Paper Conservation Symposia on Technical Art History
2024
The Art & Science of Making Paper
Hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Paper Conservation Department, guest speakers Martin Hubbe and Peter Bower discuss the chemical makeup of commercial papers and the historic context of the papermaking process and it's relation to artmaking.
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