assisted in the de-installation and packing up of exhibitions.

Education

New Methods for Cleaning Wall Paintings (International Academic Projects, Università degli studi Orsola, Naples April 2017) 

  • Intensive course taught by Professor Richard Wolbers, a leading authority on painting conservation, that focused on his latest gels and conductivity cleaning techniques both in theory and in practice. 

 
Masters with Distinction in Fine Art Conservation: Easel Painting (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – July 2013)

  • Specialization in easel painting conservation

  • Labs in easel painting conservation, photo-documentation, and analytical methods 

  • Lecture course in preventive conservation, conservation methods, conservation science, and the history, technology, and conservation of easel paintings

  • Dissertation “A Glimpse into the Past of Painting Conservation: A Comprehensive Examination of the Cleaning Methods Utilized on Oil Paintings during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries” 

 
Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Theory with Minor in Chemistry (Long Island University/ C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY – May 2010)

  • Semester abroad in Florence, Italy at Lorenzo de Medici/ Marist College in Spring 2008, Immersive course in fresco, painting, and wooden sculpture conservation, drawing, and conservation theory

  • Honor Student, Merit Fellowship, Phi Eta Sigma, Dean’s List, Graduate Cum Laude

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