Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
The Art and Science of Painting Conservation
Speaker
Alexis Miller, M.S.
Coordinator
Steve Clarey
This lecture describes the processes employed by
painting conservators at the Balboa Art Conservation
Center to investigate materials used by artists and
how those methods can reveal and determine what
is original to the artwork and thereby add to the body
of knowledge of the painting and the artist.
painting conservators at the Balboa Art Conservation
Center to investigate materials used by artists and
how those methods can reveal and determine what
is original to the artwork and thereby add to the body
of knowledge of the painting and the artist.
Speaker Bio
Alexis Miller is the Head of Painting
Conservation at the Balboa Art Conservation
Center (BACC). In addition to treating paintings,
she is involved with the technical examination
of paintings, including infrared reflectography,
X-radiography, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
and cross-section microscopy. She has conducted
many workshops to support collections care
in other institutions, and lectures to the public
on painting conservation and the science of
conservation. Alexis earned her M.S. in Art
Conservation from the Winterthur/University of
Delaware Program in Art Conservation and her
B.A. in Art History at the University of Virginia.
Conservation at the Balboa Art Conservation
Center (BACC). In addition to treating paintings,
she is involved with the technical examination
of paintings, including infrared reflectography,
X-radiography, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
and cross-section microscopy. She has conducted
many workshops to support collections care
in other institutions, and lectures to the public
on painting conservation and the science of
conservation. Alexis earned her M.S. in Art
Conservation from the Winterthur/University of
Delaware Program in Art Conservation and her
B.A. in Art History at the University of Virginia.
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