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Meet the Conservators
| Andrew Baxter |
| Andrew Baxter, President of Bronze et al, Ltd., specializes in fine art conservation with an emphasis on outdoor sculpture and monuments in metal and stone. He has worked on extensive projects at The White House, National Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and other Smithsonian Institution Museums. Virginia projects include work at the Chrysler Museum, Mariners’ Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Monument Avenue and Capitol Square in Richmond - including the heroic scale George Washington Equestrian Monument. Currently, he is restoring a mid 18th Century Indian Mogul Empire Pavilion to be installed in the new wing at the Virginia Museum. The white marble structure is comprised of 26 tons of stone, with inlays of black schist and red granite.
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| Amy Byrne |
| Amy Byrne, of Amy Fernandez, Inc., provides a comprehensive range of conservation services to public and private institutions as well as private individuals. Services include the evaluation of collections by performing conservation condition surveys, designing and executing examination, documentation, research, analysis and treatment protocol on fine arts including easel paintings, mural paintings, polychromed objects and decorative arts and historic collections that include silver and bronze composite objects, ceramics and glass and objects composed of organic materials. Over the years, she has worked with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Williamsburg Foundation, and Richmond Conservation Studio. Recent projects include designing, executing, and organizing a Collection Condition Assessment for the functional and decorative objects from the State of Virginia, College of William and Mary President’s house collection. |
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| Patricia Ewer |
| Patricia Ewer is the principal of Textile Objects Conservation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a conservation professional with over 30 years of experience in treating textiles, managing, developing and staffing conservation projects. She has held conservation positions at Historic Royal Palaces (U.K.), Midwest Art Conservation Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Biltmore House (Asheville, North Carolina), Textile Conservation Laboratory at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (New York, New York), and The Textile Conservation Workshop (South Salem, New York). She has been a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works since 1989. Ms Ewer was recently a presenter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Tapestry Conservation Symposium (December 2009). She is co-editor with Frances Lennard of the recently published book Textile Conservation: Advances in Practice. |
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| Mark Lewis |
| Mark Lewis is currently the painting conservator at the Chrysler Museum of Art. He holds an MS in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware- Winterthur Museum Program. Prior to accepting the position at the Chrysler, he was Chief Conservator at the High Museum of Art Regional Conservation Center in Atlanta. Institutions where he has worked include: The Harvard University Art Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK., The Pennsylvania Academy, The Los Angeles Co. Museum of Art, and The J. Paul Getty Museum. |
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| Frederick C. Vogt |
Rick Vogt, founder and president of the F.C. Vogt Company, developed a keen interest in the preservation of furniture over thirty-five years ago. Since then he has pursued his education as an Art history major at the University of Cincinnati, seven years of apprenticeships with various restoration firms, taking courses through the Smithsonian’s furniture conservation programs and continues to avail himself to educational opportunities made available through The Conservation Unit of the Museums and Galleries Commission / International Academics Project , The Smithsonian Institute, The American Institute for Conservation, The McCrone Institute of Microscopy, a variety of museums, and an aggressive self study agenda. www.vogtconservation.com |
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| Jennifer A. Zemanek |
| Jennifer Zemanek grew up in Santa Barbara, CA and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a BA in Art History. She Participated in the Education Abroad Program (through UC Santa Cruz) and studied Art History for one year in Venice Italy. After graduation, she worked at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for three years then returned to school to pursue a master's degree in art conservation from the University of Durham, England. She returned to the states to work at Colonial Williamsburg in the Conservation Department and remained there for five years until going into private practice full-time as a conservator of objects specializing in upholstery and textiles. |
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