In fall 2017, CCAHA's Senior Conservation Assistant Jilliann Wilcox was part of a triage team that received a collection of badly damaged paintings by Chinese American artist I-Hsiung Ju. The artist's daughters, Helen and Doris, contacted CCAHA after the paintings were salvaged from a devastating...
Last week, CCAHA co-hosted a special pair of events in partnership with our friends at the Barnes Foundation. On Thursday evening, April 4, we opened up the Center's lab for a small reception in the format of our annual Open House, with conservation staff on-hand to discuss a range of treatments and...
Last month, CCAHA staff were among nearly 200 humanities advocates who gathered in Washington, DC, to make the case on Capitol Hill for federally-funded humanities programs. As our friends at the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) report, advocates from 41 states took a total of 287 meetings asking...
UPDATE: This position has been filled. The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is seeking an Archives Specialist for our Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York ( DHPSNY) Program. Under the general guidance of the DHPSNY Program Manager, the DHPSNY Archives...
Earlier this week, we celebrated Director of Conservation Mary Schobert’s retirement with a lovely party at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. As CCAHA's Executive Director Laura Hortz Stanton noted in her remarks, it is rare for someone to devote their entire career to a single organization...
UPDATE: This position has been filled. CCAHA is seeking a Preventive Conservation Fellow. This is a full-time, twelve month fellowship position starting September 1, 2019. The position contributes to the mission of CCAHA through implementation of surveys, educational programs, outreach, and...
