BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UCLA / Getty Conservation - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:UCLA / Getty Conservation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UCLA / Getty Conservation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T190000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250930T045141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T195335Z UID:10000077-1775757600-1775761200@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA/Getty Distinguished Speaker Series: L. Stephen Velasquez DESCRIPTION:Glenn Wharton\nLore and Gerald Cunard Chair\,\nUCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage\nProfessor\, Department of Art History\nProfessor\, Conservation of Material Culture \nand \nJason De León\nDirector\, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\nLloyd E. Cotsen Endowed Chair in Archaeology\nProfessor\, Department of Anthropology\nProfessor\, César E. Chávez Department of\nChicana/o and Central American Studies \ninvite you to attend\nUCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series\nfeaturing \n\n\n\nL. Stephen Velasquez\nCurator for the Division of Home and Community Life\,\nNational Museum of American History\, Smithsonian Institution\nspeaking on\n \n“Artifacts of Migrations: Arizona Desert\,\nOperation Pedro Pan and Crafting\nLatino Museum Representation”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 9\, 2026\n6:00 p.m. PT\nReception to follow\nJames West Alumni Center\, Collins Room\nUCLA Campus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the presentation:\n20th-century immigration policies in the U.S. tightened restrictions for some\, opened doors for others and continue to be a topic that polarizes groups across the United States. How can the National Museum of American History offer a personal and humanizing version of migration and the Latino experience? Objects collected for Operation Pedro Pan\, a letter written by a 14-year-old girl\, and material collected in the Arizona desert\, a pair of inscribed athletic shoes\, are examples of extraordinary migration journeys seldom told within a national context and reveal how individuals made sense of the everyday lived experiences of an often violent and traumatic migration process.\n\nAbout the speaker:\nL. Stephen Velasquez is a curator for the Division of Home and Community Life\, National Museum of American History. He is currently involved in a research project on Mexican vineyard workers in Napa and an upcoming exhibit\, “Corazón Y Vida: Lowriding Culture.” Past projects include the “Bracero Oral History Project” and associated traveling exhibit\, “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964\,” the exhibit “Mexican Treasures at the Smithsonian\,” “AZUCAR! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz\,” “A Collector’s Vision of Puerto Rico” and “Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Jeffrey P. Cunard. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-distinguished-speaker-series-l-stephen-velasquez-wednesday-october-29-2025-600-pm/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/b8632237-5409-46cb-8425-a1f5e0272c5d.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260323T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20260226T170202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T170202Z UID:10000125-1774281600-1774285200@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Community-Engaged Experiences in Conservation and Research on Indigenous Heritage DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nDuring this Spring Break join us in an open dialogue\, and some refreshments\, on conservation and research on Indigenous heritage with four professionals of four different disciplines and who work with different stakeholders in different countries and cultural heritage contexts. \nWe will explore the ethical\, practical\, and epistemological dimensions of collaborative work between Indigenous communities and cultural heritage professionals. The discussion will be grounded in experiential and theoretical frameworks that motivate practitioners and/or academics to engage in community-centered practices. Participants will consider their role and agency in identifying needs and how these may differ from the priorities of Indigenous partners. Thus\, in this conversation\, we will examine potential exclusions and inequalities within these processes and the tensions that can arise between institutional heritage frameworks and Indigenous understandings of cultural continuity\, care\, and custodianship. \nThrough examples of partnerships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants\, speakers will reflect on how co-creation can be defined\, enacted\, and evaluated\, and how it influences reciprocity\, equity\, and questions of ownership. This open dialogue aims to shed light on what practitioners and communities can learn from each other and how collaborative heritage work can contribute to more just\, reflexive\, and sustainable practices. \nWe hope to see you March 23 at 4pm at: \nUCLA\, Art History  \nRoom: Dodd 247  \n100 Dodd Hall\, 405 Hilgard Avenue \nUniversity of California\, Los Angeles \nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \n  \nFor More Information and Participants Bios: Click Here \nPlease use the QR code on the flyer to register for the event \nDownload Flyer Here \n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/community-engaged-experiences-in-conservation-and-research-on-indigenous-heritage/ LOCATION:UCLA\, Art History\, Dodd Hall Room 247\, 100 Dodd Hall\, 405 Hilgard Avenue University of California\, Los Angeles\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-26-at-8.52.10-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T130000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20260203T030753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T030753Z UID:10000123-1770724800-1770728400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Reimagining Scientific Inquiry through Community Engagement in Heritage Science By Thiago Puglieri\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Thiago Puglieri\, PhD\n\n\nRSVP HERE\n\n\nThis presentation aims to foster a dialogue with scholars in Health Equity & Translational Social Science to identify and integrate community-engaged methodologies that can enhance the social impact\, data sovereignty\, and ethical rigor of research in Heritage Science – the scientific study of culturally significant materials. Our fundamental question is how can scientific inquiry move beyond “studying” Indigenous cultures to “partnering” with them? While Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a cornerstone of fields like healthcare and archaeology\, it remains an untapped frontier in Heritage Science. When investigating Indigenous cultural items\, traditional laboratory research often mirrors the ethical failures and power imbalances found in historical medical research. In this presentation\, we discuss a collaborative model for Heritage Science that prioritizes Indigenous protocols and community-led ethics. By highlighting the structural challenges of this transdisciplinary work\, we are specifically seeking to bridge the gap between our fields. Come and join us to discuss how your expertise in healthcare community-based partnerships can help reimagine the future of scientific inquiry into heritage science. \nThiago Puglieri\, PhD Assistant Professor\, UCLA Department of Art History & UCLA/ Getty IDP in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage \n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by: HETSS Research Theme\, Center for Social Medicine\n\nAddress\n\nSemel B8-225 & Zoom\n760 Westwood Plaza\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/reimagining-scientific-inquiry-through-community-engagement-in-heritage-science-by-thiago-puglieri-phd/ LOCATION:Semel B8-225 & Zoom\, 760 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_1508-1-scaled-e1770087993792.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260130T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20260105T211524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T193317Z UID:10000078-1769770800-1769774400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA/Getty Distinguished Speaker Series: Erica P. Jones & Carlee S. Forbes Friday\, January 30\, 2026 @ 11:00 AM PT DESCRIPTION:Glenn Wharton\nProfessor\, UCLA Department of Art History\nLore and Gerald Cunard Chair\,\nUCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritageinvites you to attend\nUCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series:\n “Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting\nMeanings in African Arts”\n\n \nFeaturing: \nErica P. Jones\nSenior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs\,\nFowler Museum at UCLA \nand \n \nCarlee S. Forbes\nAssociate Curator of African and Oceanic Art\, Baltimore Museum of Art \n\nFriday\, January 30\, 2026\n11:00 a.m. PT\nLivestreaming via Zoom\n\n\n\nAbout the presentation:\nJoin Erica P. Jones\, senior curator of African arts and manager of curatorial affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA\, and Carlee S. Forbes\, associate curator of African and Oceanic art at the Baltimore Museum of Art\, for a lecture on the research and making of “Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meanings in African Arts\,” a new exhibition that examines how historical African objects have accrued layered meanings as they moved through different hands\, contexts and interpretations.Following the lecture\, Jones and Forbes will be joined by Glenn Wharton for a conversation on how curatorial and conservation practices intersect in reinterpreting museum collections\, provenance and colonial legacies.\n\n\n\n\nThis event was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Jeffrey P. Cunard.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-distinguished-speaker-series-erica-p-jones-carlee-s-forbes-friday-january-30-2026-1100-am-pt/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/forbes-jones.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20251022T194016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T194447Z UID:10000122-1763121600-1763128800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Virtual Info Session for Prospective Applicants Friday November 14th from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m DESCRIPTION: URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/virtual-info-session-for-prospective-applicants-friday-november-14th-from-1200-to-200-p-m/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FLYER-scaled-e1761162269624.