Art + Science: Papermaking
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Have you ever wondered what happens in our conservation labs? Join members of our Straus Center staff for an informal monthly conversation about their work treating objects in our collections. Taking place just outside the Straus Center in the Lightbox Gallery, this presentation will give you the chance to get up close and hands-on with a selection of tools and materials used by conservation staff. In this session, Penley Knipe, the Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works on Paper and head of the Paper Lab, will talk about the history of paper, including how it is made and what it can tell us about a work of art. The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies is a world leader in fine arts conservation, research, and training. The center’s laboratories are where conservation, conservation science, and curatorial practice intersect, coming together to enrich the understanding of and care for the approximately 250,000 objects in the Harvard Art Museums collections.