Selected Curriculum Vitae
Professional Association Affiliation and Service
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC)
Professional Associate, Objects Specialty Group
The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC)
Coordinator, Glass and Ceramics Working Group
The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Philadelphia Art Conservation Association (PACA)
The Society of Winterthur Fellows (SOWF)
Board Member and Webmaster of sowf.org
Professional Associate, Objects Specialty Group
The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC)
Coordinator, Glass and Ceramics Working Group
The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Philadelphia Art Conservation Association (PACA)
The Society of Winterthur Fellows (SOWF)
Board Member and Webmaster of sowf.org
Teaching Workshops and Lectures
"Looking at Glass and Ceramics with an Objects Conservator"
Special workshop for Winterthur Museum Members, 9 Nov. 2017
"A Facilitated Conversation about Inclusion and Equity in Conservation and Preservation"
Workshop held during the AIC's 45th Annual Meeting, facilitated by nikhil trivedi, Lisa Marie Pickens, and Manju Rajendran, 29 May 2017
"Growth in the Gardens: Recent Collaborations in the Care of Winterthur's Garden Sculpture"
Garden talk to Members as part of Garden Insider series, annual talk 2016-2017
"The Technology of Color: Identifying decoration techniques on 18th-19th-century Staffordshire ceramic figures"
Workshop for Winterthur's Collector's Circle Annual Meeting, Winterthur Museum, 6 Nov. 2015
"Cleaning principles and options of Chinese export lacquer surfaces"
Conservation demonstration during Exotic Surfaces: Chinese Export Lacquer Symposium and Workshop, Winterthur Museum, along with Stephanie Auffret, 29-30 Oct. 2015
"Ceramic Making Across Borders: Insight into the Influence of Porcelain through Conservation Science"
Lecture for NYU's Summer Institute in Technical Art History Course, "Material Movement: Global Artistic Interdependencies and Exchanges," New York University, 16 June 2015
"Stain Reduction of Ceramics"
Seminar series taught with Richard Wolbers and Bruno Pouliot to the following institutional conservation labs:
"Ethical Considerations in the Field of Art Conservation"
Lecture to University of Delaware Museum Studies undergraduates, 17 Mar. 2015
"Staffordshire Figures at Winterthur: A Technical Study of the Polychrome Decoration
Lecture at the New York Ceramics Fair, 24 Jan. 2013
"Treatment Considerations of a Ming Dynasty Ceramic Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Lecture to University of Delaware Undergraduate Conservation Science Course, 21 Mar. 2012
"Conservation Training at the Graduate Level, and Technical Analysis of Winterthur's Staffordshire Figure Collection"
Lecture to the Delaware Chapter of the English Speaking Union, Greenville, DE, 22 Sept. 2011
"Colorful Personalities: Analyzing Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Earthenware Figures in the Winterthur Collection"
Lightning Round participant in the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property (ANAGPIC), hosted by WUDPAC, 16 April 2011
"The Conservation Treatment and Ethical Considerations of two Ming Dynasty Sculptures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Lecture for PhD and Graduate Workshop on Ming Sculpture, Princeton University, 12 Nov. 2010
Special workshop for Winterthur Museum Members, 9 Nov. 2017
"A Facilitated Conversation about Inclusion and Equity in Conservation and Preservation"
Workshop held during the AIC's 45th Annual Meeting, facilitated by nikhil trivedi, Lisa Marie Pickens, and Manju Rajendran, 29 May 2017
"Growth in the Gardens: Recent Collaborations in the Care of Winterthur's Garden Sculpture"
Garden talk to Members as part of Garden Insider series, annual talk 2016-2017
"The Technology of Color: Identifying decoration techniques on 18th-19th-century Staffordshire ceramic figures"
Workshop for Winterthur's Collector's Circle Annual Meeting, Winterthur Museum, 6 Nov. 2015
"Cleaning principles and options of Chinese export lacquer surfaces"
Conservation demonstration during Exotic Surfaces: Chinese Export Lacquer Symposium and Workshop, Winterthur Museum, along with Stephanie Auffret, 29-30 Oct. 2015
"Ceramic Making Across Borders: Insight into the Influence of Porcelain through Conservation Science"
Lecture for NYU's Summer Institute in Technical Art History Course, "Material Movement: Global Artistic Interdependencies and Exchanges," New York University, 16 June 2015
"Stain Reduction of Ceramics"
Seminar series taught with Richard Wolbers and Bruno Pouliot to the following institutional conservation labs:
- Various conservation departments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 30 Apr. - 1 May 2015
