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.…
Albrizio Mural Conservation: Conrad Albrizio’s 1963 mosaic mural has a permanent home in Baton Rouge, marking a happy ending to a story that could have concluded with a wrecking ball in Algiers. Source: Baton Rouge now home to second historic…
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).…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory is removing and restoring a Pittsburgh Subway Mural by Romare Bearden titled Pittsburgh Recollections. Read more about this tile mural project using the link below. From: The New York Times Tiles designed by the artist Romare Bearden…
A zinc sculpture from 1888 of was at the lab for conservation treatment. The zinc indian sculpture received new interior reinforcement and missing parts were fabricated. The whole sculpture was cleaned and coated with a a direct-to-metal acrylic coating. LODI…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory’s years of deep research into the materials and methods of sculptures by Luis Jiménez led to our first successful application in our conservation treatment of LOS LAGARTOS. MORE ON OUR WORK WITH LUIS JIMÉNEZ SCULPTURES Source:…
Restoration of the Relief Map of the New York City Watershed by McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. The New York relief map is now on display at the Queens Museum of Art. Source: Restoration of the Relief Map of the…