Paper Conservation Symposia on Technical Art History

2023

Parchment

Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, parchment and leather researcher and producer Jesse Meyer discusses historical and contemporary production methods, University of Cambridge Professor Dr. Matthew Collins and Research Associate Dr. Matthew Teasdale share their research on genetic markers that identify the animals used to make the parchment in ancient manuscripts.

2022

Printmaking

Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, Professor Andrew Raftery & Master Printmaker from Crown Point Press Emily York speaking virtually on the history and contemporary uses of printmaking.

Andrew Raftery, RISD professor
Emily York, Master Printmaker at Crown Point Press

2021

Artists’ Pigments: Traditional and Modern

Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, Independent Scholar Jo Kirby Atkinson & CEO/Co-Founder of Golden Arts Colors Mark Golden speaking virtually on the nature of the artist pigments industry past and present.

Jo Kirby Atkinson, Independent Scholar
Mark Golden, CEO and Co-founder of Golden Artist Colors

2020

Metalpoint: Past and Present

Alan Donnithorne, Paper Conservator, formerly of the Royal Collection Trust
Susan Schwalb, Metalpoint artist

2019

Decorated Papers: East and West

Jake Benson, PhD candidate, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University
Sidney Berger, Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and Simmons University

2018

Color and the Trade in Pigments

Dr. Georg Kremer, Founder and owner of Kremer Pigmente
Isabelle Roché and Margaret Zayer, Owner and colormakers, La Maison du Pastel

2017

Inaugural Paper Conservation Symposia on Technical Art History

Timothy Barret, Director, Center for the Book
Donald Farnsworth, Director Magnolia Editions