Conservators Combating Climate Change

In the final episode, Marie and Natalya share reflections on creating season two, updates for future projects, and extend an invitation to join an informal Zoom meeting with some of Season Two's guest speakers on the 1st of July at 6:30EST.

Zoom Meeting info:

1 July 2021, 6:30 EST

https://udel.zoom.us/j/92262475667

Related content:

TheEthicsofCaring.com / [email protected]

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This mini-episode is for everyone who wants to get involved, but isn’t sure where to start. Natalya and Marie welcome Caitlin Southwick, Founder and Executive Director of Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation, to the program to talk about different conferences to attend, initiatives to follow, and organizations to get involved with. Resources: Museums for Future (#MFF) We Are Museums Climate Heritage Network Climate Reality Project COP 26 (Climate Change Conference of the Parties) Curating Tomorrow - Henry McGhie Sustainable Museums - Sarah Sutton ICOM Working Group on Sustainability (webinar 21 April at 17.00 CET) Caitlin Southwick ([email protected]) is the Founder and Executive Director of Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation. She holds a Professional Doctorate in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the University of Amsterdam. Caitlin has worked in the conservation field in museums and sites around the world, including the Vatican Museums, The Getty Conservation Institute, The Uffizi Gallery, and Easter Island. She is the Secretary of the Working Group on Sustainability for the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and a former Professional Member of the American Institute of Conservation (AIC) Sustainability Committee. To share feedback on this content, please reach out to Natalya and Marie at: [email protected]

In this episode, Marie and Natalya speak with Nylah Byrd, Graduate Fellow in Objects Conservation at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, about a challenging topic with no easy answers: what it means to decolonize conservation practice. Nylah shares her thoughts on the alternative idea of indigenizing something, and how this has manifested in her work as a Graduate Fellow. Please join us for a free virtual conversation about how to embed intersectional environmentalism into heritage conservation practice on 6 May 2021 @ 6.00EDT: https://www.manacontemporary.com/event/intersectional-environmentalism-in-heritage-conservation/ To share feedback on this content, please reach out to Natalya and Marie at: [email protected]

In this episode, Natalya and Marie are joined by Michael Henry, Dale Kronkright, and Pita Judy Lopez about their collaborative work with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Foundation and how they have leveraged institutional resources and mandates to support local community needs. This episode also explores the overlap and integration of traditional knowledge into modern conservation practice and the capacity for technical conservation practice to have impact beyond institutional boundaries.

Related links:

Mana Contemporary panel discussion on intersectional environmentalism - Thursday 6 May 2021, 6.00EDT

https://www.manacontemporary.com/event/intersectional-environmentalism-in-heritage-conservation/

Discovering the Challenges Facing the Preservation of O'Keeffe's Historic Home and Studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico - presentation by Dale Kronkrirght

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--QuHB0fAM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GeorgiaO%27KeeffeMuseum

Interview with Pita Lopez

https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/articles/post/pita-lopez/

Acequia irrigation in New Mexico

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/acequias

Scattergood Design’s page on the Abiquiú O’Keeffe House project- The multi-disciplinary team is led by Pamela W. Hawkes FAIA of Scattergood Design and Michael C. Henry PE AIA of Watson & Henry Associates, and core teams members include: Peter Aaslestad, Aaslestad Preservation Consulting, photogrammetry and three-dimensional imagery; Anthony Crosby, adobe conservation; Michael Schuller and Dave Woodham, Atkinson-Noland & Associates, structural engineers; and Dorothy Krotzer, Building Conservation Associates, finishes conservation.

https://scattergooddesign.com/project/georgia-okeeffe-house-and-studio/

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In this mini-episode, Natalya and Marie are joined by Dr. Joelle Wickens, Assistant Professor of Preventive Conservation and Associate Director of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Joelle explains why inclusivity/equity are critical to practicing heritage conservation sustainably and what it means to broaden how we interpret heritage - and by extension - our professional responsibility and educational priorities.