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ARTIST TALK

Marie Watt

As part of her artist-in-residency at the Carlos Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, Marie discusses this new body of work, from the inspiration she found in the traditions of the Seneca Nation and in the poetry of Joy Harjo.

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Conservator's Closet

Thu, 07/29/2021 - 19:16

Center: Elena mends a paper object at Andrea Pitsch Conservation in New York City.

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Conservation Conversation

Mon, 06/14/2021 - 09:49

Consulting conservator Mimi Leveque and Carlos Museum Chief Conservator Renée Stein discuss their work on two Ptolemaic mummies, a woman named Taosiris and a man known as “Padibastet.” These well-preserved mummies likely originated in the ancient city of Akhmim in Upper Egypt and came

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Conservator's Closet

Fri, 03/05/2021 - 15:10

One of the many responsibilities of the Emory Libraries Conservation Lab is to rehouse scrapbooks from The African American History Collection at The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. The collection consists of scrapbooks and photo albums from prominent authors, educators, entertainers, and historical figures. The preservation of these items is important to chronicling Black lives through their own lens and supplying a counterpoint to popular historical rhetoric and ideas. Often they are overstuffed with rare photographs, personal memorabilia, or yellowing newspaper articles. The original pages can be acidic, brittle, and collected in a photo album that is degrading.

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Catching Up with Conservation

Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:13

While the museum has been closed to the public, conservators in the Parsons Conservation Lab have been working to ready a number of objects for display, participating in virtual tours, and teaching university classes through the use of a “lab cam.”

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Conservator's Closet

Thu, 11/12/2020 - 14:10

The Stuart A. Rose Library loaned rare 17th- and 18th-century books to the Michael C. Carlos Museum for the exhibition Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt. On this and other exhibitions, Emory University Library conservators work with the Carlos Museum conservators and exhibition designers to ensure that special collections books are displayed in the safest conditions.

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Conservator's Closet

Fri, 09/25/2020 - 15:09

Having worked with clay from a young age, I love seeing the diversity of ceramic objects in the Carlos’ collection. The range of techniques used throughout human history to form, fire, and decorate clay vessels and the similarities of techniques used across cultural lines is fascinating. Due to the fact that clay is such an accessible medium for creating, ceramic objects can be found in every gallery at the Carlos, some of which include slip-decorated Nazca vessels, a glazed Roman chalice, an incised Makonde pot, and a highly detailed black figure Attic vase. Each object was formed and decorated in its own unique way; however, the similarities in materials and processes used lead to a number of shared condition issues.

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Conservator's Closet

Tue, 07/07/2020 - 10:36

Before the Carlos Museum closed in March due to COVID-19-related safety concerns, museum staff prepared and installed a number of baskets in the Native North Americas gallery as part of an annual rotation to limit light exposure for especially vulnerable objects.

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Conservator's Closet

Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:27

With our present abundance of time at home, many of us are considering our accumulated material possessions. Whether tucked away in the attic or on display, silver is a material often found in the realm of treasured heirlooms and collectibles.

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Treating the Cosmic Man

Fri, 08/09/2019 - 12:17

The Parsons Conservation Laboratory is located on the Plaza Level of the Carlos Museum, in an area accessible only to staff. In celebration of the museum’s centennial, conservators have set up a temporary lab space in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery.