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UPCOMING CONFERENCE

Mending Threads, Filling Gaps

15th North American
Textile Conservation Conference
September 15-19, 2025

MENDING THREADS, FILLING GAPS: CONSERVATION NARRATIVES OF LOSS AND RENEWAL

15th North American Textile Conservation Conference

September 15-19, 2025
Banff, Alberta, Canada

PAPERS

Lessening the Loss: Investigating Cleaning Methods for Early Synthetic Dye Bleeding / Livi Andreini and Laura Maccarelli, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Ana Albano Serrano and Maarten van Bommel, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Discovering the “Unfinished”: Historical and Technical Study of a Late 18th-century Fabric Embroidered à la Disposition from The Costume Institute Collection / Margherita Barone, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA

A Collaborative Renewal: A Weaver’s Journey with a Textile Conservator / Sarah Benson, National Museum of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

Mission Preservation: The Analysis and Treatment of an 18th-century Painted Silk Vestment from Mission San Luis Rey / Annabel Camp, Balboa Art Conservation Centre, San Diego, USA

What Should We Do with a Damaged Sail? Conservation at the Crossroad of Tangible and Intangible Preservation / Clothilde Castelli, Museé du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, France; Emmanuelle Cadet and Issa Dia, Alter Natives, Montreuil, France

A Balancing Act: Navigating the Spectrum of Loss Compensation in Textile Conservation / Renée Dancause and Janet L. Wagner, Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Resumption and Revival: Filling a Fifty-year Research, Training and Exchange Gap at The Textile Museum / Maria Fusco, George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum Washington DC, USA

Flexible Hydrogels: An Investigation into Possible Applications for Textile Conservation / Lois Glithero, The National Trust, Norwich, UK; Joanne Hackett, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Changing for the Better: Data-driven Dialogue to Manage Light Induced Color Change / Gretchen Guidess and Jacqueline Peterson-Grace, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, USA

Collaborative Reparative Efforts to Address Lost and Context and Misinterpretation: Conservation and Presentation of pre-Hispanic Andean Textiles at the Krannert Art Museum / Stephanie E. Hornbeck, Kasia Szremski, Allyson Purpura, and Fioelle Lavado, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, USA

From Studio to Stage to Display: Uncovering Hidden Stories with Ballet Russes Performance Costumes at the National Gallery of Australia / Michelle Hunter, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Archival Materials as Primary Source Evidence in the Conservation of Historic Costume / Sonia Kata, McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, Canada

Textile Conservation in Art School Education: Case Studies from the RISD Museum / Anne Rose Keefe and Jess Urick, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, USA

Conserving Objects of Use: The Treatment of a Catholic Canopy and Other Case Studies for ICA-Art Conservation / Marika Kesler, Ethnographic and Asian Art Museums of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Unangax̂ Basketry: Conservation and Reconnecting with Community / Darian LaTocha, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Anchorage, USA; Sarah Owens, Interwoven Fibers LLC, Anchorage, USA

History of Banff Centre Weaving Program and Impact on the Textile Arts / Mary-Beth Laviolette, Independent Art Writer and Critic, Canmore, Canada

Carving Out the Past: Making Replica Buttons Using Traditional Techniques / Aisling Macken, National Maritime Museum, London, UK

Weave Again After Death. Reweaving of Lacunae in a Pre-Hispanic Textile / Luisa Mainou, Judith Gómez, and Rocío Gaona, National Department for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico

“Huangping Green”: Old Traditions with New Materials in Miao and Dong Costume / Gennifer Majors, George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, USA

Disguising Loss to Tell the Tale: The Reintegration of Damaged Images on Two Narrative Textiles / Bernice Morris, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Altering Alterations: The Identification and Treatment of Altered Regency Gowns (1795–1825) / Margaret O’Neil, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Going with the Flow: Using Paraprint as an Alternative for Wet Cleaning Fragile Textiles or Those with Water-Sensitive Elements / Emma Pattinson, Stella Gardner, and Yufei Xiang, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

Documentation, Analysis and Treatment of Two Early 19th-century American Mourning Samplers / Lucinda Pelton, Megan Creamer, Isaac Facio, and Elizabeth Pope, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

To What Extent? The Wet Cleaning of Dominic di Mare’s “Promenade” / Nhat Quyen Nguyen, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Woven in the Archives: The Restoration of the Constantine Tapestries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1959–1964 / Sara Reiter, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Buckle Up and Enjoy the Show: A Restorative Approach to the Conservation of Historic Costume with Missing Fastenings / Jamie Robinson, Zenzie Tinker Conservation, Brighton, UK

Approaches to the Stabilization of Beadwork / Miriam-Helene Rudd, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA; Kate Sahmel, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, USA; Laura Mina, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington DC, USA

Preserving Palestinian Heritage: Creating a Textile Conservation Studio in the Occupied West Bank, A Palestinian Museum X Victoria & Albert Museum Collaboration / Katy Smith, V&A Museum, London, UK; Bara Bawatneh and Baha Jubeh, Palestinian Museum, Palestine

Repair and Reuse: Adapting Previous Field Repairs for the Conservation of ‘Aubie’, Auburn University’s Iconic Sporting Mascot / Howard Sutcliffe, River Region Costume and Textile Conservation, Nashville, USA

POSTERS

The Controlled Humidification of Historic Textile Fragments and their Frame Mounting / Payton Becker, Penn State University, State College, USA

Investigating and Testing Historic Methods for the Creation of Imitation Pearls / Savanna Crowther, Private Practice, Vancouver WA, USA

The Case of Actress Carole Lombard’s Dress: A Transformed Dress that Must Return to its Original / Priscilla Alvarado Diaz, Museo de la Moda, Santiago, Chile

Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Combining Techniques to Revive a Nineteenth Century Drum Cover / Jules Eckelkamp, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Kaylie Sagara, Preservation Arts, Oakland, USA

Conservation of a Heat Damaged Acetate Naval Nurse’s Jacket: Substitutes, Sacrifices, and the Modern Uniform / Annalise Gall, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, USA

A Ruff Reconstruction / Daisy Graham, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Removable Wool Infills for Chauncey Spencer’s Flight Suit Shearling Collar / Beth Knight, National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, USA

Cocooning Transformation or Conserving Love and Death / Cora Lisbach, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland

Taking the Weight Off / Denise Kreiger Migdail, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA

Treatment of Three Silk Parasols: Replication and Stabilization of Functional Composite Objects / Maeve O’Shea, Harpers Ferry Center, Harpers Ferry, USA

Conservation of Polyurethane-coated Textiles from the Apollo Space Program / Kayla Silvia, National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, USA

Conserving Bearbie: A 120 Hour Treatment of a 1993 Gund Teddy Bear / Karri Vaughn, George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, USA

NATCC represents an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences among conservators and students from the Americas and the world, by using the same language: textile conservation.

Lorena Román, Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO / 2013

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