THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Morning (Optional)*

Institute of Fine Arts, Duke House, 1 East 78th Street

9:30 am      Breakfast

10:00 am   BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL MATTERS in Works of Art by Barbara Berrie

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*This is a pre-meeting presentation that is open to the public. It will be a revision of the Plenary given at the closed meeting in the evening at the Met. Attendance is optional by ART BIO MATTERS participants. If you would like to attend, please email info@artbiomatters.org with the title "Optional Plenary - 11/8"

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Afternoon (Optional)   

Tours of the Met's Dept. of Scientific Research and the NYU's Conservation Center

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm*

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm*

*Tours of both facilities will be given at the same time. In order to attend, we ask that you pre-register here.

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Department of Scientific Research

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave

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Conservation Center

Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 14 East 78th Street

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Evening

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Study Room—Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

3:30 pm     Registration

4:00 pm     Opening Remarks

4:15 pm     Plenary Speaker – The Biological Materiality of Works of Art: Meaning and Significance by                            Barbara Berrie

5:00 pm     Discussion

5:30 pm     Reception

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 

All activities at Institute of Fine Arts, Duke House (Lecture Hall, Seminar Room, Loeb Room)

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Morning      In the Lecture Hall and Seminar Room unless otherwise indicated    

8:30 am       Breakfast (Loeb Room)

8:45 am       Review of talking points to be addressed by each speaker 

8:55 am       Why Antibodies for Art Analysis? by Julie Arslanoglu 

9:25 am       Immunodetection of Proteins in Paint Media by ELISA and IFM by Laura Cartechini

9:55 am       First Breakout Session 

10:45 am     Coffee (Loeb Room)

11:10 am     Review of First Breakout Session 

11:25 am     Chemistry and Cultural Heritage: Deciphering Natural Polymers by Bottom up and Top   

                        down Mass Spectrometry Analysis  by Caroline Tokarski

11:55 am     High Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Characterize the Composition of Art Pieces

                         by Tim Cleland

12:25 pm     Second Breakout Session

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Afternoon     In the Lecture Hall and Seminar Room unless otherwise indicated   

1:15 pm       Lunch (Loeb Room)

2:35 pm       Review of Second Breakout Session

2:50 pm       Hiding in Plain Sight: Unlocking the Genetic Information Contained within Cultural Heritage

                        Objects by Matthew Teasdale

3:20 pm       The Potential of Analyzing DNA from Ancient and Historic Works of Art by Nathan Wales

3:50 pm       Third Breakout Session

4:40 pm       Break 

5:10 pm       Summary of talking points (proteomics, DNA, antibody techniques):

Where are overlaps or  potential avenues for research?

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Evening       Loeb Room

5:40 pm       Reception 

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018 

All activities at Institute of Fine Arts, Duke House (Lecture Hall, Seminar Room, Loeb Room)

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Morning       In the Lecture Hall and Seminar Room unless otherwise indicated   

8:30 am        Breakfast (Loeb Room)
9:00 am        Overview of Friday’s Breakout Sessions
9:10 am        Organics in Illuminated Manuscripts by Stella Panayotova
9:40 am        Reflections of a Conservator on the Utility of Biology in Conservation

                          by Arlen Heginbotham
10:10 am      Fourth Breakout Session
11:00 am      Coffee (Loeb Room)
11:30 am      Review of Fourth Breakout Session and Discussion of Future Directions

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Afternoon      In the Lecture Hall and Seminar Room unless otherwise indicated   

12:20 pm       Lunch (Loeb Room)
1:30 pm         Close

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Please note: Breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks are provided on a complimentary basis in order to encourage group discussions throughout the meeting.