- Conservators in the Washington, D.C. area at the Lunder Conservation Center, Washington, D.C., 25 Apr. 2014
- Objects conservation at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 11 Jan. 2013
- Objects conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 4 May 2012
"Ethical Considerations in the Field of Art Conservation"
Lecture to University of Delaware Museum Studies undergraduates, 17 Mar. 2015
"Staffordshire Figures at Winterthur: A Technical Study of the Polychrome Decoration
Lecture at the New York Ceramics Fair, 24 Jan. 2013
"Treatment Considerations of a Ming Dynasty Ceramic Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Lecture to University of Delaware Undergraduate Conservation Science Course, 21 Mar. 2012
"Conservation Training at the Graduate Level, and Technical Analysis of Winterthur's Staffordshire Figure Collection"
Lecture to the Delaware Chapter of the English Speaking Union, Greenville, DE, 22 Sept. 2011
"Colorful Personalities: Analyzing Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Earthenware Figures in the Winterthur Collection"
Lightning Round participant in the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property (ANAGPIC), hosted by WUDPAC, 16 April 2011
"The Conservation Treatment and Ethical Considerations of two Ming Dynasty Sculptures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Lecture for PhD and Graduate Workshop on Ming Sculpture, Princeton University, 12 Nov. 2010
Publications
*full text articles available upon request (click to email)
*full text articles available upon request (click to email)
Fair, L., and A. Jenkins. 2017. Pepper Wax: an Organic Squirrel Deterrent for Lead. In Proceedings of the Objects Specialty Group Session 45th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, May 28-June 2, 2017. Washington, DC. Forthcoming. (presented)
Roemich, H., and L. Fair, eds. 2016 Recent Advances in Glass and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting, Wrocław, Poland, 25-29 May 2016. ICOM Committee for Conservation.
Fair, L. and J. Mass. 2013. Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: Identification of a New Enamel Colourant and Underglaze Oxide. In Recent Advances in Glass, Stained-Glass, and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting and the Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass, Amsterdam, NL, 7–10 October 2013. H. Roemich and K. van Lookeren Campagne, eds. ICOM Committee for Conservation. 281–293. (presented)
Fair, L. and J. Mass. 2013. Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: The Identification of a New Enamel Colorant and Underglaze Oxide Recipes Using Technical Analysis. In Ars Ceramica. The Wedgewood Society of New York. 29: 6-39.
Pouliot, B., L. Fair, and R. Wolbers. 2013. Re-thinking the Approach: Techniques Explored at Winterthur for the Stain Reduction of Ceramics. In Recent Advances in Glass, Stained-Glass, and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting and the Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass, Amsterdam, NL, 7–10 October 2013. H. Roemich and K. van Lookeren Campagne, eds. ICOM Committee for Conservation. 211–223.
Wagner, A., M. McGinn, and L. Fair. 2012. Scratching the Surface of American Painted Tinware. In Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. Watertown, MA: Pure Imaging, Inc. XI (6): 189-191.
Roemich, H., and L. Fair, eds. 2016 Recent Advances in Glass and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting, Wrocław, Poland, 25-29 May 2016. ICOM Committee for Conservation.
Fair, L. and J. Mass. 2013. Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: Identification of a New Enamel Colourant and Underglaze Oxide. In Recent Advances in Glass, Stained-Glass, and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting and the Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass, Amsterdam, NL, 7–10 October 2013. H. Roemich and K. van Lookeren Campagne, eds. ICOM Committee for Conservation. 281–293. (presented)
Fair, L. and J. Mass. 2013. Polychrome Decoration on Staffordshire Figures: The Identification of a New Enamel Colorant and Underglaze Oxide Recipes Using Technical Analysis. In Ars Ceramica. The Wedgewood Society of New York. 29: 6-39.
Pouliot, B., L. Fair, and R. Wolbers. 2013. Re-thinking the Approach: Techniques Explored at Winterthur for the Stain Reduction of Ceramics. In Recent Advances in Glass, Stained-Glass, and Ceramics Conservation. Pre-prints of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting and the Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass, Amsterdam, NL, 7–10 October 2013. H. Roemich and K. van Lookeren Campagne, eds. ICOM Committee for Conservation. 211–223.