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T173000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250925T031401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T031401Z UID:10000070-1761235200-1761240600@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:How Chemists Investigate Cultural Heritage: A Look at the Science and Ethics DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHow Chemists Investigate Cultural Heritage: A Look at the Science and Ethics\n  \n \n\nDate/Time\n\n\nThursday\, October 23\, 2025\n4:00 pm PDT – 5:30 pm PDT \nLocation\nUCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\n2520 Cimarron Street \n\nThird Annual Spotlight Talk by Thiago Sevilhano Puglieri\, Assistant Professor of Technical Art History\, Conservation Science\, and Indigenous Cultural Heritage\, UCLA Department of Art History \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThis talk will explore how and why chemists investigate cultural heritage\, examining the diverse ethical considerations that arise with different types of cultural items. The session will also feature an in-person demonstration of chemical analysis of objects from the Clark collection. \nWe will begin by exploring objects from the Clark Library to discuss common analytical questions\, processes\, and ethics in conservation and heritage science. The discussion will then shift to the investigation of Indigenous items\, highlighting other questions\, processes\, and unique ethical considerations these items demand. \nThe lecture will conclude with a hands-on session where participants can observe the analysis of objects from the Clark collection. This will provide an opportunity to better understand some of the practices and ask specific questions about this fascinating interdisciplinary field. \nThiago Puglieri’s teaching and research are located at the intersections of art history\, chemistry\, and conservation. His interests are in technical art history and conservation science\, focusing on Indigenous cultural heritage from the Americas. His projects delve into the historical and cultural aspects while also exploring scientific and technological advancements within Indigenous cultures. The investigations involve archival research\, chemical characterizations\, and engagement with Indigenous communities through community-engaged research. Puglieri teaches and supervises students at the UCLA Department of Art History and the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. \nPuglieri was a scholar at the Getty Research Institute (GRI\, 2024–2025)\, visiting researcher at the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI\, 2019–2020)\, member of the international advisory committee of the project “An International Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science” from NICAS (Netherlands Institute for Conservation\, Art\, and Science)\, vice president of ANTECIPA (National Association of Research in Heritage Science and Technology\, Brazil)\, and coordinator of the division “Investigation of Materials\, Systems\, and Techniques” of the “Technical Commission for Cultural Heritage” of ABENDI (Brazilian Association of Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection). \nPrior to joining the Department of Art History at UCLA\, he was a professor at the Department of Museology\, Conservation\, and Restoration of the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil\, 2015–2022)\, where he was teaching and advising students in the Graduate Program of Social Memory and Cultural Heritage. \n\nThe lecture is free to attend with advance registration. It will be held in-person at the Clark Library and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is required to watch the livestream. Seating is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. \n\n\n  \nRegister Here \n  \nfor more information click below: \n  \n\nHow Chemists Investigate Cultural Heritage: A Look at the Science and Ethics URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/how-chemists-investigate-cultural-heritage-a-look-at-the-science-and-ethics/ LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/unnamed-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20251007T175744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T175744Z UID:10000071-1761231600-1761238800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA/Getty Conservation Lab Open House DESCRIPTION:UCLA/Getty Conservation Lab Open House \nOctober 23\, 2025 \n3-5 pm \nUCLA/Getty Conservation Labs at the Getty Villa \n  \nCome meet our students and hear about their current research and conservation projects! \nDriving and parking information will be provided with RSVP Confirmation \nRSVP to William Shelley by October 13th \nwshelley@ucla.edu \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-conservation-lab-open-house/ LOCATION:J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Villa) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/getty-villa-training-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250520T180000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250512T200916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T164129Z UID:10000069-1747764000-1747764000@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA/Getty Distinguished Speaker Series: Damon Crockett Tuesday\, May 20\, 2025 @ 6:00 PM DESCRIPTION:Glenn Wharton\nProfessor\, Department of Art History\nLore and Gerald Cunard Chair\,\nUCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage invites you to attend\nUCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series\nfeaturing \nDamon Crockett\nLead Scientist\, Lens Media Lab\nInstitute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage\, Yale University\n\n\nspeaking on\n\n“A.I. and Cultural Heritage Research:\nRisks and the Sins of Omission”\n\nTuesday\, May 20\, 2025\n6:00 p.m. PT\nReception to follow:\nLa Kretz Garden Pavilion\nUCLA Campus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the presentation: \nThe sudden appearance and rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) in the past several years has brought about a reckoning over the use of intelligent machines in tasks previously done by humans. Cultural institutions\, which bear a special responsibility to characterize and promote human excellence and ingenuity\, are justifiably apprehensive about delegating important judgments to intelligent machines. In this talk\, Crockett will argue that modern A.I. represents an increasingly faithful expression of human intelligence\, and although there are associated risks\, the risk profile is not what it may seem. The current generation of A.I. models are considerably less risky than their predecessors\, because they are more intelligent\, far easier to steer and none of their power is autonomous: it is derived entirely from contexts of deployment and is fully controllable by humans. Moreover\, LLMs provide fresh opportunities to push toward the hypothetical end goal of cultural heritage research – an inclusive and accurate portrayal of the staggering diversity of human cultural expression.\n\nAbout the speaker:\nDamon Crockett is lead scientist in the Lens Media Lab within the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Yale University. Previously\, he was a postdoctoral associate in Yale’s Digital Humanities Lab\, and has held appointments at the University of Chicago\, UCLA and UC San Diego\, where in 2015 he completed a Ph.D. in philosophy and cognitive science. He has spent the past 10 years applying A.I. to the study of culture\, specializing in computer vision\, data visualization\, unsupervised learning and interpretability. More recently\, his research attention has shifted to the “linguistic turn” in AI and the ways that large language models can be used productively in cultural heritage research.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Jeffrey P. Cunard.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-distinguished-speaker-series-damon-crockett-tuesday-may-20-2025-600-pm/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250516T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250516T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250428T204223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T204223Z UID:10000068-1747393200-1747396800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:A handmade present: Weaving opportunities at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca DESCRIPTION:Title: A handmade present: Weaving opportunities at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca\nEvent Date: Friday\, May 16\, 2025 at 11 a.m. (PT)\nEvent Location: Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located\nPresenter: Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano\nRSVP HERE\n\n\nDescription: Please join us for our Spring quarter Conservation Conversation “A handmade present – Weaving opportunities at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca with Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano”\n\n\n\nAbstract: \nThe Museo Textil de Oaxaca (MTO) is a space that houses memories\, success stories and challenges. An initiative encouraged and supported by the Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca Foundation since 2007\, the MTO is committed to research\, conservation and exhibition of the textile collections it safeguards. With the same level of commitment\, the Museum encourages an open dialogue with the communities that have given rise to the textiles in these collections. The social force of the MTO springs forth from empathy and it has grown by weaving together an intimate network with weavers\, embroiderers\, dyers\, spinners and producers of raw materials\, such as fibres and dyestuffs. Modern industry has made us seek disposable clothing and mass consumption\, but in response\, the Museo Textil de Oaxaca is focused on appreciating and promoting the manual and intellectual effort involved in handmade textiles. This conversation will showcase a series of cases in which the MTO has been able to link its collections with contemporary creative communities\, not only to better understand our past\, but also to reimagine our present and reformulate our future. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter: Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano\n\n\nHector Manuel Meneses Lozano graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Conservación\, Restauración y Museografía “Manuel del Castillo Negrete” in Mexico City\, his hometown. After studying a textile fragment from the late 17 th century\, he was invited to join the team of the soon-to-be Museo Textil de Oaxaca. Starting in 2008\, he worked as Conservator and Collections Manager and since 2012\, he has been Director of the Museum. His interests cover the design of exhibitions\, the creation of textiles\, intangible and material heritage\, as well as the involvement of spinners\, weavers\, embroiderers\, and dyers with institutions -such as museums- at a local\, national\, and international level. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n For questions regarding the talk \nContact us at pilarbrooks@g.ucla.edu \nTo view recordings of previous talks\, please visit the Cotsen Youtube page \nAs a land grant institution\, the faculty and administration at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin\, South Channel Islands). \n  \n\nFor more information about the The UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage\, visit conservation.ucla.edu.