Education & Training Committee

Alexa is a Paintings Conservator at Midwest Art Conservation Center. Ms. Beller joined MACC after completing a National Endowment for the Humanities Paintings Conservation Fellowship at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. Prior, she completed internships at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Gianfranco Pocobene Studio, the department of the Conservation of Religious and Civil Art of the City of Paris, the Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts, and in the private practice of Ria German-Carter. Her experience is wide-ranging including Italian Renaissance panels, 19th-century French murals, early American portraits, and 20th-century mixed media paintings. Ms. Beller holds a Master of Science in Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation as well as a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is a Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works and the Paintings Specialty Group.

Emma Schmitt is a textile conservator in Washington, DC.

Emily Hamilton is the Assistant Professor of Objects Conservation at SUNY Buffalo State. Prior to this role, she worked as an objects conservator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art. Emily earned a B.A. in Art History from Reed College and an M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation from SUNY Buffalo State College. She served as an editor for the AIC Objects Specialty Group Postprints for eight years, was a co-organizer of the conference TechFocus IV: Caring for 3D-Printed Art, and is currently a chapter editor for the upcoming publication Caring for Plant Based Material Culture: A Conservation Handbook. Her interests include community-engaged and collaborative practice, large-scale sculpture and installation works, and engaging with students in their diverse areas of research.

Hsiang-Ting Hung is currently a conservation student at IFA, NYU, specializing in painting. She was inspired to become a painting conservator while researching Frida Kahlo in an art history study. Since then, there has been no looking back! She is also an illustrator, and her favorite thing is to stay in a café and sketch all the details inside.

Margaret (Maggie) Wessling is a Senior Photograph Conservator at the National Gallery of Art. Maggie graduated from the Conservation Center at NYU in 2014 with a specialization in photographs. She previously worked at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Northeast Document Conservation Center since completing her conservation degree.

Sarah joined FAIC in 2015 to support the array of professional development and scholarship programming offered by the Foundation. Sarah graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2014 with a MA in Museum Studies. She has worked with a variety of arts organizations including Levine Music, Hillwood Museum, Estate and Gardens, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, and Bay Area Discovery Museum. She holds a BFA in Art Education from the University of Arizona, with a studio emphasis in photography. Sarah currently lives in Oslo, Norway, and enjoys the outdoors.