The Private Project: An Art Conservation Podcast

Lauren is a paintings conservator and collections manager based in New York City. She graduated magna cum laude as a double major in Art History and Historic Preservation as a Phi Beta Kappa member from Mary Washington College. She then entered the graduate program at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, where she studied Art History and trained in the Kress Program in Paintings Conse...

Rosa Lowinger is a conservator of sculpture and architecture with over 35 years of experience. She is the founder and current co-chief conservator of RLA Conservation of Art + Architecture, a firm with offices in Miami and L.A., a graduate of the NYU Conservation Program, and a Fellowof AIC and the Association for Preservation Technology. Rosa was the 2008-09 Rome PrizeFellow in Conservation at th...

Elizabeth Nunan is the owner and lead conservator at Flux Art Conservation Corp. Working in private practice for over a decade, she has gained experience restoring an incredible variety of damages on increasingly unique media and large-format artworks. As the former President of Alliance for Response New York City, Beth gained additional expertise in the area of disaster planning for collecting in...

Vincent Dion is a graduate of the Master of Art Conservation Program at Queen’s University (MAC 2016) with a specialization in the conservation of works on paper, photographic materials, and new media. He has completed curriculum internships at the Canadian Conservation Institute, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Art Gallery of Ontario as well as further professional development at the Gett...

Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton is a paper and photograph conservator in private practice in Colorado Springs. Trained as a fine-art photographer, Jennifer holds an M.A. in Art Conservation from Buffalo State College, a certificate in Arts Management from SUNY Purchase, and a BFA in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art. Jennifer has honed her skills as a conservator and photographer in positio...

A native of Rochester, New York, Peter Mustardo began his career at the then International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in 1978. After getting a Master's degree from Columbia University in Preservation Administration, he took a position as a conservator with the NYC Municipal Archives where he became responsible for their Preservation Section, overseeing the conservation labor...

Jen Munch (she/her) is an independent conservator in New York City. She specializes in the treatment of modern and contemporary paintings. Jen is 2019 graduate of the three-year art conservation graduate program at Buffalo State College and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in visual art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She previously worked at the private practice Contemporar...

Ana Alba is the owner of Alba Art Conservation, LLC., which specializes in the conservation and analysis of modern and contemporary art, painted surfaces, and traditional paintings.  Ana is a 2009 graduate from the Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College. Following her graduation, she was awarded the  William R. Leisher (LIE-SURE) Fellowship in the conservation of modern and...

Dr. Kristin deGhetaldi is a private practice, painting conservator who graduated in 2008 with a Master of Science degree from the Winterthur/University of Delaware program in Art Conservation. She obtained her PhD in Preservation Studies from the University of Delaware and completed a three-year Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Painting Conservation at the National Gallery of Art working on the trea...

Kris Cnossen is a Junior Fellow at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They graduated with an MS in textile conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2022. They have interned at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, where they assisted in the preparation and completed treatment for the 2022 Stephen Sprouse exhibition. Prior t...

Jenny Mathiasson is the owner of Kuriosa Conservation and an objects conservator based in west Wales. She has a background in heritage management from Bournemouth University and a conservation degree from Cardiff University. For over ten years, she has worked with archeological units, parish churches, theater companies, as well as private collectors, artists, and organizations, such as the Univers...

Jonathan Stevens is a conservator in private practice based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He specializes in the conservation of furniture, wooden artifacts, picture frames, and architectural woodwork. Jonathan earned his BFA in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and his MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. He has worked extensiv...

Lisa Duncan is the chief conservator and owner of Lisa Duncan, Art Conservator, LLC in Seattle. Her private practice specializes in the consultation, treatment, and assessment of photographic materials and works on paper. She started her own private practice shortly after graduating from the prestigious Master’s program in Art Conservation at the Winterthur/ University of Delaware. She is also a P...

Introducing the Private Project: An Art Conservation Podcast. The project is a series of interviews with private conservators aimed to inform emerging conservators about how to start and navigate within the private practice sector; as well as discuss current issues within the field.