Greater Hudson Heritage Network awards $89,505.29 statewide in Conservation Treatment Grants for 2015
Greater Hudson Heritage Network is awarding $89,505.29 in conservation treatment grants to 17 organizations, located in 15 counties of New York State, in association with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a state agency.
From the eastern end of Long Island to the shores of Lake Erie, these funds will provide treatment by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing, preserving, and making accessible to the public an array of unique objects in collections of New York State's museums, historical and cultural organizations of all sizes.
From New York City to the Adirondack foothills, 2015 grants will support conservation needs of the many types of artifacts typically found in art and history museums and historical societies throughout New York State, including a suit belonging to James Fenimore Cooper, a Traveling Medicine Case and Contents belonging to Declaration of Independence signer Rufus King, a painted silk "Pewterers' Banner", a marble fountain sculpture of Neptune, a Costume Ball Dress, ca. 1910, a selection of works of art on paper, lithographs, paintings on canvas and decorative arts.
Grants are awarded for prioritized, urgently needed conservation of objects that, once treated, will impact public interpretive programs, exhibitions and education. Non-profit organizations with stewardship responsibility for cultural collections, (but without in-house conservation staff) were eligible applicants; state or federally owned collections are ineligible for support. Grant funding can treat paintings, works on paper, textiles, furniture, sculpture, ethnographic, historical and decorative objects, and may also support accompanying professional treatment of frames, supports, stands and mounts if integral to the final public presentation of the object after conservation.
Greater Hudson Heritage Network strives to provide support for conservation treatments that are executed on the highest professional level. The field of conservation is continually changing, with pioneering research and dissemination of findings on innovative materials and techniques. Although there are many paths into the field of conservation, we acknowledge practitioners who have demonstrated high levels of proficiency and advanced knowledge, adherence to the ethics and standards of the American Institute of Conservation (AIC), and are recognized for their expertise in the museum field. In 2015's grants, treatment will be provided by 29 individual conservators.
These grants lead to public impact outcomes beyond the actual conservation of museum objects, including new interest in the state's incredibly varied collections, and increased public awareness of the museum's role as steward, and has proven a spark to further institutional, strategic, financial and long-range conservation planning. Beyond these outcomes, grant recipients report that Conservation Treatment funding prompts greater use of collections (for exhibition, web content and loan), enhanced interpretive capability, and expanded opportunities to educate the public about art, history, humanities, the science of conservation, and museum work itself.
This year 39 grant applications were received at Greater Hudson Heritage Network from institutions from 30 counties in New York State, requesting an aggregate of $211,854.07 in grant support. In all, requests were made for the treatment of 94 objects of which 17 organizational awards totaling $89,505.29 were recommended by a peer panel of conservators, curators, and museum professionals. Of the 17 institutions that received funding, 15 received full funding and 2 received partial funding. 2015 Conservation Treatment Grant awards range from $831.00 to $7,500.00.
Of the 39 applicant institutions, nineteen had budgets under $300,000, eight had budgets over $300,000 but below $1 million and twelve organizations had general operating budgets over $1 million. Organizational operating budgets of 2015's grant recipients span a stunning range from $7,367.00 to $24.2 million.
2015 New York State Conservation Treatment Grant Recipients
Adirondack Museum (Hamilton County)
$831.00 for the conservation of selected works on paper; work to be done by conservator Mary Jo Davis of Washi Paper Conservation.
Columbia County Historical Society (Columbia County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of watercolor on paper, DeWitt Clinton, James and John Bard, ca. 1830; work to be done by conservator T.K. McClintock of Studio TKM.
Fenimore Art Museum (Otsego County)
$4,345.00 for the conservation of James Fenimore Cooper's suit (jacket, breeches, waistcoat, hat - ca. 1805); work to be done by conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.
H. Lee White Maritime Museum (Oswego County)
$2,685.77 for the conservation of 1843 George Endicott lithograph Oswego, NY 1843; work to be done by conservator Moya Dumville of West Lake Conservators.
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame (Orange County)
$2,847.00 for the conservation of canvas equine paintings: Dexter, King of Trotters, artist unknown, 1875-1880; work to be done by conservator Alexander Katlan.
LeRoy Historical Society (Genesee County)
$2,750.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas painting, Strawberry Jello, attrib. Angus McDonald; work to be done by conservators Theodore Solum, Margaret Sutton, Susan Blakney and Chiara Kuhns of Westlake Conservators.
Long Island Museum (Suffolk County)
$3,205.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas, Portrait of Robert Morris Russell, by William Sydney Mount, 1832; work to be done by conservator Alexander Katlan.
Lyndhurst (Westchester County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation Delaney Costume Ball Dress, ca. 1910; work to be done by conservator Alison Castaneda of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
Middlesex Heritage Group (Yates County)
$5,100.00 for the conservation of the hand colored photograph of East Hill School; work to be done by conservator Gary Albright.
Museum of the City of NY (New York County)
$6,750.00 for the conservation of Traveling Medicine Case and Contents, belonged to Rufus King; work to be done by conservator Linda Nieuwenhuizen of Give Me A Break Conservation Services.
New York Historical Society (New York County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of painted silk "Pewterers' Banner"; work to be done by conservator Mary Kaldany of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
Niagara County Historical Society (Niagara County)
$6,800.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas adhered to board, Le Marquis de Lafayette, by Raphael Beck, 1925; work to be done by conservator Tracy Dulniak of Great Lakes Art Conservation of NY.
Onondaga Historical Association Museum (Onondaga County)
$6,963.52 for the conservation of oil on canvas, Landscape with Stag by Charlotte Huntley Brigham, ca. 1890; work to be done by conservators Chiara Kuhns, Margaret Sutton, Theodore Solum and Susan Blakney of West Lake Conservators.
Prospect Park Alliance/Lefferts Historic House (Kings County)
$7,420.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas painting Portrait of Mrs. Lefferts, unknown artist; work to be done by conservators Barbara Applebaum and Paul Himmelstein of Applebaum and Himmelstein Fine Art Conservation.
Rensselaer County Historical Society (Rensselaer County)
$2,775.00 for the conservation of oil on tinplate, Portrait of John Jeremias Van Rensselaer, and frame; work to be done by conservators Joyce Zucker and Ronald DuCharme (Frame).
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Site (Ontario County)
$7,033.00 for the conservation of marble fountain sculpture of Neptune; work to be done by conservators Michael Morris and Lisa Goldberg.
Southold Historical Society (Suffolk County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of Civil War Silk Parade Banner; work to be done by conservator Mary Kaldany of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
From the eastern end of Long Island to the shores of Lake Erie, these funds will provide treatment by professional conservators to aid in stabilizing, preserving, and making accessible to the public an array of unique objects in collections of New York State's museums, historical and cultural organizations of all sizes.
From New York City to the Adirondack foothills, 2015 grants will support conservation needs of the many types of artifacts typically found in art and history museums and historical societies throughout New York State, including a suit belonging to James Fenimore Cooper, a Traveling Medicine Case and Contents belonging to Declaration of Independence signer Rufus King, a painted silk "Pewterers' Banner", a marble fountain sculpture of Neptune, a Costume Ball Dress, ca. 1910, a selection of works of art on paper, lithographs, paintings on canvas and decorative arts.
Grants are awarded for prioritized, urgently needed conservation of objects that, once treated, will impact public interpretive programs, exhibitions and education. Non-profit organizations with stewardship responsibility for cultural collections, (but without in-house conservation staff) were eligible applicants; state or federally owned collections are ineligible for support. Grant funding can treat paintings, works on paper, textiles, furniture, sculpture, ethnographic, historical and decorative objects, and may also support accompanying professional treatment of frames, supports, stands and mounts if integral to the final public presentation of the object after conservation.
Greater Hudson Heritage Network strives to provide support for conservation treatments that are executed on the highest professional level. The field of conservation is continually changing, with pioneering research and dissemination of findings on innovative materials and techniques. Although there are many paths into the field of conservation, we acknowledge practitioners who have demonstrated high levels of proficiency and advanced knowledge, adherence to the ethics and standards of the American Institute of Conservation (AIC), and are recognized for their expertise in the museum field. In 2015's grants, treatment will be provided by 29 individual conservators.
These grants lead to public impact outcomes beyond the actual conservation of museum objects, including new interest in the state's incredibly varied collections, and increased public awareness of the museum's role as steward, and has proven a spark to further institutional, strategic, financial and long-range conservation planning. Beyond these outcomes, grant recipients report that Conservation Treatment funding prompts greater use of collections (for exhibition, web content and loan), enhanced interpretive capability, and expanded opportunities to educate the public about art, history, humanities, the science of conservation, and museum work itself.
This year 39 grant applications were received at Greater Hudson Heritage Network from institutions from 30 counties in New York State, requesting an aggregate of $211,854.07 in grant support. In all, requests were made for the treatment of 94 objects of which 17 organizational awards totaling $89,505.29 were recommended by a peer panel of conservators, curators, and museum professionals. Of the 17 institutions that received funding, 15 received full funding and 2 received partial funding. 2015 Conservation Treatment Grant awards range from $831.00 to $7,500.00.
Of the 39 applicant institutions, nineteen had budgets under $300,000, eight had budgets over $300,000 but below $1 million and twelve organizations had general operating budgets over $1 million. Organizational operating budgets of 2015's grant recipients span a stunning range from $7,367.00 to $24.2 million.
2015 New York State Conservation Treatment Grant Recipients
Adirondack Museum (Hamilton County)
$831.00 for the conservation of selected works on paper; work to be done by conservator Mary Jo Davis of Washi Paper Conservation.
Columbia County Historical Society (Columbia County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of watercolor on paper, DeWitt Clinton, James and John Bard, ca. 1830; work to be done by conservator T.K. McClintock of Studio TKM.
Fenimore Art Museum (Otsego County)
$4,345.00 for the conservation of James Fenimore Cooper's suit (jacket, breeches, waistcoat, hat - ca. 1805); work to be done by conservator Gwen Spicer of Spicer Art Conservation.
H. Lee White Maritime Museum (Oswego County)
$2,685.77 for the conservation of 1843 George Endicott lithograph Oswego, NY 1843; work to be done by conservator Moya Dumville of West Lake Conservators.
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame (Orange County)
$2,847.00 for the conservation of canvas equine paintings: Dexter, King of Trotters, artist unknown, 1875-1880; work to be done by conservator Alexander Katlan.
LeRoy Historical Society (Genesee County)
$2,750.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas painting, Strawberry Jello, attrib. Angus McDonald; work to be done by conservators Theodore Solum, Margaret Sutton, Susan Blakney and Chiara Kuhns of Westlake Conservators.
Long Island Museum (Suffolk County)
$3,205.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas, Portrait of Robert Morris Russell, by William Sydney Mount, 1832; work to be done by conservator Alexander Katlan.
Lyndhurst (Westchester County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation Delaney Costume Ball Dress, ca. 1910; work to be done by conservator Alison Castaneda of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
Middlesex Heritage Group (Yates County)
$5,100.00 for the conservation of the hand colored photograph of East Hill School; work to be done by conservator Gary Albright.
Museum of the City of NY (New York County)
$6,750.00 for the conservation of Traveling Medicine Case and Contents, belonged to Rufus King; work to be done by conservator Linda Nieuwenhuizen of Give Me A Break Conservation Services.
New York Historical Society (New York County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of painted silk "Pewterers' Banner"; work to be done by conservator Mary Kaldany of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
Niagara County Historical Society (Niagara County)
$6,800.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas adhered to board, Le Marquis de Lafayette, by Raphael Beck, 1925; work to be done by conservator Tracy Dulniak of Great Lakes Art Conservation of NY.
Onondaga Historical Association Museum (Onondaga County)
$6,963.52 for the conservation of oil on canvas, Landscape with Stag by Charlotte Huntley Brigham, ca. 1890; work to be done by conservators Chiara Kuhns, Margaret Sutton, Theodore Solum and Susan Blakney of West Lake Conservators.
Prospect Park Alliance/Lefferts Historic House (Kings County)
$7,420.00 for the conservation of oil on canvas painting Portrait of Mrs. Lefferts, unknown artist; work to be done by conservators Barbara Applebaum and Paul Himmelstein of Applebaum and Himmelstein Fine Art Conservation.
Rensselaer County Historical Society (Rensselaer County)
$2,775.00 for the conservation of oil on tinplate, Portrait of John Jeremias Van Rensselaer, and frame; work to be done by conservators Joyce Zucker and Ronald DuCharme (Frame).
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Site (Ontario County)
$7,033.00 for the conservation of marble fountain sculpture of Neptune; work to be done by conservators Michael Morris and Lisa Goldberg.
Southold Historical Society (Suffolk County)
$7,500.00 for the conservation of Civil War Silk Parade Banner; work to be done by conservator Mary Kaldany of the Textile Conservation Workshop.
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The Conservation Treatment Grant Program of Greater Hudson Heritage Network is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. |