PARKER ART CONSERVATION LLC

Ms. Parker is a respected and highly-skilled Objects Conservator with extensive experience in the conservation of a wide range of cultural artifacts. As principal of Parker Art Conservation LLC since 2009, Ms. Parker has served hundreds of individual Private Collectors, Universities, State and National Museums, and Cultural Institutions throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Services include Object Treatment, Collection Assessment for exhibition, grant, and insurance purposes, and Collection Management Consulting. Ms. Parker has special expertise in Gilded / Polychromed wood, Composite / Mixed-media Objects, Ethnographic artifacts, Organic materials, Ceramics, and Modern Materials / Plastics.  She has also been a guest lecturer at University of Denver and CU Boulder, Graduate Faculty of University of Colorado-Denver, grant reviewer for the NEH Preservation Assistance Grant and Smithsonian NMAACH Hometown Treasures programs, and a mentor and internship supervisor for many pre-program art conservation students who have gone on to attend graduate programs in the USA and Europe.

Previous Conservation Experience
Denver Art Museum - CO
Denver Museum of Nature and Science - CO
Gerald Ford Center - Omaha, NE
National Park Service - Harper's Ferry, WV
National Park Service - Grand Canyon, AZ
International Conservation Services - Sydney, Australia
Northern California Art Conservation - Sacramento, CA

Education

MA Art Conservation - SUNY Buffalo State College
BA Art History - University of Georgia
Studio Arts - Sacramento City College

Accreditations 

- Current Professional Associate Member of AIC. 

- Current Member and regional representative for the Western Association for Art Conservation.

- Ms. Parker is also an EPA RRP Certified Renovator, having received specialized training in Lead safety and containment.