Wagner, A., M. McGinn, and L. Fair. 2012. Scratching the Surface of American Painted Tinware. In Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. Watertown, MA: Pure Imaging, Inc. XI (6): 189-191.
Education and Qualifications
Winterthur and the University of Delaware, Winterthur, DE
M.S. in Art Conservation 2010
Specialty: Objects Conservation
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Continuing Studies 2006
The University of Delaware, Newark, DE
B.A. with Honors in Art History, cum laude 2005
Minor: Spanish Studies
M.S. in Art Conservation 2010
Specialty: Objects Conservation
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Continuing Studies 2006
The University of Delaware, Newark, DE
B.A. with Honors in Art History, cum laude 2005
Minor: Spanish Studies
Professional Development
Workshop: A Facilitated Conversation about Inclusion and Equity in Conservation and Preservation, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 29 May 2017
Facilitators: Lisa Marie Pickens, Independent Consultant; Nikhil Trivedi, Museum Application Developer and Social Justice Activist; and Manju Rajendra, Facilitator, AORTA
Symposium: Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines, Philadelphia, PA, 6-8 Oct. 2016
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Workshop: 3D Photogrammetry Training, Buffalo, NY, 8–11 Aug. 2016
Instructors: Cultural Heritage Imaging team
Symposium: Listen and Connect: Building a Better Museum Community, 10 April 2016
An afternoon of presentations and conversations hosted by the Society of Winterthur Fellows and the Winterthur Museum’s Academic Programs Department
Workshop: Cleaning of Decorative and Historic Finishes, Winterthur, DE, 3–7 Aug. 2015
FAIC, in collaboration with Winterthur/University of Delaware, and the AIC Wooden Artifacts Group
Instructor: Richard Wolbers; Coordinator: Stephanie Auffret
Workshop: Influencing for Impact: Leadership Strategies for Success, AIC Collections Care Network, Miami, 13 May 2015
Instructors: Bob Norris, Business Management Consultant; Rebecca Fifield, Collections Management Consultant; and Courtney VonStein Murray, Objects Conservation Kress Fellow
Colloquium: Standards for Cleaning Masonry Buildings, Taliesin West, AZ, 10–12 Oct. 2014
Sponsors: AIA Historic Resources Committee, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and the AIC Architectural Specialty Group
Keynote Address: Richard Wolbers, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware
Workshop: Introduction to Identification of Aluminum Alloys and Finishes, National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA 10–11 Apr. 2014
Instructors: Malcolm Collum, Chief Conservator, NASM; David Hallam; Conservator and Metallic Heritage Consultant, Australia; Bruce Hinton, Adjunct Professor, Corrosion Science, Monash University, Australia; Bruce Kaiser, Chief Scientist, Bruker Elemental, U.S.A.
Training: Highlight Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Winterthur, DE, 22–25 Jan. 2013
Instructors: Mark Mudge, Carla Schroer, and Marlin Lum, Cultural Heritage Imaging
Seminar: Agar in Conservation, Lunder Conservation Center, Washington, D.C., 11 June 2012
Instructor: Sonia Tortajada, sculpture conservator at the Museo Nacional del Prado
Workshop: Traditional Gilding, Conservation of Gilded Wooden Objects, Winterthur, DE,10–12 Oct. 2011
Instructor: Marie Dubost, Atelier de la Feuille d’Or, Paris, France
Symposium: Ethical Issues in Ethnographic Collections, WUDPAC, 22 Apr. 2011
Keynote Address: Dr. Miriam Clavir, Conservator Emerita, UBC Museum of Anthropology
Seminar: Laser Cleaning of Art, WUDPAC, 13–14 Jan. 2011
Instructors: Adam Jenkins, Materials Conservation Collaborative, LLC; and Holly Salmon, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Facilitators: Lisa Marie Pickens, Independent Consultant; Nikhil Trivedi, Museum Application Developer and Social Justice Activist; and Manju Rajendra, Facilitator, AORTA
Symposium: Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines, Philadelphia, PA, 6-8 Oct. 2016
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Workshop: 3D Photogrammetry Training, Buffalo, NY, 8–11 Aug. 2016
Instructors: Cultural Heritage Imaging team
Symposium: Listen and Connect: Building a Better Museum Community, 10 April 2016
An afternoon of presentations and conversations hosted by the Society of Winterthur Fellows and the Winterthur Museum’s Academic Programs Department