\n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/a-handmade-present-weaving-opportunities-at-the-museo-textil-de-oaxaca/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-3.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250321T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250321T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250310T024114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T024114Z UID:10000067-1742554800-1742558400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Off the Mount: A Discussion on Activating Objects and Belongings DESCRIPTION:Title: Off the Mount: A Discussion on Activating Objects and Belongings\nEvent Date: Friday\, March 21\, 2025 at 11 a.m. (PT)\nEvent Location: Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located\nPresenters: Heidi Swierenga and Karen Duffek\nRSVP HERE \n\nAbstract\n\n\nThe Calls to Action issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission have challenged museums to address the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) directive that Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain\, control\, protect and develop their cultural heritage. This talk will look at how First Nations regalia housed at MOA continues to express family-owned rights\, how community members are choosing to activate their ancestral belongings at the site of the museum and outside its walls\, and how museums and conservation are changing as a result. The experiences presented will also show how the conservation and curatorial disciples intersect to promote and support Indigenous-led initiatives and research at MOA. \n\n\n  \nAbout the Presenters: Heidi Swierenga and Karen Duffek\n\n\nHeidi Swierenga is Senior Conservator and Head of the Collections Care\, Management and Access Department at MOA. She is also an associate in the Department of Anthropology where she teaches conservation. Her practice and research focus on the use and activation of Indigenous belongings that are held in collections and the role that the conservation profession plays in facilitating these activities. She is also one of the instigators and Steering Committee member of the British Columbia Emergency Heritage Emergency Response Network (BCHERN)\, an organization that provides salvage training and resources to the galleries\, museums and archives sector in BC. \n\n  \n  \nKaren Duffek is the Curator of Contemporary Visual Arts and Pacific Northwest at MOA. Committed to supporting the activation of Northwest Coast Indigenous collections inside and outside the museum\, she focuses her research\, exhibitions\, and publications on the relationships between historical and contemporary art practices\, museum collections\, communities\, and art markets. \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\nFor questions regarding the talk\nContact us at pilarbrooks@g.ucla.edu\n\n\nTo view recordings of previous talks\, please visit the Cotsen Youtube page \nAs a land grant institution\, the faculty and administration at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin\, South Channel Islands).\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about the The UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage\, visit conservation.ucla.edu. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/off-the-mount-a-discussion-on-activating-objects-and-belongings/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed-3.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250221T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20250212T025526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T025833Z UID:10000066-1740153600-1740157200@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Brazilian Repatriation in Practice: Legal Challenges and Alternative Solutions  DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special talk presented by the Waystation Initiative and the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program\nFriday February 21\, 2025\nTime: 4:00 to 5:00 PM\nLocation: UCLA Campus Fowler Building A222 and Via Zoom \nClick Here for Anauene Dias Soares’ Event Poster\n\nBrazilian Repatriation in Practice: Legal Challenges and Alternative Solutions \nAnauene Dias Soares: UCLA Graduate Student Researcher and Doctoral Student in International Relations\, University of Brasilia \nAbstract: The illicit trafficking of cultural objects is a persistent problem in Brazil and other countries of the Global South. Insufficient legislation and public policies\, coupled with failures in implementating the existing ones\, hinder recovery efforts. Those involved in repatriation efforts are also often limited with legal issues of non-retroactivity and rule applicability\, making little use of alternative instruments in repatriation. The cases of the Ubirajara jubatus fossil (returned from the Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe\, Germany) and the Tupinambá cloak (returned from Copenhagen\, Denmark) exemplify this. Existing domestic and international laws have proved to be insufficient to prevent the misappropriation of cultural objects and to ensure their ethical management and return. A more effective solution requires global community engagement\, fostering dialogue\, collaboration\, and the development of shared strategies to return cultural heritage to its origins.Therefore\, this presentation will focus on to identify some alternative strategies\, as well as ethical conditions for the repatriation of cultural objects to their place of origin\, such as voluntary repatriation and its specificities. It will also present a brief comparative study of relevant legal considerations and their limitations for the return of cultural objects\, both in Brazil and abroad. \nEmail waystation@ioa.ucla.edu for a Zoom link URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/brazilian-repatriation-in-practice-legal-challenges-and-alternative-solutions/ LOCATION:Fowler Museum Building\, Room A22 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4711bdf2-9108-4636-96db-a6f3f196b632.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241206T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20241108T220359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T221125Z UID:10000064-1733482800-1733486400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA/Getty Distinguished Speaker Series: Luis A. Muro Ynoñán Friday December 6th @ 11:00 am DESCRIPTION:Glenn Wharton\nProfessor\, Department of Art History\nLore and Gerald Cunard Chair\,\nUCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage\nand\n Erica P. Jones\nSenior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs\nFowler Museum at UCLA invite you to attend\nUCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series\nfeaturing Luis A. Muro Ynoñán \nUnidentified artists\, vessel\, 450-650 CE\, Moche III-IV Style\, Peru; molded ceramic\, pigment; Fowler Museum at UCLA\, Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Herbert Lucas Jr.\, X86.3747\nSpeaking On:\n\n“Taming the Desert: Resilience\, Religion\, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru” Friday\, December 6\, 2024\n11:00 a.m. PT\nLive streaming via Zoom\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuis A. Muro Ynoñán will discuss the exhibition Taming the Desert: Resilience\, Religion\, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru\, which features Moche and Nasca ceramics and textiles from the collections of LACMA and the Fowler. The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Muro Ynoñán\, UCLA Professor of Art History and Conservation of Material Culture Glenn Wharton\, and Fowler Senior Curator Erica P. Jones about how this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to glimpse two parallel pre-Hispanic modes of artistic expression in dialogue with each other.\n\nLuis A. Muro Ynoñán is a Peruvian anthropological archaeologist and currently an anthropology curator at the Field Museum of Chicago. He holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has worked on the north coast of Peru for more than 15 years\, focusing on the Moche civilization. His research interests encompass the study of religion\, death\, performance\, social body and space\, as well as absolute dating techniques\, remote sensing techniques\, and archaeometry. He also explores issues of critical heritage\, cultural rights\, and decolonial archaeology in Peru.\n\n\nErica P. Jones is the senior curator of African arts and manager of curatorial affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Since joining the Fowler\, she has curated many exhibitions\, including: Meleko Mokgosi: Bread\, Butter\, and Power (2018); Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa (2019); and The House Was Too Small: Yoruba Sacred Arts from Nigeria and Beyond (2023). Jones serves on the board of African Arts journal and co-chairs the Collaboration\, Collections\, and Restitution Best Practices for North American Museums Holding African Objects Working Group. Her publishing centers on colonial-era provenance and the arts of the CameroonGrassfields.\n\nGlenn Wharton is Professor of art history at UCLA and chair of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. His publications cover a range of initiatives in the anthropology of public monuments\, artwork identity\, and enhancing sustainability and social justice through conservation intervention. \n\nThis program is co-sponsored by the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and the Fowler Museum at UCLA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-distinguished-speaker-series-luis-a-muro-ynonan-friday-december-6th-1100-am/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/12.6-muro-e1731103580136.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20241113T173825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T191011Z UID:10000065-1732291200-1732294800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Ancient Chinese lime-based building materials: Its archaeometric studies and conservation materials development DESCRIPTION:  \nTitle: Ancient Chinese lime-based building materials: Its archaeometric studies and conservation materials development \nPresenter: Xiao Ma \nEvent Date: Friday\, November 22\, 2024 at 4 p.m. (PT) \nEvent Location: Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located \nRSVP HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n Abstract: From a material perspective\, there were two types of materials involved in the studies of cultural heritage artifacts: The first type is the ancient materials themselves\, on which the value of the cultural heritage artifacts depends\, and the other type is the modern materials (conservation materials) used to help ancient materials retain some of the original properties\, such as structure\, shape\, color\, and mechanical performance. While conservation materials aim to preserve ancient materials\, the characterization of ancient materials plays a key role in informing the development of conservation materials. In this talk\, Xiao will use ancient Chinese lime-based building materials as an example to illustrate how the two types of materials are studied/developed simultaneously for Dazu Rock Carvings\, a World Heritage Site located in Chongqing\, China. Xiao will dive deep into the characterization of Dazu Rock Art’s lime mortar material and the development of lime-based grouting materials for long-term preservation.