Historic Fountain Restoration, Public Art: November 30, 2017 marked the end of an intense hurricane season. Earlier in the year, Hurricane Irma developed into a category 5 hurricane, sweeping over the Caribbean and Southeastern United States in early September. In…
Outdoor Sculpture; Public Art The border between the United States of America and Mexico inspires many ideas, thoughts, and-outdoor works of art. McKay Lodge's Emmett Lodge and Marcin Pikus had an opportunity to perform condition assessments and outdoor sculpture maintenance…
Outdoor Sculpture, Public Art: The Landmark Society of Western New York selected McKay Lodge Conservation to receive a 2017 Award of Merit for our help on the Statue of Liberty replica located in Oatka Creek Park, in Le Roy, New…
Electronic Media and Optical Artifact Conservation, Public Art Conservation: Don't let the simple but sinuous lines of Clyde Lynds' Sentinel fool you. This concrete eagle accompanied by a stainless steel and stepped granite base houses a complex motorized kinetic illumination…
Public Art Conservation, Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: Want to know how to get that Stainless Steel Sculpture to stain less? Maybe you need an expert in the conservation treatment of stainless steel sculpture? Look no further, Conservator of Public Art and…
Stone Conservation, Public Art Conservation, Granite Conservation: Marcin Pikus, Conservator of Stone Sculpture and Architectural Features, of McKay Lodge Conservation restored several granite benches as part of an installation by artist Jenny Holzer at the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA)…
Conservation of Public Art: Emmett Lodge, Conservator and Industrial Coatings Inspector, and Curtis McCartney, Conservation Assistant, of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory took a walk in Lamont Park for a recent Public Art conservation treatment in Washington, DC. Lamont Park is located…
While the McKay Lodge Conservation Team can undertake complex conservation projects around the United States, we also perform many local conservation treatments in the Greater Cleveland area. So, if you are from the Cleveland area, go a little early before…
A "little bird" told us it needed some conservation in Indiana, so the McKay Lodge Conservation Team recently traveled to perform outdoor sculpture maintenance in Indianapolis. “Littlebird” is one part of two outdoor sculptures thinmanlittlebird by Peter Shelton installed in…
Public Art Conservation: Inside the Old Post Office Building at 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, DC hangs one of the great Public Art commissions in the United States: Robert Irwin's SHADOW PLANES. It was commissioned for the building, to…