Stefan Dedecek , Conservator of Paintings, Murals, and Polychrome Surfaces, recently performed the conservation on two murals by I.M. Taylor at the Wood County Courthouse located in Bowling Green, Ohio. While Conservator Dedecek performs many paintings conservation treatments at our…
Mural Conservation, Paintings Conservation: Public art can celebrate and revitalize a community, but years of exposure to the elements can take a toll on any outdoor work of art. Conservators Stefan Dedecek and Christina L. Simms recently traveled to Washington,…
Paintings Conservation, Mural Conservation: The greater Cleveland area has had a rich history in public murals throughout the 20th century. Much of the earlier mural work was completed by non-native artists, but the economic downturn of the 1930s and resulting…
Public Art Conservation, Mural Conservation: During August of 2017, McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory completed one of our several 2017 District of Columbia (DC) Public Art conservation projects - a mural titled COMMUNITY by mural artist Anne Marchand (2002). The public…
Mural Conservation: In August 2017, the Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, a specialist in murals conservation, has been awarded the work of relocating one of the murals in the Reinberger Chamber Hall within Severance Hall,…
Public Art Conservation, Tile Mosaic Conservation: In Augusta 2017, the City of Forth Worth and Tarrant County, Texas renewed its public art conservation contract with the Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory for art conservation services to…
Detail of Steelmaking Industry Murals by Glenn Shaw in Canton, OH Murals Conservation: Canton Ohio (August 2017): The thirteen murals by Glenn Shaw celebrating the steelmaking industry and located in downtown Canton will shortly be receiving much needed murals conservation…
Conservators who are involved in the restoration and preservation of Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals and those of close era may find the following recommendations and formula regarding lead white in varnish, of interest. A photostatic copy of the undated…
Steel Industry by Glen Shaw, 1937 The Frank T. Bow Federal Building in Canton, Ohio, contains a series of thirteen, powerfully composed, murals each depicting a different facet of the steel industry that is so important to cities of Northern Ohio.…
Many of the earlier murals in the United States on view to the public were created through the support of the Federal government. Today, most of these murals are under the care of the U.S. General Services Administration. The U.S.…