Conservation Apprentice

Working to document and conserve a large group of photographic prints from the James Van Der Zee archive in the Met's collection

Assisting with in-house exhibit preparation and condition checking for deinstallations

Expanding my knowledge of and honing photo treatment skills (i.e. dry and wet surface cleaning, tear mending, using mending strips, consolidation, how to make wheat starch paste and gelatin, etc.) and practiced writing condition reports

Lead presentations about the Van Der Zee archive to lab visitors