\nSpeaker Bio: Xiao Ma \nXiao Ma is a Full Professor at The School of History of Science and Scientific Archaeology at the University of Science and Technology of China. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, an M.S. in Materials Engineering from Purdue University\, and a B.S. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research mainly focuses on cultural heritage conservation science\, including technological history studies of ancient building materials\, the development of conservation materials for ancient building materials\, as well as degradation mechanisms of cultural heritage materials. Xiao has worked in esteemed conservation and scientific research institutions such as Getty Conservation Institute\, the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute\, National Gallery of Art\, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has been honored with awards such as the Ralph C. Altman Award\, R.E. Taylor Best Poster Award\, Martin J. Aitken Best Poster Award\, and Sidney S. Williston Memorial Fund Award\, etc. His work in cultural heritage conservation science has been published in top journals including Angewandte Chemie International Edition\, Analytical Chemistry\, Construction and Building Materials\, etc. He has been sponsored by various funding agencies\, such as Ministry of Science and Technology\, National Cultural Heritage Administration\, National Natural Science Foundation of China\, etc.\n\n  \n\nFor questions regarding the talk\nContact us at cwliu98@g.ucla.edu\n\n\nTo view recordings of previous talks\, please visit the Cotsen Youtube page \n\nAs a land grant institution\, the faculty and administration at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin\, South Channel Islands).\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about the The UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage\, visit conservation.ucla.edu. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ancient-chinese-lime-based-building-materials-its-archaeometric-studies-and-conservation-materials-development/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/unnamed-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241121T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241121T190000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20241014T163533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T031533Z UID:10000063-1732212000-1732215600@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Julianne Polanco: "Historic Preservation: Relevancy\, Community\, & Resilience in a Changing Climate" DESCRIPTION:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series featuring: Julianne Polanco\n\n\nJulianne Polanco\nState Historic Preservation Officer\nCalifornia Office of Historic Preservation\nspeaking on\n\n“Historic Preservation: Relevancy\, Community\,\nand Resilience in a Changing Climate”\n\nThursday\, November 21\, 2024\n6:00 p.m. PT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Julianne Polanco is a heritage professional with experience at the international to local levels\, focused on building rehabilitation\, historic site stewardship\, cultural heritage\, climate change and public policy.  Her extensive work in the natural resources\, environmental\, and land conservation arenas has been on behalf of a member of Congress\, California Governors\, non-profit organizations\, and the private sector. \nCurrently the California State Historic Preservation Officer\, Julianne oversees preservation laws\, working in collaboration with Tribal nations\, adjacent communities\, federal and state agencies\, and non-governmental organizations\, to steward cultural and historic resources.  She is dedicated to helping ensure that the stories of all communities are present in the rich and beautiful mosaic of our shared history.  A primary focus of her work is on the intersection of cultural heritage and climate action\, raising the voices of communities to help create a just\, low carbon\, resilient future. \nJulianne is a Senior Advisory to Preserving Legacies\, a global initiative aimed to empower every community with the scientific knowledge and technical training to achieve appropriate place and people-based climate adaptation plans.  She is a founding board member and Immediate Past Co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network and a Fellow of the Urban Land Institute’s Sustainability Council. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Jeffrey P. Cunard. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/ucla-getty-programs-next-distinguished-speaker-series-feat-julianne-polanco-thursday-november-21st-6-pm/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/d52b2736-3d9b-4712-ad65-e16680048871.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20240510T024226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T024226Z UID:10000121-1717153200-1717156800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Exploring Sustainable Conservation Practices: Insights from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP). DESCRIPTION:Title: Exploring Sustainable Conservation Practices: Insights from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP). \nPresenter: Ana Carolina Delgado Vieira \n\n\nEvent Date \nFriday\, May 31st\, 2024 at 11 a.m. (PT) \nEvent Location \nWherever your zoom-compatible device is located \n\nRSVP HERE \n\n\nAbstract: For decades\, ethnographic museums have treated their collections with pesticides. To preserve organic objects\, these institutions used DDT\, pentachlorophenol\, hexachlorobenzene\, and paradichlorobenzene\, among other common chemicals.\n\nDue to environmental and health concerns\, the use of pesticides in museums became less appropriate in the late 20th century. \nCurrently\, the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP) is using ionizing radiation to treat objects affected by insects. \nAs well as discussing the factors that influenced the selection of this technique\, this presentation highlights the importance of a partnership with the Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN) as one of the major contributors to the renewal of traditional gears in ethnographic museums such as MAE-USP. \n\nSpeaker Bio: Ana Carolina Delgado Vieira \nAna Carolina Delgado Vieira holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil.  She holds a certificate in conservation from the Templo da Arte in São Paulo\, Brazil and the Yachaywasi Institute of Conservation in Lima\, Peru\, specializing in archaeological and ethnographic materials.Since 2008\, she has been a conservator at the Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE-USP). Her responsibilities include conducting condition surveys of collections and items\, performing conservation treatments\, and preparing items for exhibition\, loan\, move\, and research. Since 2013\, she has been the head of the conservation laboratory.Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration\, indigenous participation\, and how conservators can work collaboratively with indigenous collection originators and descendants to reframe ethnographic traditional museums.Currently\, she is a PhD candidate at the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN-CNEN/SP) of the University of São Paulo\, where she is researching the use of ionizing radiation to preserve cultural heritage.\n\n  \nFor questions regarding the talk\nContact us at mmrawlins@g.ucla.edu or ckcaraway229@g.ucla.edu\n\n\nTo view recordings of previous talks\, please visit the Cotsen Youtube page \n\nAs a land grant institution\, the faculty and administration at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin\, South Channel Islands). URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/exploring-sustainable-conservation-practices-insights-from-the-museum-of-archaeology-and-ethnology-mae-usp/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ana-Carolina-Fotografia-1-e1715307775436.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20240920T020852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T022332Z UID:10000062-1715299200-1715471999@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Art & Science of Feathers Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Art & Science of Feathers: Biology\, Persistence\, and Meaning symposium was organized by the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Conservation and held at the Getty Center in Los Angeles\, May 10–11\, 2024. This symposium celebrated the research\, practice\, and teaching career of Ellen Pearlstein\, conservator and founding faculty member of the program. Speakers explored the interdisciplinary understanding\, significance\, and care of the complex aviary structures known as feathers. \n  \nThe Art & Science of Feathers Biology\, Persistence\, and Meaning flyer \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/the-art-science-of-feathers-symposium/ LOCATION:J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Villa) CATEGORIES:Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-19-at-6.46.42 PM-1-e1726798924784.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240308T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240308T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20240222T044951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T050021Z UID:10000120-1709895600-1709899200@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Lessons from La Frontera: Conserving Earthen Architecture in the U.S./Mexico Borderland DESCRIPTION:Title: Lessons from La Frontera: Conserving Earthen Architecture in the U.S./Mexico Borderland \nPresenter: Alex B. Lim \nEvent Date \nFriday\, March 8th\, 2024 at 11 a.m. (PT) \nEvent Location \nWherever your zoom-compatible device is located \nRSVP Link \n\nDescription: The Sonoran Desert has been home to diverse cultures. Many tangible remains of the interactions between the landscape and the peoples undergo various stages of decay. In this talk\, the author will share his thoughts on conserving the fragile heritage as a newcomer to the region. He will then elaborate on how his border experience has shaped his understanding of American culture and his role as an architectural conservator. \n\n  \n  \n\n\nPRESENTER: Alex B. Lim\n\n\n\nAlex B. Lim specializes in the conservation of architecture and archaeological sites and is based in Arizona. Through close working relationships with indigenous people\, he has insights into and appreciation for sustainable and intangible conservation practice that is particularly needed in times of climate change as traditional societies experience pressure for continuity as well as adaptation. Since 2012\, he has worked on conserving earthen buildings and their remains in the border region of the U.S.