Fellows

Rebecca holds a BA in Art History from Yale University, and an MS in Conservation and MA in Art History & Archaeology from the Conservation Center, The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. She is currently an Associate Objects Conservator at Art Conservation Group, a private practice studio in New York specializing in objects conservation. ACG serves private collectors, major museums, galleries, and auction houses across the world, and provides a wide range of services, including conservation treatment, consulting services, condition surveys, scientific analysis, preventive conservation and collections care, and pest and mold remediation.

Before joining ACG, Rebecca worked as an Assistant Conservator the Objects Conservation Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she completed her internship year placement. She has also held graduate internships at The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Frick Collection, and the American Museum of Natural History. Before graduate school she worked in private practices in Chicago and New York.

Rebecca is an active volunteer for both AIC and the International Committee for Museums-Conservation Committee (ICOM-CC) Glass & Ceramics Working Group. She has published and presented on the conservation of glass objects, and regularly lectures at the graduate level on ceramics technology and glass conservation.

Michael C. Henry is an architect/engineer in private practice specializing in conservation of built cultural heritage and environmental management for cultural heritage objects in the United States and internationally. He is also an adjunct professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and guest lecturer in the WUDPAC program.

Stephanie M. Lussier is the conservator for works on paper and photographs at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Stephanie is interested in interdisciplinary projects that enhance the dialogue among conservators and allied professionals. She is actively engaged in education and has taught paper conservation treatment and connoisseurship topics at the graduate level, has led hands-on workshops for allied professionals, and is the co-developer and co-instructor of the professional development course Modern/Contemporary Print Identification, first presented by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation in 2012. Ms. Lussier holds an M.A. with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation, with a specialization in paper conservation, awarded by Buffalo State College, and a B.F.A. in Art History and Printmaking awarded by Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Stephanie served as Board Director of Professional Education for the American Institute for Conservation and Artistic Works from 2011-2017. In this position, Stephanie acts as the liaison to the Education and Training Committee (ETC) where she advises on long-term goals and planning related to professional education for the membership, and as liaison to the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network where she advises on and guides program development.