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Beyond Hope: Upholstery and Textile Conservation Collaboration
Material Matters Gallery Talk
Tags for: Beyond Hope: Upholstery and Textile Conservation Collaboration
- Lecture
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Ames Family Atrium
Conservator Colleen Snyder cleans a 15th-century painted stone relief of Saint Anthony in preparation for exhibition, 2020. Photo courtesy of Philip Brutz
About The Event
Have you ever wondered how artworks in the CMA’s collection are cared for? Join CMA conservators and technicians for guided tours of the galleries. Investigate artists’ materials and processes and learn about how the museum preserves artworks for the future.
In 2011, the CMA acquired a gilded settee by British furniture designer Thomas Hope (1769–1831) that dates from c. 1802 in a style known as English Regency. Three years later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a Thomas Hope gilded bench, which was slated for inclusion in the 2020 reopening of the Met’s British galleries during its 150th anniversary celebrations. Textile conservator Robin Hanson discusses the collaborative treatment project for these two Thomas Hope pieces, which united curatorial and conservation staff from the two different institutions.
Gallery talks meet in the Ames Family Atrium at the information desk.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
