Conservators of Public Art Nationally for 20 years For the past 20 years (as of 2019), McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory has been busily engaged in the conservation of Public Art throughout the United States, principally in work caring for the…
CURRENT TREATMENTS 2016 McKay Lodge mentioned in Smithsonian Science News regarding the conservation of outdoor sculptures by Luis Jiménez. "VAQUERO" Luis Jiménez Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. "SODBUSTER" Luis Jiménez Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. TREATMENT OF "LOS LAGARTOS" Luis Jiménez…
September 2007 During the summer of 2007, Louise Nevelson’s monumental sculpture Bicentennial Dawn from Philadelphia was in Oberlin at the McKay Lodge, Inc. sculpture conservation facilities for a complete recoating project due to massive failure of its previous coatings. The sculpture had…
October 2007 Early in October 2007, the monumental steel sculpture Facets to the Sun was reinstalled on the plaza of the Norris Cotton Federal Building in Manchester, New Hampshire by McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. after the company removed the concrete-bound…
McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. was hired by the general contractor Desbuild Inc. of Hyattsville, Maryland to remove, conserve and relocate to a new site nearby Tony Smith’s monumental sculpture She Who Must be Obeyed. The 30 foot tall, 24…
May 2008 Art in public places especially that placed in outdoor environments requires frequent inspections and maintenance to preserve good appearance and physical stability. While McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc, is largely engaged in caring for the large public…
SPONSOR AND SPEAKER - PUBLIC ART NETWORK PRECONFERENCE McKay Lodge, Inc. was a financial sponsor of the 2013 Americans for the Arts conference held in Pittsburgh, PA. In addition, company president Robert Lodge was a speaker at the associated Public…
The Pittsburgh public loves ARCH and McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory is very pleased it could use its expertise in saving it from complete dilapidation and total loss. ARCH has a Facebook Page: ARCH was commissioned from artist Glenn Kaino as…
Public artworks commissioned by the Art-in-Architecture Program since its establishment in 1963, a percent-for-art program of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), require frequent maintenance inspections to keep them in good condition. The number of commissions now exceeds 300 dispersed…
The City of Fort Worth, Texas has exercised its first renewal option of a services agreement between the city and McKay Lodge, Inc. for the care of its Public Art collection and additional sculptures.The initial contract was for approximately three…