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Mark Erdmann
Assistant Objects Conservator Mark comes to the ICA from private practice as a specialist in metal objects conservation; prior to that he was a conservation technician for McKay-Lodge Conservation Laboratories in Oberlin, Ohio. He earned Post-Graduate and Professional Development diplomas in Conservation/ Restoration of Fine Metalwork from West Dean College, in West Sussex, England. |
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Nicole Hayes
Education Coordinator/Field Services Officer A Boston native, Nicole has spent her career working in curatorial, archaeological, and archival capacities. Her previous employers include the National Museum of Ireland, Plimoth Plantation, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and the Harvard Business School. As the ICA?s first Field Services Officer, Nicole will be responsible for developing and implementing all educational programming, as well as offering outreach services to the ICA?s members and the general public. |
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Michael Jones
Assistant Conservation Technician A native of Connecticut, Mike studied communications at Middlesex Community College before relocating to Oberlin, Ohio. There he began working for a small company that specialized in transporting fine art. He later worked as an assistant preparator at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, and is looking forward to working at the ICA. |
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Amanda Mikolic
Registrar/Office Manager Amanda began interning at the ICA in August 2005 and was hired as part-time Assistant Registrar in May 2006. That same year, she received an M.A. in History with an Art History concentration from Cleveland State University. Her area of study was Eastern art, specializing in early Indian and Japanese art. She became a full-time ICA employee in December 2006. |
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The ICA has collaborated with artists? materials
specialist and professor, Mark Gottsegen, in
establishing AMIEN, the Art Materials Information
Education Network. Albert Albano, Executive
Director of the ICA, will co-direct with Gottsegen this
non-profit organization under the auspices of the
ICA?s 501(c)(3) structure. The purpose of AMIEN is
to provide artists with impartial information about the
materials they use, to inform any other interested
person or organization about artists? materials, and to
conduct ongoing research. AMIEN will develop and
conduct regular educational programs in materials
education, and publish short articles and pamphlets
for distribution to its clients. It is also freely
accessible via email, telephone, ground mail, fax, or
its newly launched website. All of AMIEN?s Internet
services will be free to artists, with a nominal fee
charged for other services.
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The ICA welcomed twenty participants from as far
away as North Carolina and Maryland to our
November workshop, Emergency Response and
Recovery of Wet Cultural Materials. Guest
presenters M.J. Davis and Barbara Moore, both
nationally known educators in the disaster response
field, discussed topics such as preparedness, risk
assessment and mitigation, and recovery. They
showed the affects of water, mold, and heat damage
on various types of artifacts, and demonstrated
appropriate salvage techniques. Participants
especially enjoyed the hands-on aspects of the
three-day workshop, which included soaking
objects in pools overnight and acting out roles in
hypothetical salvage scenarios.
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February 8-March 8, 2007 (Thursdays) 4:30-5:30PM Preservation of Sacred Artifacts: Care and Handling of Cultural Materials in Religious and Spiritual Institutions Trinity Cathedral Commons, Cleveland, OH February 21, 2007 4:00-5:30PM Member Tour of ICA Laboratory For more information, contact Samara McCullough, Development Officer, at 216-658-8700. March 11, 2007 1:00PM ICA Brunch Stan Hywet Hall, Akron, OH More information on this event will be sent to our members and friends in the coming weeks. March 16, 2007 1:00PM ICA Paintings Conservator Heather Galloway speaks about her conservation treatment of a modern sculpture by artist Sol Le Witt. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH SAVE THE DATES! April 17-May 22, 2007 (Tuesdays) 6:00-7:00PM Art Conservation Principals Applied at Home: Care and Handling for the General Public Cleveland Public Library, Carnegie West Branch, Cleveland, OH |
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Nicole Hayes, Field Services Officer
Intermuseum Conservation Association
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