- Mexico\, focusing on Hispanic and Native American heritage on both sides of the border. He is particularly engaged with Tohono O’odhams\, Pascua Yaquis and Comcaacs (Seris)\, who all call the Sonoran Desert their home. In 2009\, he won an outstanding thesis award for his study on the use of soil and vegetation to protect the exposed masonry wall tops at archaeological sites as a sustainable alternative to crack-prone cementitious hard caps. His method\, developed during his time at the Center for Architectural Conservation at the University of Pennsylvania\, was applied at the archaeological site of Gordion\, Turkey with the help from the local community. He regularly initiates public outreach through hands-on workshops\, tours\, and internship programs to advocate for heritage stewardship. Prior to Arizona\, he has worked on archeological sites of the arid climate in the U.S. Southwest and in the Mediterranean/Middle East. He holds MS in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and BA in natural sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. \n\n  \nFor questions regarding the talk\nContact us at mmrawlins@g.ucla.edu or ckcaraway229@g.ucla.edu\n\n\nTo view recordings of previous talks\, please visit the Cotsen Youtube page \n\nAs a land grant institution\, the faculty and administration at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin\, South Channel Islands). URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/lessons-from-la-frontera-conserving-earthen-architecture-in-the-u-s-mexico-borderland-2/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20190831_190341-scaled-e1663705822984-845x321-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T110000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20231116T174147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T175506Z UID:10000119-1701428400-1701428400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Toxic Heritage in Museum Collections – History\, Impact and Mitigation of Pesticides DESCRIPTION:Toxic Heritage in Museum Collections – History\, Impact and Mitigation of Pesticides\n\n\nEvent Date: Friday\, December 1\, 2023 at 11 a.m. (PT)\n\n\nPresenter: Helene Tello\n\nRSVP Link\n\nThe use of pesticides in museum collections at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century will be discussed in the socio-political context of Germans history. Embedded in the formation of nation states\, the First World War\, industrialization\, and the subsequent hygiene movement\, museums fought with various active ingredients and agents against the decay of their objects by harmful insects. Appearing as small self-contained institutions\, they relied heavily on outside support. The Ethnological Museum in Berlin (EM)\, with its cultural-political significance\, and geographical location\, is ideally suited as a case study. There\, an extensive collection policy led to completely overcrowded storages and exhibition halls\, where harmful insects found plenty of food at the objects made of organic materials. As a consequence\, individuals\, scientific institutions\, and a booming industry were feverishly searching for active ingredients and agents for combating harmful pests. The former staff at the EM began networking nationally and internationally to stop the infestation in the collections. But the most innovative and revolutionary technological aid came from Sweden\, where a plant for mass fumigation of insect pests\, specially constructed for museum facilities\, was invented. It was spread to Germany and throughout Europe in the further course. This presentation on the history of conserving cultural assets against harmful pests complements our knowledge on the preservation of museum objects as well as on the assessment of human-toxic hazards that emanate from the formerly introduced active ingredients and agents in the collection’s objects. The presentation also refers to the various efforts to develop methods and technologies to remove or mitigate toxic substances from objects with organic materials.\n  \nPRESENTER \nHelene Tello \nHelene Tello is working since 2020 as a freelance senior conservator. Starting her career in 1980\, she opened her own conservation studio in 1983. Then she moved on to the Vonderau Museum in Fulda\, Germany. Subsequently\, she looked after the Indian collections at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin)\, Germany\, from 1998 to mid-2020. There\, she encountered the topic of pesticides formerly used on objects. She conducts research on decontamination methods of such treated cultural assets as well as safe handling of them for everyone who has to deal with it. Due to the opening of museum collections to indigenous people\, who started collaborating with the museums as well as repatriating their own cultural assets\, her many years of expertise are extremely important in our time. Her knowledge is spread out through numerous journal contributions\, teaching activities and lectures at home and abroad. Helene Tello will be researching on the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) from May to October 2024 as part of her Fulbright scholarship at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). This takes place against the background of the debates on neocolonialism that have arisen in Germany and Europe and the demands of indigenous people on museums for collaboration and restitution of their cultural assets. \nRSVP Link \n  \nFor questions regarding the talk\nContact us at mmrawlins@ucla.edu\nor ckcaraway229@g.ucla.edu \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/toxic-heritage-in-museum-collections-history-impact-and-mitigation-of-pesticides/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Petra.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20231108T203900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T203900Z UID:10000118-1700132400-1700136000@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Replicas As Tools For Feather Preservation DESCRIPTION:Dra. María Olvido Moreno Guzmán\, Independent Researcher \nRenée Riedler\, Weltmuseum Wien \nCarlos Barrera Reyes\, Na Bolom Museum \nNovember 16th 11:00-12:00 PDT \nRSVP Here \nIn the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico\, valuable 20th century replicas of unique feather objects are permanently exhibited in the Mexica Hall. This conservation-education strategy of creating replicas dates to 1938\, originally serving educational purposes and has developed into a vital support for conservation efforts. \nWe are pleased to invite you to this webinar hosted by Ellen Pearlstein\, Professor at UCLA\, as she discusses the preservation and conservation of these feathers with Dr. Maria Olvido Moreno Guzman\, Renée Riedler\, and Carlos Barrera Reyes. \nPlease RSVP by Wednesday\, November 15th. \nInvitation PDF \n  \nImage Credit: Olvido Moreno Guzmán \nImage Credit: Enrique Pérez \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/replicas-as-tools-for-feather-preservation/ LOCATION:Live Streaming via Zoom CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Maria-Olvido-Guzman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231006T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231006T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20230907T224057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T220542Z UID:10000117-1696590000-1696593600@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:"The Weight of a Patina of Time" DESCRIPTION:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series featuring: Gala Porras-Kim\nAbout the program: Gala Porras-Kim will speak about The weight of a patina of time\, an exhibition featuring works emerging from conversations with Fowler Museum conservators and curators about Mexican archaeology and conservation. Her in-depth explorations of the uncertain histories of ancient objects and their conservation reimagine their pasts while charting new possibilities for their present and future. The works on view reflect the artist’s affinity for fragments\, conflicting histories\, undeciphered texts\, and other instances of uncertainty within the space of the museum and conservation lab. They additionally address the challenges of maintaining knowledge over centuries in shifting institutional contexts. \nAbout the speaker:Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984\, Bogotá; lives and works in Los Angeles/London) received an MFA from the California Institute of the Ars in 2009 and an MA in Latin American studies from the University of California\, Los Angeles in 2012. \n  \n  \nWatch the Recording Here URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/the-weight-of-a-patina-of-time/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Porras-Kim-1-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T123000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T220932Z UID:10000115-1685098800-1685104200@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Research\, policy\, and practice by conservators with Indigenous communities in North America. DESCRIPTION:Research\, policy\, and practice by conservators with Indigenous communities in North America.\nSAMANTHA ALDERSON\, ELLEN CARRLEE\, AND KELLY McHUGH \nRegister for the Panel \n“Conservation support of institutional advances in community collaboration: The loan of a Haida chest and the renovation of the Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History” \nAbstract \nOver the last five years\, the conservation staff in the Anthropology Division of the American Museum of Natural History has participated in two projects that represented advances in community collaboration for the institution. The loan of a chief’s chest to the Haida Gwaii Museum in 2017 was the first from AMNH to an originating community for ceremonial use. The renovation of the museum’s historic Northwest Coast Hall was completed in 2022 and was the first permanent cultural exhibit hall to be redesigned working with a team of consulting curators from represented indigenous groups. This presentation will summarize conservation participation and support for these projects and outline specific efforts conservation staff made to facilitate and expand community involvement. \nBiography \nSamantha Alderson received an advanced certificate in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and a MA in the History of Art and Archaeology from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University in 1994\, where she has been teaching advanced courses in objects conservation since 2005. She has held a variety of positions at AMNH since starting as an intern in the Anthropology Conservation lab in 1993\, becoming the Assistant Director of Conservation in 2021. She has researched\, presented\, and published on a wide variety of topics including the conservation of material culture from the Pacific Northwest and