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Congratulations to the 2023 AIC Award Recipents!

By Bonnie Naugle posted 04-25-2023 11:00

  

We welcome virtual and in-person registrants to our 51st Annual Meeting to join us live at our Awards Presentation on Wednesday, May 17 at 3:00pm Eastern where we will present these deserving recipients with their awards. We will record the session and make it available to all members to view later, while virtual attendees will be able to livestream the ceremony.

David Magoon-University Products Conservation Advocacy Award

David Goist, Conservator of Paintings and Painted Surfaces, Goist Art Services LLC, will receive the David Magoon-University Products Conservation Advocacy Award as a conservation professional who has advanced the field of conservation and furthered the cause of conservation through substantial efforts in outreach and advocacy. This award comes with a generous stipend, provided by University Products in honor of David Magoon. (Note: This award will be given at a different time.)

Emerging Leader Award

Héctor Berdecía-Hernández, Director-General, Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico, and Sally Gunhee Kim, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Objects Conservation, National Museum of the American Indian, will receive the Emerging Leader Award for their outstanding service to AIC and the conservation discipline. This award is specifically to honor members for service in the early stages of their careers.

Robert L. Feller Lifetime Achievement Award

Susan Buck, Conservator and Paint Analyst in private practice, and Sarah Wagner, Head Photograph Conservation, National Gallery of Art, will receive the Robert L. Feller Lifetime Achievement Award for their exceptional contributions to the conservation profession over the course of their careers.

Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award

Jane Klinger, Special Advisor and Senior Research Conservator, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will receive the Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for her outstanding service to the association.

Honorary Membership

Shannon Zachary, Head, Preservation and Conservation, University of Michigan Library, and Nancy Odegaard, Conservator/Professor Emerita, Arizona State Museum, will receive Honorary Membership for their outstanding contributions to the conservation profession over the course of their careers.

Sheldon & Caroline Keck Award

Jiuan Jiuan Chen, Associate Professor, Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department, State University of New York College at Buffalo, and Catherine McLean, Textile Conservator (Retired), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will both receive the Sheldon & Caroline Keck Award for excellence in the education and training of conservation professionals.

President’s Award

Sally Gunhee Kim, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Objects Conservation, National Museum of the American Indian, Ronel Namde, Associate Conservator of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Jennifer Hain Teper, Head of Preservation Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library will receive the President’s Award for exceptional work in examining and improving accessibility for AIC members.

Publications Award

The book The Conservation of Medieval Polychrome Wood Sculpture: History, Theory, Practice by Michele Marincola and Lucretia Kargere will be recognized with the Publication Award. The authors will accept the award for excellence in authoring a book centered on conservation.


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06-08-2023 06:24

Congratulations on your well-deserved success.

04-25-2023 16:59

Congratulations to the awardees! I am proud to know many of them, and look forward to meeting the rest. Thank  you for your excellent service to AIC and to the profession.