Art At Noon

Art Conservation at PAFA

Event Information
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Rhoden Arts Center
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Join Us
General Public
Free
Contact
Abby King
215 391 4806
aking@pafa.org
Mary McGinn, PAFA’s Paintings Conservator, working on Charles Wilson Peale's The Artist in His Museum.

The work of caring for an art collection is a particular kind of science. Join Mary McGinn, PAFA’s Paintings Conservator, to learn about what is involved in caring for a museum collection that has grown and evolved over 200 years and now includes historic canvasses like Thomas Eakins’ Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic) alongside contemporary installations like Bill Viola’s Ocean Without a Shore. How are artworks constructed and framed? How and why do they deteriorate? What processes and resources do museums use to preserve and restore these invaluable historical artifacts?

 

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