2024 Preparators Conference Videos
May 15-17th at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
“Looking Back/Moving Forward”
As we enter the mid-2020s, we would like to look at how our profession has changed after tumultuous start of the decade, and how we are planning for the future. While our last convention in 2022 looked at the adaptation in our industry propelled by the events of 2020, this year we focus on how those changes have become no longer reactive, but the new way of doing things.May 15-17th at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
“Looking Back/Moving Forward”
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Day One: May 16, 2024
Conference Introductions
Mark Milani | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Mark Wamaling & Jerry Smith | PACCIN
Integrating Technology into Exhibition Design – Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Technology
Joey Capadona | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Adding Additive Manufacturing to Your Bag o’ Tricks: An Introduction to 3D Printing for Preparation and Collections Care
Matthew Del Grosso | Peabody Essex Museum
Security, Efficiency, and Standardization: The Evolving Methods of Rehousing Works on Paper Using Trays
Bella Quijano | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Repatriation Expedited
Natalie Wadle | Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
The Rodeo Rig - Large Vitrine Rigging
Scott Foulk | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Mountmaking for the Huntington Library’s Oldest Printed Book
Anna Nelson, Austin Plann | Huntington Library, Museum, Botanical Garden
Lighting Design for the Non-Lighting Designer (or “You Pet the Cat, You Own the Cat”)
Rebeka Pech Moguel, Jake Ludemann | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
ArtFit 3D
Bob Crozier | ArtFit 3D
Labor Unions in Museums
Michael Terzano | Hammer Museum
Career Stories Gameshow
Dave O’Ryan
(See Dave’s comments regarding the Engagement Room results below*)
When AI Handles the Art
Jerry Smith | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Day Two: Friday May 17th
Do Ho Suh’s Portal – 17 Years from Conception to Installation
Dale Benson | Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Wall of Sound - Installing with Yoshitomo Nara during COVID
Michael Price | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(Video to be posted later)
All Plops and No Drops! Lessons from a Collections Storage Move
Iona Woolmington | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Handle With Care with Art Handlxrs
Marcel Pardo Ariza, Ambrose Trataris | Art Handlxrs
Making a Modular Slat Crate
Christopher Chiavetta | Crozier Fine Arts
Foam Scraps and Sonotubes
Joshua Crockett | Crozier Fine Arts
Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky Restoration Project
Ben Bridgers | North Carolina Museum of Art
Maintaining Outdoor Sculpture - and Other Demons
Jorge Valenzuela | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Benefits and Applications of Riser Brackets for Large Scale Sculpture Installation
Ian Mullin | UOVO
Making a Panorama- The Installation of Judy Baca’s “Great Wall” at LACMA
Daniel Wheeler | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Gender-Based Microaggressions: 10 Questions to Spark Awareness
Emma Goos | Denver Art Museum
The Wooden crate: A wasteful Relic or Ecologically useful?
Bryan Cooke | Cooke’s Crating
Thirty-three Years of Art In Transit: The ProfessionBefore, Since, and a View Looking Forward
T. Ashley McGrew | Cantor Center for Visual Arts
(Video to be posted later)
Small Changes Think Tank (SCoTT) Forum on Small Sustainable Ideas
Matthew Driggs | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
*Career Stories Engagement Table Report
Dave O’Ryan | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Last remarks
Jerry Smith | PACCIN Programs Committee Chair
We would like to thank all the sponsors who supported the conference!
Primary Conference Sponsors
Belger Cartage Service, Dietl
Platinum/Marketplace Sponsors
ArtFit 3D, Art Handler Network, Atelier, BevArt,
Cookes Crating, Maquette FAS, Takiya, Turtle NA, US Art
Gold Sponsors
ARTworks of Kansas City, Atelier 4, Bonsai Fine Arts,
Cross Museum Services, Methods & Materials, Tru Vue
Silver Sponsors
Apice, Arteria, ArtWorks San Diego,
Artech, Masterpak, Teton Art Services
Evening Event Sponsors
ARTworks of Kansas City, IAS Fint Art Logistics, Crozier FAS
Student Scholarship Sponsor
Brent Powell
Chief Preparator of Packing & Storage at the Nelson-Atkins, 1986-99
PACCIN Chair, 1990-2000, 2008-2014
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