Ottawa - Canadian Association for Conservation

SATURDAY JUNE 12 - Morning
8:30 am: Registration opens
11:00 am to 3:00 pm: arti-FACTS (Exhibition Room A)
(Running concurrently with sessions)
This special event of the CAC conference will be held in the lobby of the Library and
Archives Building and is open to the public. Arti-FACTS is an event designed to give
the public an opportunity to obtain expert advice on preserving their treasures.
Through individual consultations, attendees will learn how the store, handle, and care
for artefacts as well as what conservation and restoration treatments are available
and recommended.
8:45 am to 10:15 am: SESSION 4- Furniture and Historic Finishes
(Session Chair: Jessica Lafrance)
“White Paint on the Greenhouse: A Historic Paint Investigation for a Lord & Burnham Co.
Greenhouse on the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa”
Nancy Binnie, Alastair Fox, Kate Helwig, Maureen MacDonald, Jennifer Poulin (CCI)
“Burning Questions:Treatment Considerations for a Fire-damaged Sewing Table”
Amanda Salmon, Alastair Fox (Canadian Conservation Institute)
“Wax on Wax off: Preserving the Integrity of Historic Furniture”
Greg Kelley
10:15 am to 10:30 am: BREAK
10:30 am to 11:30 am: SESSION 5- Archival Treatments and Projects
(Session Chair: Christine McNair)
“A Stitch in Time: Treatment of a Sewn Paper Manuscript”
Doris St-Jacques (Library and Archives Canada)
“Treating Oversized Works at LAC”
Susannah Kendall, Anne Maheux (Library and Archives Canada)
“Identification of Ivory Book Covers and Comparison to Ivory Portrait Miniatures”
Josie Wornoff (Library and Archives Canada)