Workshop: Cleaning of Decorative and Historic Finishes, Winterthur, DE, 3–7 Aug. 2015
FAIC, in collaboration with Winterthur/University of Delaware, and the AIC Wooden Artifacts Group
Instructor: Richard Wolbers; Coordinator: Stephanie Auffret
Workshop: Influencing for Impact: Leadership Strategies for Success, AIC Collections Care Network, Miami, 13 May 2015
Instructors: Bob Norris, Business Management Consultant; Rebecca Fifield, Collections Management Consultant; and Courtney VonStein Murray, Objects Conservation Kress Fellow
Colloquium: Standards for Cleaning Masonry Buildings, Taliesin West, AZ, 10–12 Oct. 2014
Sponsors: AIA Historic Resources Committee, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and the AIC Architectural Specialty Group
Keynote Address: Richard Wolbers, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware
Workshop: Introduction to Identification of Aluminum Alloys and Finishes, National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA 10–11 Apr. 2014
Instructors: Malcolm Collum, Chief Conservator, NASM; David Hallam; Conservator and Metallic Heritage Consultant, Australia; Bruce Hinton, Adjunct Professor, Corrosion Science, Monash University, Australia; Bruce Kaiser, Chief Scientist, Bruker Elemental, U.S.A.
Training: Highlight Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Winterthur, DE, 22–25 Jan. 2013
Instructors: Mark Mudge, Carla Schroer, and Marlin Lum, Cultural Heritage Imaging
Seminar: Agar in Conservation, Lunder Conservation Center, Washington, D.C., 11 June 2012
Instructor: Sonia Tortajada, sculpture conservator at the Museo Nacional del Prado
Workshop: Traditional Gilding, Conservation of Gilded Wooden Objects, Winterthur, DE,10–12 Oct. 2011
Instructor: Marie Dubost, Atelier de la Feuille d’Or, Paris, France
Symposium: Ethical Issues in Ethnographic Collections, WUDPAC, 22 Apr. 2011
Keynote Address: Dr. Miriam Clavir, Conservator Emerita, UBC Museum of Anthropology
Seminar: Laser Cleaning of Art, WUDPAC, 13–14 Jan. 2011
Instructors: Adam Jenkins, Materials Conservation Collaborative, LLC; and Holly Salmon, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Work Experience
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE, and Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Associate Conservator of Objects and Assistant Affiliated Faculty, Sept. 2012–present
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE, and Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Advanced Conservation Fellow in Objects Conservation, Sept. 2011–Sept. 2012
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Samuel H. Kress Fellow, Objects Conservation, Sept. 2010–Sept. 2011
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, New York, NY
Graduate Intern in Objects Conservation, Sept. 2009–Aug. 2010
Materials Conservation Collaborative (formerly Milner and Carr Conservation), Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Intern in Conservation, June–Aug. 2009
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
Contract Conservator for Conservation of Fresco Murals, 5–13 January 2009
Doris Duke’s Shangri La, Honolulu, HI
Graduate Intern in Conservation, June–Aug. 2008
William A. Lewin Conservator, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Conservation Assistant to Gilded Objects Conservators, Oct. 2006–Aug. 2007
Associate Conservator of Objects and Assistant Affiliated Faculty, Sept. 2012–present
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE, and Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Advanced Conservation Fellow in Objects Conservation, Sept. 2011–Sept. 2012
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Samuel H. Kress Fellow, Objects Conservation, Sept. 2010–Sept. 2011
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, New York, NY
Graduate Intern in Objects Conservation, Sept. 2009–Aug. 2010
Materials Conservation Collaborative (formerly Milner and Carr Conservation), Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Intern in Conservation, June–Aug. 2009
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
Contract Conservator for Conservation of Fresco Murals, 5–13 January 2009
Doris Duke’s Shangri La, Honolulu, HI
Graduate Intern in Conservation, June–Aug. 2008
William A. Lewin Conservator, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Conservation Assistant to Gilded Objects Conservators, Oct. 2006–Aug. 2007