UCO Melton Legacy Collection: Assessment of the Conservation Treatment Needs
FAIN: PG-258298-18
University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK 73034-5209)
Shikoh Shiraiwa (Project Director: April 2017 to June 2019)
The hiring of two conservators to assess a collection of 62 European and American works of
art dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries that
include oil paintings and works on paper, with works by artists in the
studios of El Greco and Peter Paul Rubens, as well as modern artists Grant
Wood, Georges Rouault, and Edvard Munch. As part of an existing U.S. Department of
Education Strengthening Institutions Program Grant, undergraduate student
interns would assist the conservators in the assessments. Faculty and students from the Museum Studies
and Global Art and Visual Culture Programs would also participate in conservation
workshops offered by the conservators, to learn about proper care and
preservation practices for art collections.
Archives and Special Collections of the Max Chambers Library at the University of Central Oklahoma is requesting $6000 for assessing the conservation treatment needs of selected items in a collection by two painting conservators to assess the conservation treatment needs of 62 2-dimensional art pieces, providing a recommendation in the written assessment a prioritized list for most needed pieces for the conservation treatment.