Eagle Template by Vicki Scuri has graced an entrance of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania since 1998. Now that a new building has been constructed for Federal offices, the sculpture required removal. Christina L. Simms,…
Federal Triangle Flowers, 1997 by artist Stephen Robin are living on the street in front of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C. as flowers in the concrete. They were treated this past summer at the…
Conservators of Public Art Collections Since 1997 2023-2028 NATIONAL PUBLIC ART COLLECTION (GSA) Multi-Year IDIQ GSA contracts have been awarded to McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. on a competitive basis, for conservation services to the national Public Art collection with…
Sometimes a conservation treatment is routine using familiar methods and materials to complete a project. Other times, treatments are complex and the methods are unknown for achieving stabilization of a work of art while at the same time returning it…
The restoration of religious statuary, like other cultural heritage works or sites, involves careful assessment and treatment considerations. Many of the individuals who have been immortalized in earthly materials of metal or stone made great sacrifices during their lifetimes on…
Sometimes one needs more than just a sense of sight to appreciate a work of art. Jim Gwinner, Conservator of Public Art and Sculpture, recently performed a conservation assessment in Maryland, examining a unique kinetic musical work by Montana artist…
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is home to many great art museums, cultural institutions as well as educational and medical facilities like the University of Pittsburgh. For over thirty years, Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, renown transplantation pioneer and researcher, served…
When the leaves started to change colors in Susquehanna County, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Christina L. Simms, of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory completed the maintenance of a bronze memorial commemorating Pennsylvanian coal miners and their families. The Coal Miners…
If walking on the grounds of the Ashland University campus, one can sometimes hear the melodious clashing of metal. The source of the cacophony is Auriculum, 1973 a kinetic metal sculpture by late Cleveland sculptor John Clague. Auriculum, 1973 a…
Hot waxing outdoor sculpture and ballet are rarely included in the same sentence, but sometimes the two overlap, or should we say, they are brought together. The sculpture Cabriole by Jimilu Mason illustrates a ballet move as performed by three…