Conservation Technician Dee Pipik attended the 2015 Society of Gilders (SOG) conference in downtown Chicago June 1-6, 2015, joining fellow gilders and gold leaf artists from around the world for gilding classes, lectures, social events, and a community service project.…
On June 4th and 5th Robert Lodge attended the conference “Conserving Outdoor Painted Sculpture” held in the Netherlands at the Kröller-Müller Museum. The conference was an interim meeting of the Modern Materials and Contemporary Art (MMCA) working group of ICOM-CC…
THE OHIO ART CONSERVATION CENTER: All conservators of McKay Lodge attend pertinent conferences to keep apprised on technologies and are often engaged as speakers at many events. An April 2014 aluminum conservation conference was attended by sculpture conservator James Gwinner. The…
THE OHIO ART CONSERVATION CENTER: James Gwinner, one of our sculpture conservators, attended the Outdoor Metallic sculpture conference (Métal À Ciel Ouvert) in Paris, France. The outdoor sculpture conference was hosted by the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).…
Murals Conservation: During September 2014, twelve New Orleans frescoes by Louisiana artist Conrad Albrizio (1894-1973) were treated by Conservator of Paintings, Murals, and Polychromed Surfaces Stefan Dedecek. These Albrizio frescoes represent the twelve Stations of the Cross. They are located…
THE OHIO CONSERVATION CENTER: The conservators at the Ohio Conservation Center are always looking for new technologies to treat the myriad of materials we encounter. In 2014 the center purchased an ICETECH KG20 dry ice solid carbon dioxide blasting machine…
The Thomas Merton Center has contracted with McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to conserve several of the most significant and treasured documents and artworks from his life. The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton’s artistic estate which…
A unidentified manuscript leaf purchased at auction was at the lab for treatment by senior paper conservator Gina McKay. It was recognized by the lab’s president Robert Lodge as a rare manuscript leaf from a notable 13th century French missal…
Mural Conservation: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. has been hired by Ely, Inc. of Washington DC to be the consulting and participating mural conservation specialist firm for the removal of N.C. Wyeth’s monumental mural Apotheosis of the Family. The 18…
Public Art Conservation, Painting Conservation, Kent State Murals Conservation (2004-2006): McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. was hired as an art consultant by the architectural firm Moody Nolan, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, to look at Kent State University murals. As…