Siberia\, archaeological ceramics from Mesoamerica\, adhesives for conservation\, and climate monitoring for museums. \n  \n“Collaborative Conservation in a Small Place” \nEllen Carrlee \nAbstract \nA “networks of care” approach focused around a technology such as Chilkat weaving or a cultural material like gut can facilitate impactful collaboration with limited resources. Objects are important because objects are important to people. If we extend the possibility of agency or even personhood to objects\, animals\, plants\, people and beyond\, a web of relationships can come together for the benefit of all these participants. One case study illustrates relationships surrounding the dye analysis\, treatment\, exhibition\, and sharing of knowledge about woven wool textiles of the Tlingit\, Haida\, and Tsimshian people. Another case study explores relationships in the harvesting and processing of gut\, why the material is obsolete\, and why it is still important to people today through collaborations with Yup’ik\, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq\, Iñupiaq\, and other Alaska Native artists and cultural experts. \nBiography \nEllen Carrlee has been the objects conservator at the Alaska State Museum since 2006. She was trained in ethnographic and archaeological objects conservation at New York University (MA 2000) and in cultural anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (PhD 2020). Her work has included community collaborations\, moving a museum\, treatment of waterlogged and shipwrecked materials\, emergency preparedness\, collection surveys\, collections policy development\, preventive conservation\, and general object treatment. Her research interest focuses on analysis\, treatment\, and community access to collections made from plant and animal materials\, incorporating indigenous collaboration and networks of care through frameworks borrowed from social science theories and methods. \n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/research-policy-and-practice-by-conservators-with-indigenous-communities-in-north-america/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Alderson_Haida_chest_working.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221117Z UID:10000114-1683889200-1683892800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Community Archaeology and Conservation in Sudan: The Community Heritage Center at El-Kurru DESCRIPTION:Community Archaeology and Conservation in Sudan: The Community Heritage Center at El-Kurru \nGeoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis \nRegister for the Talk \nCommunity engagement is now essential to ethical field practice in archaeology and conservation. Although it represents a significant change from traditional fieldwork\, working more closely with host communities leads to significantly better and more sustainable outcomes. This talk will discuss our collaborative efforts to build and operate a Community Heritage Center at El-Kurru\, a thriving village that is also the site of a royal pyramid cemetery of kings and queens of ancient Kush (ca. 850-350 BCE). In developing exhibits and programs for the center\, conservation and site protection have remained priorities both for the international team and for the local community. \nBiographies \nGeoff Emberling is Associate Research Scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, University of Michigan and has been co-director of the International Kurru Archaeological Project since 2014. He has also held positions as curator and museum director. \n  \n  \n  \nSuzanne Davis is Curator of Conservation at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, University of Michigan and current president of the American Institute for Conservation. She is the director of conservation for the Kelsey’s field projects in Sudan and also on projects in Egypt and Turkey. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/community-archaeology-and-conservation-in-sudan-the-community-heritage-center-at-el-kurru/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/House-before-construction-with-Mansour-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230407T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230407T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20230302T190104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221026Z UID:10000116-1680865200-1680868800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Identity War in Ukraine: The Power of Cultural Resistance DESCRIPTION:Dr. Poshyvailo with a ceramic rooster rescued from the air bombed block of flats in the town of Borodianka that came to be a symbol of Ukrainian resilience. April 2022\, Borodianka\, Kyiv Region. Credit: Bohdan Poshyvailo\, Maidan Museum. \nUCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series\nfeaturing:\nIhor Poshyvailo\nDirector\, National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes\nand Revolution of Dignity Museum (Maidan Museum) \nAbout the program: The lecture will focus on the full-scale attack of Russia on Ukrainian heritage and on the cultural resistance in times of war. \nAbout the speaker: Ihor Poshyvailo (Kyiv\, Ukraine) ) is a general director of the National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum (Maidan Museum). He is a cultural activist\, ethnologist\, museologist\, cultural manager and art curator.  Dr. Poshyvailo is former chairman of the Museum Council at the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture\, a former Vice-Chair of the ICOM DRMC International Committee on Disaster Resilient Museums. He holds a PhD in History\, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and an international fellow at the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center.Description: Almost a year ago Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on all sovereign territory of Ukraine and brutally crossed its border in tanks. Thus\, how a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war started. \n\n\nMuseums\, libraries\, archives and other cultural institutions responded to the threat in accordance with their capacities and military situation. The civilized world launched a “cultural lend-lease” for Ukraine\, providing cultural institutions with packing and restoration materials\, protective and emergency equipment\, hard and cloud storages\, humanitarian and financial assistance. Ukrainian museums\, libraries\, archives\, scientific and art centers\, getting such solidarity and help\, began active rescue operations\, assessing losses and risks\, documenting crimes against culture. \nIn a period of 11 months of the war\, the Russians destroyed or damaged 1\,189 cultural objects in Ukraine\, according to records from the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of artefacts were stolen from museum and private collections in the occupied regions. The looting of Ukrainian historical\, cultural and artistic values\, the purposeful destruction of museums\, archives\, libraries\, theatres\, cultural centers\, monuments\, and religious buildings is an intentionally planned military and ideological operation of the Kremlin regime. \nWhat should be done for complex processes of stabilization\, early recovery and reconstruction of Ukrainian culture\, an international tribunal against Russian military criminals\, restitution of cultural values and promotion of Ukrainian culture worldwide? As well as for raising awareness of the experience of this war and measures to strengthen the stability of culture in times of crisis? These are the issues to discuss in the lecture. \n\n\nWatch the Recording Here URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/identity-war-in-ukraine-the-power-of-cultural-resistance/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/unnamed1-e1677783807638.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230310T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230310T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221352Z UID:10000113-1678446000-1678449600@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Alternative Paths for Preserving Material Culture and Bio Culture Heritage DESCRIPTION:Alternative Paths for Preserving Material Culture and Bio Culture Heritage\nJulia M Brennan and Lilian García-Alonso\nWatch the Recording Here \nAbstract \nAs textile conservators from different backgrounds\, we were drawn together by a common interest and respect for traditional technologies\, materials\, and practices used around the world to care for textile collections. These methods grounded in tangible and intangible knowledge systems have protected textiles for generations. They offer an alternative to the use of toxic chemicals for treating\, cleaning\, and fumigating collections. Our goal is to chronicle\, adapt and share the stories\, methods\, and plant materials\, and help create accessible and safe collection care practices. \nCollaboration is the backbone of the project; we work with students\, colleagues\, and communities in North America and Southeast Asia. The model focuses on people-to-people interaction\, and the exchange of skills and knowledge\, with simple guidelines for research and data gathering. To preserve the bio-cultural heritage\, the plant data is quantified; such as the cleaning of silk and cotton with plant-derived saponins\, extracting and testing the effectiveness of aromatic compounds and hydrolates from endemic plants for pest control. Based on the cultivation and study of some plant specimens\, a self-sustaining production system is being developed through ecological reintegration\, as biocultural heritage.  The findings\, plant data\, recipes\, and methods are shared in workshops and open access publications so that this knowledge can be put into practice. \nThe goal is to build affordable\, safe alternatives for the treatment of cultural heritage in general while nurturing the intangible heritage of traditional practices. This holistic and community-based approach to conservation helps to preserve rapidly disappearing traditional technologies\, and build mutual respect for one another and our biocultural heritage. \n  \nBiographies \nJulia M. Brennan Caring for Textiles has worked in the field of textile conservation since 1985 and is committed to the protection of cultural property. Since 2000\, she has led collections care and conservation initiatives in Bhutan\, Madagascar\, Algeria\, Indonesia\, Laos\, and Thailand\, including the preservation of victims’ clothing in Cambodia and Rwanda. Providing colleagues with sustainable skills is demonstrated in her 2019 project and publication “Our Ancestors Knew Best” quantifying traditional textile preservation methods and materials in Asia. She has a BA from Barnard College and an MA in art crime from The Association for Research in Crimes Against Art. \n  \n  \nLilian García-Alonso\, professor and co-founder of the Traditional Technologies and Sustainability laboratory (ENCRyM)\, tries to generate interest in the rescue and appreciation of biocultural heritage and traditional technologies as sustainable\, ecological\, and necessary options in contemporary restoration. Clinical laboratory technician\, Bachelor in conservation\, master’s in studies of the relationship between artistic productions and society\, and Ph.D. in Mesoamerican Studies. Firmly believes that the exchange of knowledge is an act of generosity. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/alternative-paths-for-preserving-material-culture-and-bio-culture-heritage/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Path-e1663708542172.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230224T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221249Z UID:10000112-1677236400-1677240000@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Loong Conservation Project - conserving the oldest known imperial processional dragon DESCRIPTION:The Loong Conservation Project—conserving the oldest known imperial processional dragon \nDr Holly Jones-Amin \nWatch the Recording Here \nLoong 龍 is recognised as the oldest imperial processional dragon in the world. Made c. 1890\, Loong 龍 is a widely respected living part of the Bendigo community in Australia. His survival is due to over 100 years of consistent care by the Bendigo Chinese community. This talk charts Loong’s 龍 performing life\, his impact on the Bendigo and wider community\, his contribution to cultural sustainability\, his past repairs and recent conservation treatment. The Loong Conservation Project is the first Australian heritage conservation project to capture detailed carbon emissions measurements. The talk details the steps Grimwade conservators took to engage with the Chinese community and other stakeholders to conserve Loong 龍. Conservators and Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation Students utilised methods that actively reduced the carbon emissions of treatment practices and materials during over 1500 hours of treatment. \nBiography \nHolly has worked as a conservator for over 25 years. She is the Principal Conservator and Team Leader of the objects\, textiles and archaeological conservation consultancy program at Grimwade Conservation Services at the University of Melbourne (UoM). In this role\, she straddles research\, teaching\, engagement and commercialisation. \nShe is a foundation lecturer for the University of Melbourne Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation. From 2004 to 2014\, she managed postgraduate coursework programs and lectured and tutored students. From 2015 to the present\, she has taught as an expert in practice\, delivering sessional lectures\, tutoring\, supervising\, and marking minor theses. \nShe holds degrees in Archaeology and Conservation and a PhD in conserving low-fired archaeological ceramics. Holly has worked as a Conservator in the museum setting and archaeological sites in Australia\, Syria\, Singapore\, Papua New Guinea\, Turkey\, Italy and Georgia. She has specialist skills in treating archaeological\, Indigenous and world culture objects. Her research interests include the degradation and stabilisation of porous archaeological ceramics\, how conservation interventions impact future research and how cultural belief systems can be respected in museum settings. \nShe is a CABAH (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage) associate investigator. CABAH is undertaking research to safeguard Australia’s national heritage\, transform research culture\, connect with communities and inform policy. The team of academics are from eight Australian universities and several museums in Australia and overseas. As part of the CABAH team\, Holly aims for materials conservation to take a more active role within archaeological projects in Australia and beyond. She is an assistant coordinator for the International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) working group for archaeological materials and sites. \nThrough CABAH\, Holly is working with the University of Wollongong to develop conservation workshops for the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area in the Northern Territory. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/the-loong-conservation-project-conserving-the-oldest-known-imperial-processional-dragon/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Holly-conserving-Loong-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221504Z UID:10000111-1676026800-1676030400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Study of 16th and 17th century lacquered Luso-Asian artifacts - Uncovering complex dynamics of cross-cultrual exchange reflected in their heterogeneous composition. DESCRIPTION:Study of 16thand 17thcentury lacquered Luso-Asian artifacts –Uncovering complex dynamics of cross-cultural exchange reflected in their heterogeneous composition\n  \nWatch the Recording Here \n  \nAbstract \nCatholic European presence in 16thand 17thcentury Asia\,under the patronage of the Portuguese Crown\,linked varied ports of South\, Southeast and East Asia via the Luso-Asian networks of maritime trading routes\, commercial ventures\, diplomatic relations\, and missionary work. On various levels resulted manifold circulations that promoted exchange and mutual influences in the scope of European-Asian and inter-regional encounters. Indigenous crafts adapted to foreign tastes and needs\, heterogeneous artifacts and new artistic styles emerged that well illustrate cultural\, religious\, and artistic intermingling promoted by cross-cultural interaction. \nOne result are lacquered Luso-Asian artifacts\, including parade shields\, portable furniture\, as well as religious items.Though variously classified in the past\, their inconsistent characteristics called for deeper examination and inspired multi-disciplinary research. The striking results revise our understanding of the commission and circulation of these artifacts—heterogeneous creations\, combining craft contributions and stylistic influences of multiple cultural spheres. \nSeveral examples of lacquered Luso-Asian religious items ordered and employed all above by the Society of Jesus in their mission in China and elsewhere manifest present craft contributions and stylistic influences from India\, China\,and Japan. Notable are articles that mimic Japanese nanban ornamental schemes but employ Chinese traditional techniques and motifs. To equip their various missions\, the Jesuits\, promoter of various circulations\,commissioned liturgical implements to evangelize local populations\, often taking advantage of the already existing production of devotional items settled around Goa and local lacquer arts of Japan or China\, using the maritime trading routes that linked Lisbon\, Goa\, Macao\,and Nagasaki. Indicating a stylistic confluence within the framework of the Jesuit missions in Asia\, these religious pieces point to the Portuguese base of Macau—the strategic center of Jesuit activities and refuge of many Christians after their expulsion from Japan in the early 17th century. \nIn depth material analysis uncovered not only hints to early modern circulation of people\, raw materials\, spiritual beliefs\, and esthetic conventions that are not decipherable on first sight.By identifying employed materials and layer structures\, it further revealed causes of present states of conservation and degradation patterns standard to simplified lacquer formulations\, reduced layer sequences and hasty production. This information is crucial for appropriate choices of materials and methods to be employed in conservation projects to preserve them. \n  \nBiography \nUlrike Körber\, conservator and integrated researcher at IHA – NOVA FCSH Lisbon\, combines advanced study in art history with previous training as a journeyman cabinetmaker (2002\, Handelskammer Potsdam\, Germany)\, and as a conservator of wooden artifacts and furniture (2008\, FH-Potsdam\, Germany). \nSince her first contacts with Asian lacquer at the José de Figueiredo Laboratory (JFL) in Lisbon in 2006\, she is fascinated by this complex material. Artifacts she encountered during various projects in Lisbon led her to focus on 16th and 17th century Luso-Asian lacquered items manufactured for Catholic European commission\, which feature the transfer and transformation of motifs\, iconography\, materials\, and techniques. Variously classified as Indo-Portuguese\, Nanban\, Singalo-Portuguese\, Chinese or Ryūkyūan (today’s Okinawa)\, the inconsistency with which they fit their assigned categories\, mixed materials and techniques\, exposed pathologies\, and the question of attribution raised curiosity and led to the first collaborative material investigation at the JFL and to her in-depth multidisciplinary PhD research. This received analytical support at the Getty Conservation Institute as part of the RAdICAL international Asian lacquer project. \nHer thesis: The Journey of Artifacts: The Study and Characterization of a Nucleus of Lacquered Luso-Asian Objects from the 16th and 17th Centuries (University of Evora\, 2019) examined a broader group of diverse parade shields\, portable furniture and religious items embellished with East Asian lacquer. By identifying the craft traditions mingled on individual pieces\, it revealed unexpected patterns of circulation. \nA conservator in private practice in Lisbon\, she collaborates with various international institutions. From November 2022 to March 2023\, she is conducting research at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore as a post-doc research fellow. