1516 Gilpin Ave – Wilmington, DE 19806
Phone: 832-630-9202
Email: rose_daly@hotmail.com
Personal Website: www.dalyconservation.com
Education
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation:
http://www.artcons.udel.edu/
MS in Art Conservation expected 2011
The University of Texas at Austin:
http://www.utexas.edu
Bachelor of Arts in Art History 2002
Professional Experience
Ossabaw Island, Georgia
http://www.ossabawisland.org/
January 2010
Survey and Teaching assistant
Supervisors: David Bayne and Patricia Silence
Survey of historic house and contents. Co-wrote plans for emergency preparedness and housekeeping. Implemented and participated in the housekeeping plan. Supervised two undergraduate Art Conservation students in their research, housekeeping duties, and small treatments of objects.
Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, Vermont
http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/
Summer Work Project July-August 2009
Documentation and treatment of a painted wood surface: cleaning surface dirt and grime, removing linseed oil with aqueous gels, removing varnish with solvents, re-varnishing and inpainting. Integrated Pest Management: pest eradication from a carriage using solar bagging. Preventive: Environmental monitoring. Survey and assessment of costume collection for re-housing, writing a project budget.
The National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.
www.nmai.si.edu
Pre-Program Conservation Intern October 2007-June 2008
Written and photographic documentation. Textile conservation treatments included: surface cleaning, humidification, re-weaving, dyeing fill material, filling losses, and analytical tests.
Objects conservation treatments included: Hide: surface cleaning, humidification, analytical tests. Beads: surface cleaning, bead stabilization, analytical tests. Ceramics: Adhesive analysis, cleaning, reattaching fragments, fills, inpainting.
Assisted in the ‘Pesticide Identification Project’ using a NITON portable X-Ray Fluorescence analyzer to detect the presence of inorganic pesticides. http://www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=collections&second=conserv&third=pest_id
The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, TX.
www.mfah.org
IMLS Conservation Photography Preparator October 2005-May 2007
Research and development of the IMLS conservation database. Examinations using a stereo microscope, writing condition reports, recommendations for housing and treatments, and photographic documentation for over 9,000 photographs. Preventive: Recorded densotometric, spectrophotometric, and light level measurements in the galleries.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Internship in Objects and Sculpture Conservation August 2006-March 2007
Treatment of ceramic antiquities: removing fills, mechanically removing adhesive, surface cleaning of dirt and insoluble salts, desalination, consolidation, reattachment of fragments, constructing fills, and inpainting. Assisted with the treatment of large contemporary sculptures and ceramics.
Additional Internships and Work Experience
The Gates (1979-2005) Central Park-Christo and Jeanne-Claude - New York City Crew: Feb-March 2005
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net
The Chinati Foundation – Marfa, TX. Internship: Aug-Oct 2004
http://www.chinati.org/
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Venice, Italy. Internship: Dec 2003-March 2004
http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/inglese/education/index.html
Continuing Professional Development
Ornamental Iron Workshop June 2009
Co-sponsored by the NPS/NCPTT/Save our Cemeteries/Tulane Preservation Studies
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ornamental-iron-workshop/
Reviews I wrote of the workshop:
http://aic-ecpn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/npsncptt-ornamental-iron
http://emergingconservator.blogspot.com/2009/06/npsncptt-ornamental-iron-workshop-june.html
SAFE Beacon Award lecture by Lord Colin Renfew on illicit antiquities Jan 2009
SAFE (Saving Antiquities For Everyone) http://www.savingantiquities.org/
Held as part of the American Institute for Archaeology (AIA) annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
http://www.archaeological.org/
Workshop on Digital Imaging. AIC Meeting, Denver, CO. April 2008
Presentations, Posters, and Publications
Daly, R. 2009. Shelburne museum: summer work project/NCPTT ornamental iron workshop. Presented at WUDPAC and to ARTC 101 students at the University of Delaware.
Daly, R. 2009. Poster: Ornamental Iron Workshop in New Orleans, LA June 18-19 2009. Presented at the NCPTT Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit Nashville, TN, October 19-21, 2009.
Daly, R. 2008. ‘Lecture Summary: “Conservator’s Perspective, Edgar Degas’ Dancers at the Bar” by Elizabeth Steele, Head of Conservation, Phillips Collection.’ In: Washington Conservation Guild Newsletter. Vol. 32. No. 2. (June 2008).
Available online: http://cool-palimpsest.stanford.edu/wcg/docs/news0806.pdf
Daly, R. 2008. ‘Lecture Summary: January 3 Ring Circus: Objects Lectures.’ In: Washington Conservation Guild Newsletter. Vol. 32. No. 1. (March 2008).
Available online: http://cool-palimpsest.stanford.edu/wcg/docs/news0803.pdf
Koseki, T., Daly, R., and Duncan, L. 2006. ‘Development of a Conservation Database for the Photographic Collection at the MFA, Houston.’ Co-presented at the AIC 34th Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island. June 16th - 19th, 2006.
Skills
Conservation tools: Tacking iron, variable speed HEPA vacuum, suction table, humidification chambers (various styles), polarizing light microscopy, spectrophotometry and densitometry, casting and examining paint cross-sections
Conservation Skills: Database Entry and Management, Health and Safety, Photographic (digital) experience. Preventive Conservation (Environmental Monitoring, Material ‘Oddy’ Testing, and Integrated Pest Management) experience.
Information Technology: MS Windows and Mac; Adobe Bridge and Photoshop; Databases: Conservation Data Systems-CDS, The Museum System-TMS, Ke EMu.
Language Skills: Basic reading ability in Italian and Spanish
Professional Memberships
Forum UNESCO, University and Heritage Network (FUUH), member 2009
American Institute for Conservation, student member since 2005, ECPN co-chair, 2010
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, member 2009
International Sculpture Center, member 2009
University of Delaware Graduate Student Senate, senator and sustainability committee member 2008
Washington Conservation Guild (member 2008)