Guest Lecturers

Guest Lecturers

In addition to the full-time faculty, guest lecturers with special expertise in various aspects of conservation and allied professions are invited throughout the academic year to augment the instructional program. Alumni are noted by their graduating year.

Our Guest Lecture Program is generously supported by a Getty Grant Endowment.

Right: Professors Paul Zimansky and Elizabeth Stone examine archaeological objects at the Buffalo Museum of Science with Director Elizabeth Peña and students.

2007-2008 Guest Lecture Series
Name	Position	Topic
Barbara Moore	Private Practice, Rochester, NY	Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Salvage
Richard Neuman	Conservation Scientist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Scientist / Conservator Collaboration
Arlen Heginbotham (Class of 1999)	Associate Conservator, Department of Decorative Arts Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum	The Immunoassay of Protiens
Robert Proctor & Jill Whitten (both Class of 1992)	Proctor and Whitten Fine Arts Conservation, Paintings Conservators, Houston, TX	Varnishes and Varnishing Techniques

2006-2007 Guest Lecture Series
Name	Position	Topic
Paul Messier (Class of 1990)	Photograph Conservator, Proprietor, Boston Art Conservation	Fakes and Forgeries
Kate Smith Maurer (Class of 2001)	Assistant Paintings Conservator, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA	Paintings Conservation; The Sargent Murals at the Boston Public Library
Gianfranco Pocobene	Paintings Conservator, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA	Paintings Conservation; The Sargent Murals at the Boston Public Library
Wendy Weeks	Wallpaper expert and supervisor of the American Paper-Staining Manufactory and exhibit at The Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown, NY	Wallpaper Conservation
Patricia Hamm Class of 1975	Private Practice, Clarence, NY	Charles Burchfield Wallpaper Conservation
Doug Dreishpoon	Senior Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY	Working with Contemporary Art
Marion F. Mecklenburg	Senior Research Scientist, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD	Acrylic and Oil Paints

2005-2006 Guest Lecture Series
Name	Position	Topic
Scott Heffley Class of 1983	Conservator of Paintings Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO	Technical Examinations of Paintings
Hugh Phibbs	Coordinator of Graphic Conservation Services, Conservation Division National Gallery of Art Washington, DC	Exhibit Materials and Techniques
Robert Proctor & Jill Whitten Class of 1992	Proctor and Whitten Fine Arts Conservation, Paintings Conservators, Houston, TX	Paintings Conservation
Mervin Richard	Head of Loans and Exhibits Conservation and Deputy Chief of Conservation National Gallery of Art Washington, DC	Packing and Shipping
Kim Schenck	Paper Conservator	Wallpaper Conservation

2004-2005 Guest Lecture Series
Name	Position	Topic
James Coddington	Agnes Gund Chief Conservator Museum of Modern Art New York, NY	Conservation in Modern Collections
Jana Dambrigio Class of 2000	Conservator, National Archives and Records Administration College Park, MD	Paper Splitting
Adele de Cruz	Conservator Duke University Nasher Museum of Art Durham, NC	The Use of Lasers in Conservation
Dr. Mark Gilberg	Research Coordinator, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA	Museum Pest Control
Ed Grant		Conservation Science
Rick Kerschner Class of 1982	Director of Preservation and Conservation Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT	Preventive Conservation
Steve Koob	Conservator Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY	Glass Conservation
Teresa Lignelli Class of 1987	Conservator of Paintings Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA	Italian Inpainting Techniques
William Lull	Principle and Senior Conservation Environment Consultant Garrison / Lull Inc. Princeton Junction, NJ	Introduction to Conservation Environments for Museums, Libraries, and Archives
Paul Martin	Private Practice Buffalo, NY	Papermaking Workshop
T.K. McClintock Class of 1980	Owner and Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, T. K. McClintock, Ltd. Somerville, MA	Paper Conservation / Private Practice Concerns
Yoshi Nishio Class of 1978	Conservator of Asian Art on Paper Nishio Conservation Studio (Private Practice) Washington, DC	Scroll Mounting Workshop
Dr. Elizabeth Stone	Archaeology Professor SUNY Stony Brook	Archaeological Conservation
Harriet Stratis	Associate Research Scientist Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI	Paper Conservation
Deirdre Windsor	Principal of Windsor Conservation Conservator of Textiles and Costumes Private practice, Dover, MA	Textile Conservation / Pressure Mounts
Dr. Paul Zimansky	Archaeology Professor Boston University	Archaeological Conservation