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/study-of-16th-and-17th-century-lacquered-luso-asian-artifacts-uncovering-complex-dynamics-of-cross-cultrual-exchange-reflected-in-their-heterogeneous-composition/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/work-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230127T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T182517Z UID:10000110-1674817200-1674820800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Conservation and Curation of African Sacred Objects. A Case study: Dinkho tsa Badimo (Ancestral ceramic vessels of the Basotho-Batswana of Southern Africa) DESCRIPTION:The Conservation and Curation of African Sacred Objects: Case study: Dinkho tsa Badimo (Ancestral ceramic vessels of the Basotho-Batswana of Southern Africa)\nMabafokeng Hoeane(She/They)\nPhD candidate\, Heritage Museums Studies\, University of Pretoria\, South Africa \nWatch the Recording Here \nAbstract \nCeramic vessels for centuries have been used across the world by different cultures and groups for various uses. The focus of this talk will be on ceramics created by the Basotho-Batswana group of Southern Africa. Ceramics as cultural heritage objects have been extensively studied by archaeologists and anthropologists with the focus of the literature being on their functions as vessels used for the transportation\, storage\, processing and serving of food\, and through this study of foodstuffs an exploration of past lifeways\, social exchanges and processes. This emphasis however is limited as few studies have engaged with the spiritual use of ceramic vessels in presenting ritual offerings and ceremonial practices. This could be a result of past museum collection practices which misclassified and misidentified these sacred vessels and incorporated them into collections as common household wares. The focus of this talk\, based on published literature\, museum records and interviews with traditional healers seeks to highlight the importance of the use of ancestral ceramic vessels in spiritual practices of Southern African Basotho-Batswana cultural groups. The focal point of the research has been to highlight the significance and importance of recognizing Dinkho tsa Badimoas a separate class of ceramics which in turn requires consideration in curatorial practice which the presenter believes forms part of decolonising African histories and artefacts. \nBiography \nMabafokeng Hoeane is a Healer\, Historian\, Cultural and Heritage Curator and Conservator\, and Alumni University of Pretoria Masters in Tangible Heritage Conservation.Currently\, based in Pretoria\, South Africa.Her work and research interests focus on decolonizing methods used to conserve and curate African sacred/spiritual objects in Museum collections.Her talk will speak on how Museums can care for and steward sacred objects\, and how to build a deeper relationship with originating communities of these objects.She is a researcher at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship\, University of Pretoria and part of the Andrew W. Mellon funded project tittle Entanglement\, Mobility and improvisation: Culture and Arts in Contemporary African Urbanism and its Hinterlands.She is currently pursuing a PHD in Heritage Museum studies at the University of Pretoria. URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/the-conservation-and-curation-of-african-sacred-objects-a-case-study-dinkho-tsa-badimo-ancestral-ceramic-vessels-of-the-basotho-batswana-of-southern-africa/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG-20200730-WA0028.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221118T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212525 CREATED:20220923T152219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221823Z UID:10000109-1668769200-1668772800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Conservation and Restoration of the Church of Kunotambo by its Community DESCRIPTION:The Conservation and Restoration of the Church of Kuñotambo by its Community\nRegister for the Talk \nClaudia Cancino\n\n  \nClaudia Cancino \nArchitect | Architectural Conservator | MBA | MS \nSenior Project Specialist\, Building and Sites department \nThe Getty Conservation Institute \n  \n  \nThe community of Kuñotambo\, a small village near Cusco\, Peru has been a crucial and significant stakeholder for the conservation of its church of Santiago Apóstol. Thanks to them\, their church was seismically retrofitted and is now maintained as a case study for similar sites in the region. \nThe church is one of the four case studies of the Seismic Retrofitting Project\, a collaborative project between the Getty Conservation Institute and the Ministry of Culture of Peru. The SRP aims to design\, test and model seismic retrofitting techniques suitable to earthen buildings using low-tech materials and local expertise. \nThe construction documents for the seismic retrofitting of the church were developed by the GCI and the Ministry of Culture of Cusco; where the SRP designed retrofitting techniques were implemented. The construction phase started in 2016 and the church was inaugurated in 2019. \nThis contribution will explain the importance of the involvement of local communities for the conservation and maintenance of their heritage. \nClaudia Cancino is a licensed architect from Peru and manages the Getty Conservation Institute Earthen Architecture Initiative which has three components: The Seismic Retrofitting Project in Peru\, the Earthen Architecture Course in Al-Ain\, Abu Dhabi and the Terra 2021 Congress in Santa Fe\, New Mexico. She also manages the Retrofitting and Repair Component of the Bagan Conservation Project. She earned a certificate in conservation at ICCROM in Rome\, followed by graduate diploma in business administration at ESAN in Lima. She practiced preservation architecture and has taught Earthen Conservation at several universities. She earned a Master of Science in Historic Preservation and an advanced certificate in conservation from the University of Pennsylvania. \n  URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/the-conservation-and-restoration-of-the-church-of-kunotambo-by-its-community/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212526 CREATED:20220923T151909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T221959Z UID:10000107-1666954800-1666958400@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Yup'ik masks at the Vatican; Indigenous American Heritage in European Museums DESCRIPTION:Yup’ik masks at the Vatican; Indigenous American Heritage in European Museums\nChuna McIntyre and Ellen Pearlstein\nRegister for the Talk \nCollaborative practices that are increasingly expanding in the U.S.\, Canada\, Australia and New Zealand are important to extend toEuropean museums holding these collections\, i e.\, to create more global paradigms for collaborative conservation practice. As a direct outcome of Ellen Pearlstein’sRome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome for six months in 2022\, shewas ableto work with two museums in Rome with major American Indigenous holdings\, and with significant investments in redefining colonial museum practices. These are the Anima Mundi\, the renamed ethnological museum of the Vatican Museums in Vatican City\, and the “Luigi Pigorini” National Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum\, now part of the Museo delle Civiltá in Rome. The opportunity to facilitate a meeting and reconnectYup’ik elder Chuna McIntyreto masterful Yup’ikmasks collected in 1924 for the Vatican Missionary Exposition in 1925led to profound linguistic\, spiritual\, and technical lessons\, permitting the museum to revise their understanding and their exhibition label. Chuna will further share about the Yup’ik worldview for his heritage. \n  \nBiography \nEllen Pearlstein was the Senior Objects Conservator at the Brooklyn Museum in NewYork\, where she also served as an advisor on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. In 2005\, Ellen assumed a faculty position in the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and in 2008 Ellen joined UCLA’s Department of Information Studies\, and invited students interested in library and archive materials into her preservation and management classes. Her research engages with how technology and care of Indigenous materials are strengthened through working with source communities\, which she has recently extended to Europe. Her upcoming book in the Getty Readings in Conservation series\, “Conservation and Stewardship of Indigenous Collections: Changes and Transformations” is in production. Ellen’s technical research includes conservation of featherwork and basketry\, effects of environmental agents; pre-and post-Hispanic qeros from the Andes; and curriculum development within conservation education.She directs the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation\, part of her career-long work on increasing underrepresented engagement with the field. Ellen is a Fellow in the American Institute for Conservation and the International Institute for Conservation\, winner of the Keck award\, and President of the Association of North American Gradate Programs in Conservation.Her presentation reflects work conducted as a 2021 Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. epearl@ucla.edu URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/yupik-masks-at-the-vatican-indigenous-american-heritage-in-european-museums/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Conservation Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Masterpiece.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221014T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221014T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T212526 CREATED:20220923T151250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T222052Z UID:10000108-1665745200-1665748800@conservation.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Phidias Unbound: How Robot-Generated Replicas Could Solve the Parthenon Marbles Quandary DESCRIPTION:Phidias Unbound: How Robot-Generated Replicas Could Solve the Parthenon Marbles Quandary\nRoger Michel\nExecutive Director\, The Institute for Digital Archaeology.\nAbout the program:   \nThe Parthenon Marbles\, commonly known as the Elgin Marbles\, were removed from the ancient Acropolis of Athens in 1801 by Lord Elgin\, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Carved by the sculptor Phidias\, they were eventually sold to the British government in 1817 and are housed in the British Museum. Public debate about repatriating the marbles is heated and ongoing.Can the creation of exact copies of the originals resolve the repatriation quandary? Roger Michel\, executive director of the Institute of Digital Archaeology\, at the University of Oxford\, believes the repatriation issue can be resolved with the help of 3-D machining. His research team has developed a robot with the ability to create faithful copies of large historical objects. Michel will explore humanity’s connection to culturally significant objects and the emphasis we place on physical possession. Is possession an inherently colonial concept? Are heritage assets particularly susceptible to being exploited for the purposes of historical revisionism? Under what circumstances can copies provide satisfactory substitutes for original material? These questions will be examined against the backdrop of the IDA’s ongoing Elgin repatriation efforts. \nAbout the speaker: \nRoger Michel is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA). The IDA operates globally\, undertaking a huge variety of heritage projects\, many of which are aimed at advancing social justice goals.  Its principal partners are the UN\, UNESCO and local and national governments.  Mr Michel has published and lectured frequently on various heritage conservation topics.  He was a member of the faculty at BU Law School for 25 years\, is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College (Oxford)\, and is co-publisher of Arion Magazine.  Mr Michel is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford Universities. \nWatch the Recording Here URL:https://conservation.ucla.edu/event/phidias-unbound-how-robot-generated-replicas-could-solve-the-parthenon-marbles-quandary/ LOCATION:To Watch the Recording Please Click The Lecture Title Above CATEGORIES:UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/YRslh1hoKrjsiDtoyEJ4reLUYA2MHLhKaI7Yo5p2oulCCL8XKzOg-68Srm2D5vl8vXDPMy6qVD2A5UW62v9Ji-IrQ9Vf1bQLaA6eHJ-1wKk10JMQRdr7qHJ4VRSDY6uZxbFMz-N_t8d722a00xv6tuTERl3Pjgs0-d-e1-ft-e1663702818371.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR