Conversations with Conservators: A Benefit to Support Conservation at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation

 

Thursday, May 30, 2019, 6-9 PM

 

Please join us for "Conversations with Conservators: A Benefit to Support Conservation at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation." The benefit will include a cocktail reception, discussions with conservators, and a chance to spend time at the historic home, studio, and art collections of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation.

 

All proceeds from ticket sales and donations from this event will go directly towards the conservation of one or more works in the Foundation's collection.

 

Tickets: $50, available here or at the door; please note that space is limited

 

Meet our speakers:

 

Lauren Fly, Fly Arts Initiative

 

Lauren Fly is the founder of the Fly Arts Initiative, a fine art conservation and collections management practice based in New York, NY. With more than 15 years of international experience in paintings conservation and collections care, Lauren works with museums, private collectors, galleries, and other stewards of cultural heritage to preserve and protect their objects. She is passionate about promoting and demystifying conservation to the wider public, and loves talking about little things that can make a big difference.

 

Donna Page

 

Donna Page provides conservation and restoration services to collectors, galleries and museums throughout the US, specializing in African wood and terracotta artifacts. She holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; taught at Illinois Wesleyan, Drew University, Queensborough College-CUNY; and worked with the L. Kahan Gallery of African Art (1980-98). She is co-author and co-editor of several books on African art, including Surfaces: Color, Substances and Ritual Applications in African Art (Indiana University Press, 2009).

 

Christopher Skura, Alvarez Conservation Services

 

Christopher Skura joined Alvarez in 2007 following a 20 year career as a museum professional and then as a studio assistant to master paintings conservator, Dr. Charles Von Nostitz in New York City. From 1997 - 2010 he owned and operated a gilded surface and period frame restoration studio. Christopher has also been a studio assistant to many artists, including John Chamberlain and Hunt Slonem, and has completed James Bernstein's Mastering Inpainting Workshop at the Ringling Museum of Art. Christopher is a practicing artist and holds degrees in studio art from The Ringling College of Art and Design and liberal arts from New York University.