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DESCRIPTION:Jessica Walthew will speak in the Work-in-Progress Seminar on W
 ednesday\, November 2\, at 12 pm. Her talk is entitled “Issues of Conserva
 tion and Display in the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of North
 west Coast Indians.”The American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of North
 west Coast Indians opened in 1900\, and is one of the oldest and most icon
 ic displays in the museum. The hall houses collections from multiple cultu
 ral groups collected by anthropologists during the Jesup North Pacific Exp
 edition (1897–1902) led by Franz Boas. In this talk\, Walthew will review 
 the history of the hall and discuss past conservation initiatives to study
  and conserve parts of the Northwest Coast collection. This background wil
 l inform a discussion of the current project’s investigation into the manu
 facture and history of painted wood sculptures and totem poles in the hall
 .Jessica Walthew is the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Cultures of Conservatio
 n at Bard Graduate Center where she is working on a joint project with the
  American Museum of Natural History. The project is focused on their North
 west Coast collection and explores issues related to material technology a
 nd conservation\, particularly of the museum’s totem pole collection. She 
 has worked in the conservation departments of the American Museum of Natur
 al History\, the Brooklyn Museum\, The Frick Collection\, the Philadelphia
  Museum of Art\, and the Penn Museum. In 2015–2016 she was an Andrew W. Me
 llon Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, where she researched the i
 ntersection of textiles and objects conservation practices in the Departme
 nt of Arts of Africa\, Oceania\, and the Americas. Her research interests 
 include theory and practice in archaeological and ethnographic conservatio
 n\, best practices in documentation\, and technical research in art histor
 y and archaeology. She serves on the American Institute for Conservation’s
  (AIC) Emerging Professionals in Conservation Network committee as a Profe
 ssional Education and Training Officer. She received her BA from Williams 
 College and her MA from The Conservation Center\, Institute of Fine Arts\,
  New York University.This event is part of our 'Cultures of Conservation' 
 initiative\, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Issues of Conservation and Display in the Ame
 rican Museum of Natural History's Hall of Northwest Coast Indians
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