Public Art: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory provides conservation services to the national public art collection administered by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Work takes place throughout the contiguous United States as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S.…
CLEVELAND OHIO: PPG CORP. PROVIDING MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO AID IN PIONEERING OPTIMAL REPAIR AND PROTECTION TREATMENTS FOR Painted OUTDOOR SCULPTURES BY LUIS A. JIMÉNEZ Outdoor Painted Sculpture Conservation: Three years ago, the leading automotive finishes company, PPG Industries,…
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…
During October 2016, McKay Lodge Conservation Lab restored the two flag poles on either side of the entrance to the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The poles were repainted white, the bronze pedestals cleaned and waxed and the…
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Conservation: In July 2017, conservators Thomas Podnar and Christina Simms from the Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory used dry ice or carbon dioxide (CO2) blasting to clean a bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens from…
In July 2017, McKay Lodge, Inc. makes a medium-sized new equipment purchase and adds a third multi-purpose tractor/forklift to our art and material handling equipment. This John Deere 5065E with an H240 loader falls between, in capacity, our older 2,000…
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…
Conservators Christina L. Simms and Emmett Lodge traveled to the deep South this May for the conservation treatment and relocation assessment of Two Worlds Apart, 1991 by artist Ned Smyth. The mosaic artwork currently resides in front of the…
LIQUID HONING An important part of keeping up with a wide variety of projects often requires getting small-sized new equipment. The Ohio Conservation Center recently purchased a liquid honing machine from Vapor Blast Manufacturing Company. The cabinet machine can provide…
Joseph Konzal's GATEWAY, a large Cor-ten sculpture, was commissioned under the Art-in-Architecture Program of the General Service Administration in 1977. Cor-ten steel, sometimes referred to as weathering steel, is expected to develop a protective layer of corrosion upon exposure to…