Rose Emily Cull (nee Daly)
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: 480-406-2721
roseemilycull@gmail.com
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation:
http://www.artcons.udel.edu/
MS in Art Conservation - 2011
Specialization in Objects Conservation with a focus in Preventive Conservation
The University of Texas at Austin:
http://www.utexas.edu
Bachelor of Arts in Art History - 2002
Professional Experience
Art Conservation Services LLC December 2011-currently Objects and Sculpture Conservator Conservation services provided including documentation, treatment, preventive conservation collection surveys, and teaching courses.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art September 2010-June 2011 Graduate Intern in Objects Conservation
Documentation, research, maintenance, and treatments of objects and sculptures. Collaborated with the numerous departments, including: curatorial, education, security, preparations, events, and volunteer services to plan and promote the public conservation treatment of Louise Nevelson’s sculpture End of Day: Nightscape IV and the maintenance of 4 17th Century tapestries. Initiated and performed an environmental monitoring assessment (temperature, RH, and light) of museum spaces in anticipation of future exhibitions.
The Nasher Sculpture Center June-August 2010 Summer Work Project
Documentation, treatments, and maintenance of sculptures. Maintenance included: washing, removing corrosion products, waxing, and removing algae with a pond vacuum. I re-wrote the conservation section of the webpage to be more interactive and worked with the social media/PR contact to create content for the museum’s social media pages.
Torrey-West House, Ossabaw Island Jan. 2010 and Jan. 2012 Survey and Teaching Assistant Supervised six students in their research, writing, housekeeping duties, and treatments. Surveyed a historic house and contents and performed a preventive conservation light survey. Co-wrote and implemented a housekeeping plan.
Shelburne Museum July-August 2009 Summer Work Project 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 October 2007-June 2008 Pre-Program Conservation Intern
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. Written and photographic documentation. Textile conservation treatments included: surface cleaning, humidification, re-weaving, dyeing fill material, filling losses, and analytical tests. Assisted in the ‘Pesticide Identification Project’ using a NITON portable X-Ray Fluorescence analyzer to detect the presence of inorganic pesticides.
The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, TX October 2005-May 2007 Conservation Photography Preparator
Research and development of 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.
Presentations, Posters, and Publications
Cull, R. “The Conservation of Materials and Resources”. The International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation Triennial Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal September 2011.
Cull, R. Brost, A., Brown, H., Roberts, C., Kerr-Alison, A., and Winfield, R. Poster: The Emerging Conservation Professionals Network Committee. AIC Annual Meeting, June 1-3 2011.
Daly, R. Presentation: Implications of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) on conservation. Mid-West Regional Conservation Guild (MRCG) meeting. Louisville, KY, November 13, 2010.
- Presentation: The use of non-woven materials for reinforcement in a plant-fiber hat and an archaeological bronze. Presented at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. November 1, 2010.
- Poster: The paradigm shift in preventive conservation. Association of North American Graduate Programs In Conservation meeting. April 25, 2010.
- 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.
‘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
Health and Safety, Digital photography. Preventive Conservation (Environmental Monitoring, Material ‘Oddy’ Testing, and Integrated Pest Management).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
American Institute for Conservation
Forum UNESCO, University and Heritage Network (FUUH)
International Council of Museums-Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC)